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

Union County is 7th in South Carolina out of 46 other counties in Female residents

Union County is 9th in South Carolina out of 46 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Union County is 16th in South Carolina out of 46 other counties in Home ownership rate

Union County is 16th in South Carolina out of 46 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Union County is 20th in South Carolina out of 46 other counties in Race - White

Size Demographics
	Union County	Rank	South Carolina	US
Current population (2012)	28,252	33rd	4,723,723	313,914,040
Size in square miles	514.2	32nd	30,060.7	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	56.3	32nd	153.9	87.4

Age Demographics
	Union County	Rank	South Carolina	US
Residents younger than 5	5.6%	34th	6.3%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	22.2%	30th	22.9%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	17.8%	9th	14.7%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Union County	Rank	South Carolina	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	76.6%	33rd	83.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	12.7%	36th	24.2%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Union County	Rank	South Carolina	US
Race - White	66.7%	20th	68.4%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	31.4%	26th	28.0%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%	46th	0.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.3%	44th	1.4%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	46th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.3%	23rd	1.6%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	45th	5.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	65.9%	16th	64.0%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Union County	Rank	South Carolina	US
Female residents	52.5%	7th	51.4%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	0.6%	46th	4.8%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Union County	Rank	South Carolina	US
Housing units	14,198	32nd	2,157,033	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	8.0%	25th	17.6%	25.9%
Households	12,052	31st	1,758,732	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	73.7%	16th	69.8%	66.1%
Home median value	$73,100	40th	$137,000	$186,200
People per household	2.4	43rd	2.5	2.6
Building permits (last year)	16	40th	18,708	829,658

Income Demographics
	Union County	Rank	South Carolina	US
Income per capita	$19,165	28th	$23,854	$27,915
Income per household	$33,679	34th	$44,587	$52,762
Income below poverty line	19.7%	21st	17.0%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Union County	Rank	South Carolina	US
Non-farm private establishments	484	34th	100,481	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	6,740	29th	1,521,123	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,681	34th	360,397	27,092,908
Retail sales	$192,164	35th	$54,298,410	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$6,936	35th	$12,273	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$18,534	33rd	$8,383,463	$613,795,732