2024 population: 369,256 ( 41,259 from 2020)
Land area: 808.4 square miles
Population density: 456.8 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	241,253	65.33%	10.2%
Black:	71,642	19.40%	8.1%
Indian:	771	0.21%	14.7%
Asian:	10,178	2.76%	20.4%
2+ races:	7,848	2.13%	28.7%
Hispanic:	37,564	10.17%	35.7%

Total non-White:	128,003	34.67%	17.3%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	17,003	13.0
Deaths:	16,699	12.7
Net Migration:	35,807	27.3
Net Immigration:	4,685	3.6

Change in White population:	22,409	6.8
Change in Non-White pop.:	18,850	5.7

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
327,997
218,844	66.72%
66,257	20.20%
672	0.20%
8,454	2.58%
6,098	1.86%
27,672	8.44%
109,153	33.28%

2010
313,268
218,330	69.69%
67,137	21.43%
625	0.20%
5,839	1.86%
4,053	1.29%
16,940	5.41%
94,938	30.31%

2000
283,672
207,907	73.29%
61,753	21.77%
551	0.19%
3,816	1.35%
2,191	0.77%
7,280	2.57%
75,765	26.71%

1990
257,137
197,611	76.85%
55,894	21.74%
368	0.14%
1,678	0.65%
n/a
1,586	0.62%
59,526	23.15%

1980
232,612
180,632	77.65%
49,079	21.10%
165	0.07%
862	0.37%
n/a
1,829	0.79%
51,980	22.35%

1970
202,954
157,733	77.72%
44,695	22.02%
83	0.04%
110	0.05%
n/a
292	0.14%
45,221	22.28%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
33,877	10.8
27,516	8.8
27,460	8.8
1,679	0.5

514	0.2
14,215	4.5

Number	Rate
2000's
35,977	12.7
27,455	9.7
18,146	6.4
5,265	1.9

10,423	3.7
19,173	6.8

Number	Rate
1990's
36,911	14.4
27,406	10.7
14,146	5.5
1,527	0.6

10,296	4.0
16,239	6.3

Number	Rate
1980's
34,790	15.0
22,331	9.6
13,802	5.9
n/a

16,979	7.3
7,546	3.2

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
11,283	5.6
n/a

22,899	11.3
6,759	3.3

Age, Family & Household Data for Spartanburg, SC Metro Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
38.0
76,206	10.9%
621,047	89.1%
53,790	7.7%

125,394
2.57

86,841	69.3%
62,292	71.7%
9,509	10.9%
38,553	30.7%

2010
Number	Percent
38.4
76,050	24.3%
237,218	75.7%
42,996	13.7%

121,220
2.51

83,499	68.9%
58,549	70.1%
10,132	12.1%
37,721	31.1%

2000
Number	Percent
36.3
70,043	24.7%
213,629	75.3%
36,485	12.9%

109,739
2.51

78,281	71.3%
58,631	74.9%
8,274	10.6%
31,458	28.7%

1990
Number	Percent
34.2
63,361	24.6%
193,776	75.4%
33,182	12.9%

95,829
2.62

71,626	74.7%
55,969	78.1%
6,602	9.2%
24,203	25.3%

1980
Number	Percent
30.7
66,659	28.7%
165,953	71.3%
25,017	10.8%

80,623
2.83

63,702	79.0%
52,160	81.9%
4,911	7.7%
16,921	21.0%

2022 Housing Data for Spartanburg, SC Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	7,718	6.2%
$10,000 to $14,999	4,729	3.8%
$15,000 to $19,999	5,574	4.4%
$20,000 to $24,999	5,550	4.4%
$25,000 to $29,999	5,527	4.4%
$30,000 to $34,999	5,297	4.2%
$35,000 to $39,999	4,983	4.0%
$40,000 to $44,999	5,414	4.3%
$45,000 to $49,999	5,721	4.6%
$50,000 to $59,999	10,327	8.2%
$60,000 to $74,999	12,609	10.1%
$75,000 to $99,999	18,298	14.6%
$100,000 to $124,999	11,906	9.5%
$125,000 to $149,999	6,999	5.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	7,596	6.1%
$200,000 or more	7,146	5.7%

Median Household Income	61,955
Per Capita Income	32,039

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	84

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	6,232	5.0%
Public Assistance	1,786	1.4%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	12,788	10.2%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	135,263	70.0%
Unemployed	6,712	3.5%
In Armed Forces	209	0.1%

Total Labor Force	142,184	73.6%
Not in Labor Force	51,076	26.4%

Real Unemployment Rate		29.9%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	63,611	49,927	56.0%
Non-Profit	2,929	6,496	31.1%
Self-Employed	8,121	4,175	66.0%

Local Government	3,736	5,456	40.6%
State Government	2,870	5,453	34.5%
Federal Government	673	899	42.8%

Total Private + Self	71,732	54,102	57.0%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	10,208	18,304	35.8%
Total	81,940	72,406	53.1%

Pct. Govt.	12.4%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	19,018	12.3%
Sales and Office Occupations	32,337	20.9%
Professional, Technical	30,456	19.7%
Service Occupations	25,188	16.3%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	795	0.5%
All others	47,713	30.8%

White Collar		52.9%

Industry
	Number	%
Manufacturing	30,948	20.0%
Health care and social assistance	19,291	12.5%
Retail trade	17,544	11.3%
Educational services	13,373	8.6%
Accommodation and food services	10,995	7.1%
Construction	9,740	6.3%
Transportation and warehousing	9,460	6.1%
Other services	7,349	4.8%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	7,012	4.5%
Professional, scientific, technical	6,549	4.2%
Finance and insurance	5,393	3.5%
Public administration	4,395	2.8%
Wholesale trade	3,937	2.5%
Real estate and rental and leasing	2,362	1.5%
Information	2,190	1.4%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	1,862	1.2%
Utilities	1,163	0.8%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	864	0.6%
Management	167	0.1%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	118	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	14,161	4.29%
Puerto Rican	2,664	0.81%
Cuban	1,355	0.41%
Dominican	212	0.06%

Total Central American	3,418	1.04%
Costa Rican	32	0.01%
Guatemalan	1,038	0.31%
Honduran	1,938	0.59%
Nicaraguan	55	0.02%
Panamanian	12	0.00%
Salvadoran	343	0.10%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	2,019	0.61%
Argentinean	217	0.07%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	167	0.05%
Colombian	1,058	0.32%
Ecuadorian	182	0.06%
Paraguayan	35	0.01%
Peruvian	73	0.02%
Uruguayan	161	0.05%
Venezuelan	126	0.04%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	1,190	0.36%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	2,035	0.62%
Cambodian	971	0.29%
Hmong	969	0.29%
Chinese	844	0.26%
Laotian	794	0.24%
Vietnamese	529	0.16%
Burmese	235	0.07%
Filipino	230	0.07%
Thai	196	0.06%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	275,430	88.8%
Spanish	18,680	6.0%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	6,527	2.1%
Other Asian	2,910	0.9%
Other Indo-European	2,626	0.8%
German, other Germanic	1,236	0.4%
French, Haitian, Cajun	787	0.3%
Other	709	0.2%
Chinese	644	0.2%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
English	35,326	10.7%
Irish	29,413	8.9%
American	29,248	8.9%
German	27,232	8.2%
Scottish	7,350	2.2%
Scotch-Irish	7,001	2.1%
Italian	6,805	2.1%
Ukrainian	4,213	1.3%
European	3,951	1.2%
Polish	3,939	1.2%
French	3,834	1.2%
Russian	3,475	1.1%
Dutch	2,197	0.7%
British	1,675	0.5%
Welsh	1,597	0.5%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	317,972	96.3%
Not a citizen	12,147	3.7%

Native	306,102	92.7%
Foreign-born	24,017	7.3%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
9,877	4.4%	17,321	7.7%	69,508	31.1%	70,393	31.5%	34,691	15.5%	21,715	9.7%
Average years of education: 13.2

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	9,877	4.4%
9-12 Years	17,321	7.7%
H.S. Grad or GED	69,508	31.1%
Some College	70,393	31.5%
Bach. Degree	34,691	15.5%
Grad Degree	21,715	9.7%
Average years of education: 13.2

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	238,728	228,044	10,684	4.5%
1991	241,532	228,820	12,712	5.3%
1992	243,596	231,238	12,358	5.1%
1993	247,564	234,896	12,668	5.1%
1994	252,232	241,236	10,996	4.4%
1995	256,376	246,728	9,648	3.8%
1996	259,086	247,340	11,746	4.5%
1997	262,624	252,764	9,860	3.8%
1998	265,218	256,784	8,434	3.2%
1999	265,548	254,884	10,664	4.0%

2000	258,568	249,190	9,378	3.6%
2001	255,438	241,448	13,990	5.5%
2002	256,236	237,638	18,598	7.3%
2003	259,934	239,834	20,100	7.7%
2004	264,442	242,668	21,774	8.2%
2005	263,888	242,516	21,372	8.1%
2006	272,738	253,404	19,334	7.1%
2007	272,194	255,714	16,480	6.1%
2008	273,688	253,682	20,006	7.3%
2009	273,046	240,074	32,972	12.1%

2010	266,006	234,038	31,968	12.0%
2011	267,756	238,852	28,904	10.8%
2012	269,976	245,052	24,924	9.2%
2013	271,964	251,492	20,472	7.5%
2014	273,742	256,832	16,910	6.2%
2015	279,580	263,780	15,800	5.7%
2016	283,914	270,820	13,094	4.6%
2017	291,530	280,014	11,516	4.0%
2018	297,854	288,700	9,154	3.1%
2019	309,242	301,656	7,586	2.5%

2020	317,402	296,548	20,854	6.6%
2021	309,730	297,572	12,158	3.9%
2022	308,090	298,388	9,702	3.1%
2023	316,742	307,572	9,170	2.9%
2024	333,374	319,450	13,924	4.2%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	138,058
Median Value	$195,800

Occupied	125,394	90.8%
Vacant	12,664	9.2%

Owned	91,280	72.8%
Rented	34,114	27.2%
Median Rent	$960

Single-Family Units	104,127	75.4%
Detached	100,700	72.9%
Attached	3,427	2.5%
Buldings with 5+ Units	10,686	7.7%
Mobile Homes	16,727	12.1%

Spartanburg, SC Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Spartanburg, SC Metro Area

2022 Housing Data for Spartanburg, SC Metro Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Spartanburg, SC Metro Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Spartanburg, SC Metro Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Spartanburg, SC Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Spartanburg, SC Metro Area