2024 population: 2,551,993 ( 148,294 from 2020)
Land area: 13318.2 square miles
Population density: 191.6 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	1,881,327	73.72%	4.4%
Black:	331,474	12.99%	3.1%
Indian:	14,446	0.57%	4.5%
Asian:	47,407	1.86%	17.0%
2+ races:	51,197	2.01%	20.3%
Hispanic:	226,142	8.86%	23.6%

Total non-White:	670,666	26.28%	11.5%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	107,904	11.2
Deaths:	131,207	13.6
Net Migration:	143,041	14.9
Net Immigration:	26,544	2.8

Change in White population:	78,889	3.3
Change in Non-White pop.:	69,405	2.9

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
2,403,699
1,802,438	74.99%
321,461	13.37%
13,821	0.57%
40,509	1.69%
42,574	1.77%
182,896	7.61%
601,261	25.01%

2010
2,205,527
1,718,431	77.91%
296,381	13.44%
12,843	0.58%
26,287	1.19%
29,566	1.34%
119,592	5.42%
487,096	22.09%

2000
1,974,733
1,602,303	81.14%
277,780	14.07%
11,612	0.59%
15,979	0.81%
15,717	0.80%
49,937	2.53%
372,430	18.86%

1990
1,698,730
1,426,959	84.00%
244,452	14.39%
9,359	0.55%
7,509	0.44%
n/a
10,451	0.62%
271,771	16.00%

1980
1,548,382
1,303,109	84.16%
223,118	14.41%
6,630	0.43%
3,928	0.25%
n/a
10,994	0.71%
245,273	15.84%

1970
1,318,554
1,108,469	84.07%
201,948	15.32%
3,759	0.29%
827	0.06%
n/a
3,203	0.24%
210,085	15.93%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
236,951	10.7
221,763	10.1
149,548	6.8
19,829	0.9

84,007	3.8
114,165	5.2

Number	Rate
2000's
241,577	12.2
194,318	9.8
127,278	6.4
36,985	1.9

116,128	5.9
114,666	5.8

Number	Rate
1990's
239,660	14.1
182,903	10.8
149,033	8.8
10,298	0.6

175,344	10.3
100,659	5.9

Number	Rate
1980's
218,576	14.1
147,862	9.5
85,524	5.5
n/a

123,850	8.0
26,498	1.7

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
122,009	9.3
n/a

194,640	14.8
35,188	2.7

Age, Family & Household Data for Greenville-Spartanburg-Asheville-Anderson, SC-NC-GA Market 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
41.4
496,385	19.5%
2,055,608	80.5%
462,777	18.1%

945,447
2.45

616,540	65.2%
460,875	74.8%
57,411	9.3%
328,907	34.8%

2010
Number	Percent
40.0
496,294	22.5%
1,709,233	77.5%
346,756	15.7%

882,929
2.43

593,375	67.2%
437,809	73.8%
61,037	10.3%
289,554	32.8%

2000
Number	Percent
37.5
464,704	23.5%
1,510,029	76.5%
284,180	14.4%

786,222
2.44

550,398	70.0%
430,033	78.1%
51,031	9.3%
235,824	30.0%

1990
Number	Percent
35.0
405,493	23.9%
1,293,237	76.1%
243,337	14.3%

652,789
2.53

481,387	73.7%
390,032	81.0%
38,174	7.9%
171,402	26.3%

1980
Number	Percent
31.2
432,104	27.9%
1,116,278	72.1%
181,365	11.7%

546,156
2.76

428,470	78.5%
360,526	84.1%
29,331	6.8%
117,686	21.5%

2022 Housing Data for Greenville-Spartanburg-Asheville-Anderson, SC-NC-GA Market Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	52,529	5.6%
$10,000 to $14,999	43,931	4.6%
$15,000 to $19,999	42,407	4.5%
$20,000 to $24,999	42,692	4.5%
$25,000 to $29,999	43,206	4.6%
$30,000 to $34,999	44,948	4.8%
$35,000 to $39,999	43,625	4.6%
$40,000 to $44,999	41,113	4.3%
$45,000 to $49,999	39,337	4.2%
$50,000 to $59,999	72,291	7.6%
$60,000 to $74,999	95,810	10.1%
$75,000 to $99,999	123,550	13.1%
$100,000 to $124,999	86,183	9.1%
$125,000 to $149,999	55,717	5.9%
$150,000 to $199,999	57,663	6.1%
$200,000 or more	60,445	6.4%

Median Household Income	61,340
Per Capita Income	34,722

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

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	44,909	4.8%
Public Assistance	13,556	1.4%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	103,989	11.0%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	953,188	69.2%
Unemployed	47,899	3.5%
In Armed Forces	1,474	0.1%

Total Labor Force	1,002,561	72.8%
Not in Labor Force	373,961	27.2%

Real Unemployment Rate		30.6%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	420,304	341,812	55.1%
Non-Profit	27,573	52,233	34.6%
Self-Employed	70,763	40,581	63.6%

Local Government	27,360	41,882	39.5%
State Government	21,933	33,487	39.6%
Federal Government	8,194	8,385	49.4%

Total Private + Self	491,067	382,393	56.2%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	85,060	135,987	38.5%
Total	576,127	518,380	52.6%

Pct. Govt.	12.9%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	152,653	13.9%
Sales and Office Occupations	219,279	20.0%
Professional, Technical	245,650	22.4%
Service Occupations	190,416	17.4%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	5,116	0.5%
All others	288,703	26.3%

White Collar		56.3%

Industry
	Number	%
Manufacturing	178,996	16.3%
Health care and social assistance	151,386	13.8%
Retail trade	125,295	11.4%
Educational services	99,536	9.1%
Accommodation and food services	84,786	7.7%
Construction	79,170	7.2%
Professional, scientific, technical	59,547	5.4%
Other services	54,789	5.0%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	47,351	4.3%
Transportation and warehousing	43,302	3.9%
Public administration	36,136	3.3%
Finance and insurance	33,950	3.1%
Wholesale trade	24,326	2.2%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	20,572	1.9%
Real estate and rental and leasing	20,373	1.9%
Information	14,758	1.3%
Utilities	10,529	1.0%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	9,482	0.9%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	1,475	0.1%
Management	942	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	86,770	3.65%
Puerto Rican	16,941	0.71%
Cuban	6,659	0.28%
Dominican	2,919	0.12%

Total Central American	20,982	0.88%
Costa Rican	744	0.03%
Guatemalan	6,910	0.29%
Honduran	8,321	0.35%
Nicaraguan	537	0.02%
Panamanian	527	0.02%
Salvadoran	3,943	0.17%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	21,518	0.90%
Argentinean	1,287	0.05%
Bolivian	505	0.02%
Chilean	546	0.02%
Colombian	12,664	0.53%
Ecuadorian	1,558	0.07%
Paraguayan	88	0.00%
Peruvian	1,130	0.05%
Uruguayan	742	0.03%
Venezuelan	2,563	0.11%
Other South American	435	0.02%

Other Hispanic	8,693	0.37%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	10,442	0.44%
Chinese	5,669	0.24%
Vietnamese	3,839	0.16%
Filipino	3,371	0.14%
Korean	2,470	0.10%
Japanese	1,522	0.06%
Cambodian	1,460	0.06%
Hmong	1,240	0.05%
Thai	917	0.04%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	2,071,909	91.9%
Spanish	117,839	5.2%
Other Indo-European	13,893	0.6%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	11,994	0.5%
Other Asian	7,891	0.4%
German, other Germanic	7,098	0.3%
French, Haitian, Cajun	4,652	0.2%
Other	4,371	0.2%
Chinese	4,328	0.2%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
English	330,482	13.9%
American	238,159	10.0%
Irish	235,290	9.9%
German	231,992	9.7%
Scotch-Irish	67,154	2.8%
Scottish	65,743	2.8%
Italian	63,348	2.7%
European	38,176	1.6%
French	37,985	1.6%
Polish	32,369	1.4%
Dutch	19,710	0.8%
British	16,295	0.7%
Welsh	15,043	0.6%
Swedish	13,120	0.6%
Russian	12,375	0.5%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	2,305,622	96.9%
Not a citizen	74,246	3.1%

Native	2,247,791	94.5%
Foreign-born	132,077	5.5%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
62,344	3.7%	128,855	7.7%	473,953	28.4%	497,370	29.8%	312,786	18.8%	191,663	11.5%
Average years of education: 13.4

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	62,344	3.7%
9-12 Years	128,855	7.7%
H.S. Grad or GED	473,953	28.4%
Some College	497,370	29.8%
Bach. Degree	312,786	18.8%
Grad Degree	191,663	11.5%
Average years of education: 13.4

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	866,116	825,083	41,033	4.7%
1991	878,029	825,930	52,099	5.9%
1992	891,497	835,775	55,722	6.3%
1993	900,101	848,135	51,966	5.8%
1994	911,117	866,268	44,849	4.9%
1995	922,717	883,490	39,227	4.3%
1996	937,247	892,917	44,330	4.7%
1997	951,849	915,627	36,222	3.8%
1998	953,944	921,922	32,022	3.4%
1999	953,990	919,886	34,104	3.6%

2000	984,517	949,972	34,545	3.5%
2001	986,366	934,180	52,186	5.3%
2002	983,638	917,716	65,922	6.7%
2003	995,573	927,135	68,438	6.9%
2004	1,004,788	935,316	69,472	6.9%
2005	1,010,543	941,820	68,723	6.8%
2006	1,037,013	972,489	64,524	6.2%
2007	1,042,316	984,547	57,769	5.5%
2008	1,043,860	974,660	69,200	6.6%
2009	1,039,345	921,553	117,792	11.3%

2010	1,019,970	906,448	113,522	11.1%
2011	1,023,731	919,988	103,743	10.1%
2012	1,027,896	935,730	92,166	9.0%
2013	1,030,268	955,105	75,163	7.3%
2014	1,033,371	972,168	61,203	5.9%
2015	1,049,767	992,416	57,351	5.5%
2016	1,061,939	1,012,570	49,369	4.6%
2017	1,072,505	1,029,345	43,160	4.0%
2018	1,089,245	1,053,088	36,157	3.3%
2019	1,110,242	1,078,260	31,982	2.9%

2020	1,101,380	1,028,366	73,014	6.6%
2021	1,089,672	1,045,948	43,724	4.0%
2022	1,109,375	1,074,050	35,325	3.2%
2023	1,134,375	1,100,741	33,634	3.0%
2024	1,172,576	1,125,803	46,773	4.0%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	1,116,092
Median Value	$220,818

Occupied	945,447	84.7%
Vacant	170,645	15.3%

Owned	671,499	71.0%
Rented	273,948	29.0%
Median Rent	$963

Single-Family Units	789,660	70.8%
Detached	763,551	68.4%
Attached	26,109	2.3%
Buldings with 5+ Units	104,713	9.4%
Mobile Homes	169,304	15.2%

Greenville-Spartanburg-Asheville-Anderson, SC-NC-GA Market Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Greenville-Spartanburg-Asheville-Anderson, SC-NC-GA Market Area

2022 Housing Data for Greenville-Spartanburg-Asheville-Anderson, SC-NC-GA Market Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Greenville-Spartanburg-Asheville-Anderson, SC-NC-GA Market Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Greenville-Spartanburg-Asheville-Anderson, SC-NC-GA Market Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Greenville-Spartanburg-Asheville-Anderson, SC-NC-GA Market Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Greenville-Spartanburg-Asheville-Anderson, SC-NC-GA Market Area