12-2. General Housing Characteristics, South Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Areas: 1990 - Part A

                                                Total       Persons        Per-
                                        Total   Vacant        Per          sons
                                Total  Housing Housing House- House- Fami- Per
Metropolitan Statistical Area  Persons   Units   Units  holds hold   lies Family

AUGUSTA-AIKEN GA-SC 1/, 2/ 139,315 56,556 5,249 51,307 2.7 38,354 3.2 CHARLOTTE-GASTONIA-ROCK HILL NC-South Carolina 131,497 50,438 3,432 47,006 2.7 35,908 3.1 CHARLESTON-NORTH CHARLESTON 506,875 199,879 2,2211 177,668 2.7 129,792 3.2 COLUMBIA 453,331 177,120 13,897 163,223 2.6 114,878 3.1 FLORENCE 114,344 43,209 2,992 40,217 2.8 30,175 3.3 GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG- ANDERSON 4/ 830,563 335,792 23,052 312,740 1.9 228,567 3.1 MYRTLE BEACH 5/ 144,053 89,960 34,196 55,764 2.5 40,450 3.0 SUMTER 5/ 102,637 35,016 2,293 32,723 2.9 25,673 3.3

General Housing Characteristics, South Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Areas: 1990 - Part B

                                                                     Median
                                                                 Median   Contract      Vacancy Rate
                                              Owner     Renter    Value     Rent
                                     Total   Occupied  Occupied  (Owner)  (Renter)     Owner    Renter

AUGUSTA-AIKEN GA-SC 1/, 2/ 52,173 39,915 12,912 (NA) (NA) 2.1 10.6 CHARLOTTE-GASTONIA-ROCK HILL NC-SC 47,006 33,774 13,232 $71,300 $298 1.6 7.9 CHARLESTON-NORTH CHARLESTON 177,668 111,208 66,460 $72,200 $347 2.0 8.0 COLUMBIA 163,223 107,057 56,166 $72,600 $340 2.0 9.1 FLORENCE 40,217 283,46 11,871 $54,900 $224 1.2 6.5 GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-ANDERSON 4/ 312,740 218,820 93,920 (NA) (NA) 1.4 8.6 MYRTLE BEACH 5/ 55,764 38,198 17,566 $75,600 $350 3.4 8.0 SUMTER 5/ 32,723 21,328 11,395 $56,900 $241 1.3 5.3
1/: Data is for South Carolina portion only.

2/: South Carolina portion includes Aiken and Edgefield counties as of the 1990 Census.

3/: South Carolina portion includes York county.

4/: Includes Anderson, Cherokee, Greenville, Pickens, and Spartanburg counties as of the 1990 Census.

5/: New MSA as of the 1990 Census. Myrtle Beach includes Horry county and Sumter is Sumter county.

(NA): Not Available.

Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census Summary Tape File 1A, (Tables P1-P3, P15, P17, P17A, for MSA's as of the 1990 Census by the Office of Research & Statistical Services.

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