Lexington County is located in central South Carolina. The County Seat is Lexington and the largest city is Lexington. The Official Web Site is located at http://www.lex-co.sc.gov/. The 2014 population estimate is 277,888 and the 2010 census population was 262,396. The land area is 698.91 square miles and there are 375.4 persons per square mile.
80.9% of the population is White, 15.1% is Black or African American, 5.7% is Hispanic or Latino, 1.7% is Asian, 0.5% is American Indian or Alaska Native, 0.1% is Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, and 1.7% is two or more races. 88.4% have a high school degree or higher, and 28.7% have a Bachelor degree or higher.
The median home value is $140,100, there are 103,742 households, an average of 2.54 persons per household. The per capita income is $26,886, the median household income is $54,061, and 13.2% of the persons in Lexington County are considered below poverty level.
The total number of firms, at last estimate, was 22,886. Retail sales (in $1000) were $3,666,090, and sales per capita were $15,027. The percentage of black-owned firms is 5.5%, and the percentage of women-owned firms is 24.1%.
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