Chester County is located in north-central South Carolina. The County Seat is Chester and the largest city is Chester. The Official Web Site is located at http://www.chestercounty.org/. The 2014 population estimate is 32,337 and the 2010 census population was 33,140. The land area is 580.66 square miles and there are 57.1 persons per square mile.
60.4% of the population is White, 37.1% is Black or African American, 1.7% is Hispanic or Latino, 0.5% is Asian, 0.5% is American Indian or Alaska Native, 0% is Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, and 1.5% is two or more races. 78% have a high school degree or higher, and 12.4% have a Bachelor degree or higher.
The median home value is $82,500, there are 12,368 households, an average of 2.63 persons per household. The per capita income is $18,098, the median household income is $33,103, and 24.5% of the persons in Chester County are considered below poverty level.
The total number of firms, at last estimate, was 1,724. Retail sales (in $1000) were $210,872, and sales per capita were $6,460. The percentage of black-owned firms is 0%, and the percentage of women-owned firms is 23%.
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