Cheraw, South Carolina Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Cheraw is 46th out of 6,406 other cities in Female residents

Cheraw is 3rd in South Carolina out of 94 other cities in Female residents

Cheraw is 7th in South Carolina out of 94 other cities in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Cheraw is 9th in South Carolina out of 94 other cities in Income below poverty line

Cheraw is 11th in South Carolina out of 94 other cities in Race - Black or African American

Cheraw is 12th in South Carolina out of 94 other cities in Residents 65 or older

Cheraw is 19th in South Carolina out of 57 other cities in Retail sales per capita

Size Demographics
	Cheraw	Rank	South Carolina	US
Current population (2012)	5,785	55th	4,723,723	313,914,040
Size in square miles	5.4	76th	30,060.7	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	1,079.1	65th	153.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Cheraw	Rank	South Carolina	US
Residents younger than 5	7.4%	45th	6.3%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	26.0%	25th	22.9%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	18.6%	12th	14.7%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Cheraw	Rank	South Carolina	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	73.5%	82nd	83.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	19.9%	57th	24.2%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Cheraw	Rank	South Carolina	US
Race - White	40.2%	83rd	68.4%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	56.0%	11th	28.0%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.8%	7th	0.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.6%	77th	1.4%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	58th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.8%	48th	1.6%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	92nd	5.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	40.1%	82nd	64.0%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Cheraw	Rank	South Carolina	US
Female residents	56.1%	3rd	51.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.7%	80th	4.8%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Cheraw	Rank	South Carolina	US
Housing units	2,709	84th	2,157,033	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	24.1%	42nd	17.6%	25.9%
Households	2,534	80th	1,758,732	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	45.6%	86th	69.8%	66.1%
Home median value	$83,900	88th	$137,000	$186,200
People per household	2.2	78th	2.5	2.6

Income Demographics
	Cheraw	Rank	South Carolina	US
Income per capita	$15,588	83rd	$23,854	$27,915
Income per household	$22,819	93rd	$44,587	$52,762
Income below poverty line	35.0%	9th	17.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Cheraw	Rank	South Carolina	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	868	57th	360,397	27,092,908
Retail sales	$145,343	50th	$54,298,410	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$26,950	19th	$12,273	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$16,865	53rd	$8,383,463	$613,795,732