Richland County, South Carolina Demographics

Richland County is 1st in South Carolina out of 46 other counties in Race - Asian

Richland County is 2nd in South Carolina out of 46 other counties in Current population (2012)

Richland County is 2nd in South Carolina out of 46 other counties in Households

Richland County is 2nd in South Carolina out of 46 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Richland County is 3rd in South Carolina out of 46 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Richland County is 3rd in South Carolina out of 46 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Richland County is 3rd in South Carolina out of 46 other counties in Race - Two or More

Richland County is 3rd in South Carolina out of 46 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Richland County is 3rd in South Carolina out of 46 other counties in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Richland County is 3rd in South Carolina out of 46 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Size Demographics
	Richland County	Rank	South Carolina	US
Current population (2012)	393,830	2nd	4,723,723	313,914,040
Size in square miles	757.1	13th	30,060.7	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	507.9	2nd	153.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Richland County	Rank	South Carolina	US
Residents younger than 5	6.2%	23rd	6.3%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	22.5%	26th	22.9%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	10.5%	46th	14.7%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Richland County	Rank	South Carolina	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	88.8%	3rd	83.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	36.1%	3rd	24.2%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Richland County	Rank	South Carolina	US
Race - White	48.3%	37th	68.4%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	46.8%	13th	28.0%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.4%	33rd	0.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	2.4%	1st	1.4%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	19th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.0%	3rd	1.6%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	14th	5.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	44.6%	36th	64.0%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Richland County	Rank	South Carolina	US
Female residents	51.4%	27th	51.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	5.5%	9th	4.8%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Richland County	Rank	South Carolina	US
Housing units	163,244	4th	2,157,033	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	28.3%	3rd	17.6%	25.9%
Households	142,773	2nd	1,758,732	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	60.8%	46th	69.8%	66.1%
Home median value	$150,600	8th	$137,000	$186,200
People per household	2.5	40th	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	1,812	4th	18,708	829,658

Income Demographics
	Richland County	Rank	South Carolina	US
Income per capita	$26,225	6th	$23,854	$27,915
Income per household	$48,485	8th	$44,587	$52,762
Income below poverty line	15.9%	37th	17.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Richland County	Rank	South Carolina	US
Non-farm private establishments	8,728	3rd	100,481	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	152,564	3rd	1,521,123	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	27,370	4th	360,397	27,092,908
Retail sales	$4,367,658	4th	$54,298,410	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$12,127	11th	$12,273	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$733,609	4th	$8,383,463	$613,795,732