Greenville County, South Carolina Demographics

Greenville County is 1st in South Carolina out of 46 other counties in Current population (2012)

Greenville County is 1st in South Carolina out of 46 other counties in Households

Greenville County is 1st in South Carolina out of 46 other counties in Housing units

Greenville County is 1st in South Carolina out of 46 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Greenville County is 1st in South Carolina out of 46 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Greenville County is 1st in South Carolina out of 46 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Greenville County is 1st in South Carolina out of 46 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Greenville County is 2nd in South Carolina out of 46 other counties in Retail sales

Greenville County is 3rd in South Carolina out of 46 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Greenville County is 3rd in South Carolina out of 46 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Size Demographics
	Greenville County	Rank	South Carolina	US
Current population (2012)	467,605	1st	4,723,723	313,914,040
Size in square miles	785.1	12th	30,060.7	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	574.7	1st	153.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Greenville County	Rank	South Carolina	US
Residents younger than 5	6.8%	6th	6.3%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	23.9%	13th	22.9%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	13.5%	40th	14.7%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Greenville County	Rank	South Carolina	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	85.0%	9th	83.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	30.3%	4th	24.2%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Greenville County	Rank	South Carolina	US
Race - White	77.1%	6th	68.4%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	18.5%	41st	28.0%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.5%	16th	0.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	2.1%	4th	1.4%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	9th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.6%	12th	1.6%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	8.5%	4th	5.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	69.7%	9th	64.0%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Greenville County	Rank	South Carolina	US
Female residents	51.5%	20th	51.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	8.0%	4th	4.8%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Greenville County	Rank	South Carolina	US
Housing units	196,668	1st	2,157,033	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	20.1%	5th	17.6%	25.9%
Households	173,082	1st	1,758,732	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	67.9%	38th	69.8%	66.1%
Home median value	$150,100	9th	$137,000	$186,200
People per household	2.5	34th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	1,993	3rd	18,708	829,658

Income Demographics
	Greenville County	Rank	South Carolina	US
Income per capita	$26,412	5th	$23,854	$27,915
Income per household	$48,518	7th	$44,587	$52,762
Income below poverty line	14.7%	40th	17.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Greenville County	Rank	South Carolina	US
Non-farm private establishments	11,978	1st	100,481	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	208,518	1st	1,521,123	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	42,400	1st	360,397	27,092,908
Retail sales	$6,036,638	2nd	$54,298,410	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$13,999	7th	$12,273	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$817,772	3rd	$8,383,463	$613,795,732