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

Lexington is 5th in South Carolina out of 94 other cities in Race - Asian

Lexington is 6th in South Carolina out of 57 other cities in Retail sales per capita

Lexington is 10th in South Carolina out of 94 other cities in Income per household

Lexington is 12th in South Carolina out of 94 other cities in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Lexington is 12th in South Carolina out of 94 other cities in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Lexington is 13th in South Carolina out of 94 other cities in Income per capita

Lexington is 14th in South Carolina out of 82 other cities in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Lexington is 14th in South Carolina out of 94 other cities in Population density (people per sqmi)

Lexington is 15th in South Carolina out of 83 other cities in Retail sales

Lexington is 16th in South Carolina out of 94 other cities in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Size Demographics
	Lexington	Rank	South Carolina	US
Current population (2012)	19,141	22nd	4,723,723	313,914,040
Size in square miles	8.9	41st	30,060.7	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	2,014.4	14th	153.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Lexington	Rank	South Carolina	US
Residents younger than 5	6.9%	56th	6.3%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	24.6%	39th	22.9%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	10.3%	77th	14.7%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Lexington	Rank	South Carolina	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	92.8%	12th	83.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	39.5%	12th	24.2%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Lexington	Rank	South Carolina	US
Race - White	80.8%	19th	68.4%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	12.7%	74th	28.0%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.3%	44th	0.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	3.7%	5th	1.4%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	76th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.5%	66th	1.6%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	61st	5.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	78.5%	16th	64.0%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Lexington	Rank	South Carolina	US
Female residents	51.8%	60th	51.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	4.1%	53rd	4.8%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Lexington	Rank	South Carolina	US
Housing units	8,101	27th	2,157,033	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	33.1%	19th	17.6%	25.9%
Households	7,059	26th	1,758,732	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	62.2%	40th	69.8%	66.1%
Home median value	$167,400	25th	$137,000	$186,200
People per household	2.3	75th	2.5	2.6

Income Demographics
	Lexington	Rank	South Carolina	US
Income per capita	$30,580	13th	$23,854	$27,915
Income per household	$58,559	10th	$44,587	$52,762
Income below poverty line	12.3%	65th	17.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Lexington	Rank	South Carolina	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	3,208	14th	360,397	27,092,908
Retail sales	$558,345	15th	$54,298,410	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$37,151	6th	$12,273	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$70,036	18th	$8,383,463	$613,795,732