Mount Pleasant, South Carolina Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Mount Pleasant is 2nd in South Carolina out of 94 other cities in Home median value

Mount Pleasant is 2nd in South Carolina out of 94 other cities in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Mount Pleasant is 2nd in South Carolina out of 94 other cities in Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)

Mount Pleasant is 3rd in South Carolina out of 82 other cities in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Mount Pleasant is 4th in South Carolina out of 61 other cities in Current population (2012)

Mount Pleasant is 4th in South Carolina out of 94 other cities in Households

Mount Pleasant is 4th in South Carolina out of 94 other cities in Race - White

Mount Pleasant is 4th in South Carolina out of 94 other cities in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Mount Pleasant is 5th in South Carolina out of 94 other cities in Housing units

Mount Pleasant is 5th in South Carolina out of 94 other cities in Income per capita

Size Demographics
	Mount Pleasant	Rank	South Carolina	US
Current population (2012)	71,875	4th	4,723,723	313,914,040
Size in square miles	45.1	5th	30,060.7	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	1,504.9	36th	153.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Mount Pleasant	Rank	South Carolina	US
Residents younger than 5	6.0%	75th	6.3%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	24.1%	50th	22.9%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	12.2%	60th	14.7%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Mount Pleasant	Rank	South Carolina	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	97.1%	2nd	83.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	59.4%	2nd	24.2%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Mount Pleasant	Rank	South Carolina	US
Race - White	91.3%	4th	68.4%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	5.1%	90th	28.0%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%	68th	0.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.6%	32nd	1.4%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	48th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.1%	87th	1.6%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	74th	5.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	89.4%	4th	64.0%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Mount Pleasant	Rank	South Carolina	US
Female residents	51.9%	57th	51.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	4.3%	47th	4.8%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Mount Pleasant	Rank	South Carolina	US
Housing units	30,674	5th	2,157,033	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	21.6%	55th	17.6%	25.9%
Households	26,008	4th	1,758,732	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	74.3%	18th	69.8%	66.1%
Home median value	$355,200	2nd	$137,000	$186,200
People per household	2.5	31st	2.5	2.6

Income Demographics
	Mount Pleasant	Rank	South Carolina	US
Income per capita	$40,808	5th	$23,854	$27,915
Income per household	$76,688	5th	$44,587	$52,762
Income below poverty line	7.2%	85th	17.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Mount Pleasant	Rank	South Carolina	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	9,961	3rd	360,397	27,092,908
Retail sales	$1,016,195	9th	$54,298,410	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$15,733	46th	$12,273	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$181,138	8th	$8,383,463	$613,795,732