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Facts and Figures
| People QuickFacts |
Horry County |
South Carolina |
| Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 |
21.3% |
7.7% |
| Population, 2000 |
196,629 |
4,012,012 |
| Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2006 |
20.9% |
24.1% |
| Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2006 |
16.4% |
12.8% |
| Female persons, percent, 2006 |
50.9% |
51.3% |
| White persons, percent, 2006 (a) |
83.0% |
68.5% |
| Black persons, percent, 2006 (a) |
14.6% |
29.0% |
| Other |
2.4% |
2.5% |
| Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2006 (b) |
3.9% |
3.5% |
| Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
4.0% |
2.9% |
| High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
81.1% |
76.3% |
| Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
18.7% |
20.4% |
| Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
23.7 |
24.3 |
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| Housing units, 2006 |
158,422 |
1,975,638 |
| Homeownership rate, 2000 |
73.0% |
72.2% |
| Median value of housing units, 2000 |
$119,700 |
$94,900 |
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| Households, 2000 |
81,800 |
1,533,854 |
| Persons per household, 2000 |
2.37 |
2.53 |
| Persons below poverty, percent, 2004 |
13.9% |
15.0% |
| Geography QuickFacts |
Horry County |
South Carolina |
| Land area, 2000 (square miles) |
1,133.68 |
30,109.47 |
| Persons per square mile, 2000 |
173.4 |
133.2 |
| Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area |
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area |
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Source U.S. Census Bureau: State and County QuickFacts. Data derived from Population Estimates, Census of Population and Housing, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, State and County Housing Unit Estimates, County Business Patterns, Nonemployer Statistics, Economic Census, Survey of Business Owners, Building Permits, Consolidated Federal Funds Report
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