Dorchester County is located in southern South Carolina. The County Seat is St. George and the largest city is North Charleston. The Official Web Site is located at https://www.dorchestercounty.net/. The 2014 population estimate is 148,469 and the 2010 census population was 136,589. The land area is 573.23 square miles and there are 238.2 persons per square mile.
68.9% of the population is White, 26% is Black or African American, 4.7% is Hispanic or Latino, 1.8% is Asian, 0.7% is American Indian or Alaska Native, 0.1% is Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, and 2.5% is two or more races. 89.4% have a high school degree or higher, and 24.5% have a Bachelor degree or higher.
The median home value is $167,400, there are 50,321 households, an average of 2.74 persons per household. The per capita income is $24,495, the median household income is $53,857, and 12.1% of the persons in Dorchester County are considered below poverty level.
The total number of firms, at last estimate, was 9,692. Retail sales (in $1000) were $879,527, and sales per capita were $7,092. The percentage of black-owned firms is 15.6%, and the percentage of women-owned firms is 29.6%.
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