12-28. Permit-Authorized Construction in Permit-Issuing
Places by County: 1992-1994 1/
1992 1993 1994
NUMBER COST 2/ NUMBER COST 2/ NUMBER COST 2/
COUNTY BUILDINGS (MILLIONS) BUILDINGS (MILLIONS) BUILDINGS (MILLIONS)
Abbeville 135 $5.8 44 1.3 19 2.5
Aiken 1,159 104.9 907 105.9 956 85.3
Allendale 13 0.7 16 1.0 9 0.4
Anderson 1,014 76.2 1,090 91.0 1,124 112.0
Bamberg 92 4.3 35 2.0 45 3.4
Barnwell 158 6.0 101 6.2 94 5.1
Beaufort 938 166.1 1,104 223.0 1,337 234.4
Berkeley 953 60.4 571 62.1 501 35.3
Calhoun 53 5.3 0 0.0 3 0.2
Charleston 1,864 248.3 1,850 212.9 1,750 245.3
Cherokee 26 4.5 211 12.7 250 21.2
Chester 88 8.1 176 14.2 243 9.6
Chesterfield 35 5.5 39 3.3 28 4.1
Clarendon 137 9.4 167 10.0 176 15.8
Colleton 211 9.6 256 12.4 259 19.2
Darlington 190 20.8 226 15.9 137 11.2
Dillon 166 10.8 158 9.1 131 5.4
Dorchester 716 64.6 309 29.3 121 12.2
Edgefield 186 13.0 193 16.4 160 12.3
Fairfield 116 4.5 106 4.8 124 4.8
Florence 666 74.6 489 54.4 156 21.0
Georgetown 444 38.1 476 48.1 568 74.8
Greenville 2,237 196.9 2,574 256.5 3,124 338.4
Greenwood 385 22.5 625 27.8 444 108.3
Hampton 69 3.9 64 3.8 45 3.7
Horry 1,717 114.6 1,840 195.2 2,319 292.5
Jasper 106 8.1 128 7.3 115 4.4
Kershaw 380 24.5 310 18.8 344 23.4
Lancaster 412 23.9 372 16.4 488 30.6
Laurens 307 18.5 315 16.6 328 32.7
Lee 108 7.6 30 1.3 14 0.7
Lexington 1,938 136.7 1,947 139.7 1,879 149.7
McCormick 21 2.0 9 1.6 87 10.5
Marion 154 6.0 228 12.6 188 9.5
Marlboro 86 5.5 22 4.8 16 3.0
Newberry 179 10.1 19 821.0 10 0.6
Oconee 565 45.1 563 50.6 577 54.6
Orangeburg 417 24.3 466 26.9 389 37.9
Pickens 623 59.2 600 56.3 661 74.9
Richland 1,731 156.3 1,704 191.8 2,036 195.9
Saluda 93 4.7 97 5.6 99 51.9
Spartanburg 1,585 123.0 1,702 229.3 2,052 164.8
Sumter 513 39.1 551 38.8 527 37.5
Union 136 6.3 116 8.8 118 7.8
Williamsburg 148 6.9 149 5.7 109 4.3
York 1,145 87.6 1,182 113.5 1,409 151.2
TOTAL 24,415 $2,074.8 24,134 $2,366.6 25,569 $2,671.0
1/: Based on reported and imputed data; excludes mobile homes, residential
garages & carports, structures other than buildings, additions and
alterations, and demolitions and razing of buildings.
2/: Cost detail may not add to totals due to rounding.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Construction Statistics Division,
Building Permits Branch, unpublished data, Annual 1992-1994.
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