Economic Information

 

Section 1

Geography

Region: Northeast

County: Chesterfield

County Seat: Chesterfield

Nearest Major Airport: Florence

Miles To: Columbia - 85

New York - 609

Atlanta - 275

 

 

Population

City County

1980: 5,654 38,161

1990: 5,555 38,577

1997: 5,734 40,020

2015 (P): 41,500

 

City Population - 1997:

15-mile radius: 57,194

30-mile radius: 226,019

 

City Population Changes:

Number 1990-96: 179

Percent 1990-97: 3.2%

Climate

Average Temperature:

Annual - 60.0

January - 40.5

July - 78.5

 

Mean Temperature:

High - 70.5

Low - 49.4

 

Average Humidity:

1 a.m. - 76.0

1 p.m. - 54.0

7 p.m. - 83.0

7 a.m. - 61.0

 

Mean Yearly Precipitation: 43.2 in.

Heating Degree Days: 3,342

Cooling Degree Days: 1,546

Earliest Freeze Day: 10/22

Last Freeze Day: 04/06

Labor Force

1997 Estimated:

Labor force within a 30-mile radius:

105,389

Labor Force By Sex:

M: 54,885 F: 50,504

Labor Force % of Population: 46.6%

 

1997 Estimated:

Number in Labor Force Unemployed

8,835

Percent of Labor Force Unemployed

8.4%

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Membership Directory

 

The Greater Cheraw Chamber of Commerce

221 Market Street

Cheraw, South Carolina 29520

Phone: 843-537-7681

Fax: 843-537-5886

Email: cherawchamber@bellsouth.net