Chesterfield County, South Carolina Demographics

Chesterfield County is 9th in South Carolina out of 46 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Chesterfield County is 11th in South Carolina out of 46 other counties in Size in square miles

Chesterfield County is 13th in South Carolina out of 46 other counties in Income below poverty line

Chesterfield County is 13th in South Carolina out of 46 other counties in Race - Two or More

Chesterfield County is 16th in South Carolina out of 46 other counties in People per household

Chesterfield County is 18th in South Carolina out of 46 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Size Demographics
	Chesterfield County	Rank	South Carolina	US
Current population (2012)	46,103	25th	4,723,723	313,914,040
Size in square miles	799.1	11th	30,060.7	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	58.5	29th	153.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Chesterfield County	Rank	South Carolina	US
Residents younger than 5	6.0%	28th	6.3%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	23.5%	18th	22.9%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	14.9%	28th	14.7%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Chesterfield County	Rank	South Carolina	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	74.3%	42nd	83.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	12.0%	37th	24.2%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Chesterfield County	Rank	South Carolina	US
Race - White	64.9%	24th	68.4%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	32.5%	24th	28.0%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.7%	9th	0.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.4%	36th	1.4%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	38th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.6%	13th	1.6%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	23rd	5.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	61.8%	21st	64.0%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Chesterfield County	Rank	South Carolina	US
Female residents	51.3%	30th	51.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	2.5%	29th	4.8%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Chesterfield County	Rank	South Carolina	US
Housing units	21,679	25th	2,157,033	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	7.5%	28th	17.6%	25.9%
Households	17,464	25th	1,758,732	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	71.7%	26th	69.8%	66.1%
Home median value	$77,200	39th	$137,000	$186,200
People per household	2.6	16th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	40	29th	18,708	829,658

Income Demographics
	Chesterfield County	Rank	South Carolina	US
Income per capita	$17,542	37th	$23,854	$27,915
Income per household	$32,304	37th	$44,587	$52,762
Income below poverty line	22.3%	13th	17.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Chesterfield County	Rank	South Carolina	US
Non-farm private establishments	693	27th	100,481	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	11,342	26th	1,521,123	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	3,159	26th	360,397	27,092,908
Retail sales	$298,054	29th	$54,298,410	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$6,947	34th	$12,273	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$30,532	29th	$8,383,463	$613,795,732