Anderson County is located in northwestern South Carolina. The County Seat is Anderson and the largest city is Anderson. The Official Web Site is located at http://www.andersoncountysc.org/. The 2014 population estimate is 192,810 and the 2010 census population was 187,123. The land area is 715.43 square miles and there are 261.6 persons per square mile.
80.7% of the population is White, 16.5% is Black or African American, 3.3% is Hispanic or Latino, 0.9% is Asian, 0.3% is American Indian or Alaska Native, 0% is Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, and 1.5% is two or more races. 81.7% have a high school degree or higher, and 19.3% have a Bachelor degree or higher.
The median home value is $123,400, there are 73,296 households, an average of 2.53 persons per household. The per capita income is $22,081, the median household income is $41,579, and 16.8% of the persons in Anderson County are considered below poverty level.
The total number of firms, at last estimate, was 13,212. Retail sales (in $1000) were $2,004,732, and sales per capita were $11,128. The percentage of black-owned firms is 5.7%, and the percentage of women-owned firms is 25.8%.
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