CONVENTION CENTER
INFORMATION
Home
Welcome Message
Virtual Tour
Convention Floor
Specifications
Coliseum
Performing Arts Center
Request For Proposal
Email
Privacy Statement
Service Contracts
CHARLESTON AREA
INFORMATION
Restaurants
Local Map
Airlines
Hotels
Area Golf
Off-Site Venues
Entertainment
Tours
Catering |
Charleston Metropolitan |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Area Demographics |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Berkeley |
Charleston |
Dorchester |
City of |
City of |
| |
MSA |
County |
County |
County |
Charleston |
North
Charleston |
Population
Estimate
January 1, 2000** |
561,500 |
143,300 |
326,200 |
92,000 |
99,600 |
78,100 |
| Total
Population, 1990 |
506,875 |
128,776 |
295,039 |
83,060 |
80,414 |
70,218 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| %
of Population by Age Group |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 18-24 |
10.8 |
9.4 |
11.8 |
9.3 |
16.9 |
12.8 |
| 25-34 |
16.0 |
16.6 |
16.0 |
15.9 |
14.2 |
19.1 |
| 35-49 |
23.1 |
23.4 |
22.4 |
24.9 |
20.6 |
19.3 |
| 50
& Over |
21.8 |
17.7 |
24.0 |
20.0 |
25.6 |
19.0 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Households |
204,700 |
48,100 |
124,700 |
31,900 |
38,600 |
29,300 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Total
Retail Sales ($000) |
6,828,188 |
883,626 |
5,215,819 |
728,743 |
1,760,104 |
1,883,839 |
| Food |
946,059 |
292,803 |
485,961 |
167,295 |
89,806 |
258,059 |
| Eating
& Drinking Places |
711,314 |
75,878 |
570,213 |
65,223 |
143,645 |
242,722 |
| General
Merchandise |
785,244 |
50,302 |
609,747 |
125,195 |
131,117 |
302,187 |
| Furniture/Furnishings/Appliances |
329,936 |
15,318 |
294,872 |
19,746 |
90,903 |
106,668 |
| Automotive |
217,915 |
222,409 |
1,771,826 |
185,680 |
796,603 |
477,097 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Total
Effective Buying Income (EBI) ($000)* |
8,556,188 |
1,750,345 |
5,506,489 |
1,299,354 |
1,697,284 |
1,017,474 |
| Median
Household EBI |
33,607 |
32,191 |
33,575 |
36,259 |
31,040 |
28,123 |
| Average
Household EBI |
41,799 |
36,390 |
44,158 |
40,732 |
43,971 |
34,726 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| %
Households by Effective Buying Income (EBI) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| $20,000
- 34,999 |
25.0 |
29.3 |
23.5 |
23.6 |
22.7 |
27.0 |
| $35,000
- 49,999 |
19.3 |
22.1 |
17.8 |
20.9 |
16.3 |
17.0 |
| $50,000
& Over |
28.5 |
22.7 |
30.2 |
31.1 |
28.5 |
21.4 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Source:
Sales & Marketing Management, 2000 Survey of Buying Power |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| **Note:The
Survey of Buying Power methodology used in population estimates differs slightly from that
of the US Census Bureau. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| *Note:
EBI is disposable or after-tax income. EBI is based on money income in the '98 report,
rather than personal income as in pre-1996 reports & is not directly comparable with
pre-1996 EBI data. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce, Center for Business Research |
| PO Box 975, Charleston SC 29402 (843) 577-2510 |
 Top of Page
|
|
