1996 1997
NUMBER NUMBER COST 2/ NUMBER NUMBER COST 2/
COUNTY BUILDINGS UNITS (MILLIONS) BUILDINGS UNITS (MILLIONS)
Abbeville 39 39 $2.9 108 108 $7.5
Aiken 443 527 46.5 523 526 51.5
Allendale 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Anderson 850 914 81.0 843 1,036 89.2
Bamberg 21 21 2.0 21 22 1.5
Barnwell 39 40 3.2 36 36 2.9
Beaufort 1,781 2,401 304.7 1,315 1,660 203.9
Berkeley 419 419 38.0 470 470 45.4
Calhoun 25 25 2.0 57 57 3.7
Charleston 1,670 1,872 234.4 2,215 2,575 325.8
Cherokee 130 194 12.2 152 182 13.8
Chester 84 85 8.4 64 64 8.1
Chesterfield 10 12 0.8 6 6 0.5
Clarendon 84 84 6.2 101 101 7.7
Colleton 106 144 13.6 122 125 13.6
Darlington 178 179 15.0 163 204 14.7
Dillon 48 48 2.9 35 73 3.6
Dorchester 318 319 35.6 300 300 35.9
Edgefield 75 75 6.8 94 94 7.9
Fairfield 67 134 7.0 67 67 5.9
Florence 612 723 56.5 75 79 7.3
Georgetown 576 638 77.6 600 1,163 111.9
Greenville 2,949 4,156 293.3 2,818 3,330 263.0
Greenwood 357 359 31.7 277 296 27.1
Hampton 11 11 3.0 0 0 0.0
Horry 2,207 4,054 273.2 2,330 4,520 334.4
Jasper 89 89 8.1 94 94 9.1
Kershaw 253 268 21.6 264 303 26.1
Lancaster 204 211 15.4 202 222 21.5
Laurens 229 230 17.4 194 205 16.7
Lee 75 75 3.4 66 94 4.1
Lexington 1,425 1,490 113.0 1,398 1,526 121.9
McCormick 85 85 12.0 95 95 16.3
Marion 55 61 4.1 51 60 4.3
Marlboro 6 6 0.5 7 7 0.6
Newberry 108 108 11.3 111 111 9.6
Oconee 494 512 50.5 548 665 66.6
Orangeburg 161 182 14.2 176 183 15.8
Pickens 168 455 33.2 137 204 21.6
Richland 2,211 2,385 185.9 2,081 3,137 188.0
Saluda 45 45 3.7 45 45 4.3
Spartanburg 1,409 1,726 124.2 1,477 1,878 132.6
Sumter 351 356 23.8 336 353 24.8
Union 57 57 4.3 43 43 3.9
Williamsburg 10 11 1.0 38 38 2.7
York 1,673 2,456 196.0 1,256 1,627 152.4
TOTAL 22,207 28,281 2402.0 21,411 27,984 2429.7
1/: Based on reported data. Non-residential permits no longer reported.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Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Construction Statistics Division, Building Permits Branch, unpublished data.
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