Fairfield County, South Carolina Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Fairfield County is 6th in South Carolina out of 46 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Fairfield County is 11th in South Carolina out of 46 other counties in Female residents

Fairfield County is 11th in South Carolina out of 46 other counties in Home ownership rate

Fairfield County is 14th in South Carolina out of 46 other counties in Income below poverty line

Fairfield County is 16th in South Carolina out of 46 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Fairfield County is 18th in South Carolina out of 46 other counties in Size in square miles

Size Demographics
	Fairfield County	Rank	South Carolina	US
Current population (2012)	23,363	38th	4,723,723	313,914,040
Size in square miles	686.3	18th	30,060.7	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	34.9	44th	153.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Fairfield County	Rank	South Carolina	US
Residents younger than 5	5.4%	39th	6.3%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	21.6%	32nd	22.9%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	16.5%	16th	14.7%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Fairfield County	Rank	South Carolina	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	78.9%	25th	83.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	14.8%	29th	24.2%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Fairfield County	Rank	South Carolina	US
Race - White	39.6%	41st	68.4%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	58.6%	6th	28.0%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	36th	0.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.3%	43rd	1.4%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	33rd	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.2%	28th	1.6%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	41st	5.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	38.3%	41st	64.0%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Fairfield County	Rank	South Carolina	US
Female residents	52.2%	11th	51.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.8%	45th	4.8%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Fairfield County	Rank	South Carolina	US
Housing units	11,768	36th	2,157,033	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	9.6%	21st	17.6%	25.9%
Households	9,405	36th	1,758,732	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	74.0%	11th	69.8%	66.1%
Home median value	$93,800	27th	$137,000	$186,200
People per household	2.5	36th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	34	31st	18,708	829,658

Income Demographics
	Fairfield County	Rank	South Carolina	US
Income per capita	$19,445	26th	$23,854	$27,915
Income per household	$34,117	33rd	$44,587	$52,762
Income below poverty line	21.4%	14th	17.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Fairfield County	Rank	South Carolina	US
Non-farm private establishments	318	40th	100,481	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	5,641	33rd	1,521,123	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,148	40th	360,397	27,092,908
Retail sales	$216,197	33rd	$54,298,410	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$9,280	25th	$12,273	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$8,892	41st	$8,383,463	$613,795,732