City of Beaufort Comprehensive Plan Update 2004 Table of Contents City of Beaufort Comprehensive Plan Update 2004.................................................................... i CHAPTER ONE: DEMOGRAPHIC ELEMENT............................................................................... 1 INTRODUCTION.............................................................................................................................. 1 POPULATION .................................................................................................................................. 1 AGE DISTRIBUTION ....................................................................................................................... 4 RACIAL COMPOSITION AND TRENDS......................................................................................... 6 HOUSEHOLDS................................................................................................................................ 8 EDUCATION .................................................................................................................................... 8 INCOME......................................................................................................................................... 10 CONCLUSION: SUMMARY OF FINDINGS .................................................................................. 12 CHAPTER TWO: NATURAL RESOURCES ELEMENT .............................................................. 13 INTRODUCTION............................................................................................................................ 13 GEOLOGY AND TOPOGRAPHY.................................................................................................. 13 SOILS............................................................................................................................................. 13 CLIMATE........................................................................................................................................ 14 WATER RESOURCES .................................................................................................................. 14 WATER SUPPLY WATERSHEDS ................................................................................................ 15 RIVER CORRIDORS AND FLOODPLAINS .................................................................................. 15 NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION .............................................................................................. 15 WETLANDS ................................................................................................................................... 16 GROUND WATER RECHARGE AREAS ...................................................................................... 17 SCENIC VIEWS AND SITES......................................................................................................... 17 NATURAL RESOURCES GOALS, POLICIES, STRATEGIES ..................................................... 18 CHAPTER THREE: CULTURAL AND HISTORIC RESOURCES ELEMENT............................. 23 INTRODUCTION............................................................................................................................ 23 HISTORIC RESOURCES ..............................................................................................................23 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC BUILDINGS..................................................................... 23 POTENTIAL NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC PROPERTIES.................................................. 24 PRESERVATION OF HISTORIC RESOURCES........................................................................... 24 CULTURAL AND TOURIST ATTRACTIONS IN BEAUFORT....................................................... 25 CULTURAL AND HISTORIC RESOURCES GOALS, POLICIES AND STRATEGIES ................ 26 CHAPTER FOUR: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ELEMENT ..................................................... 31 INTRODUCTION............................................................................................................................ 31 INVENTORY AND ANALYSIS....................................................................................................... 31 INCOME......................................................................................................................................... 31 Table of Contents i Income and Race........................................................................................................................... 31 Table IV-1....................................................................................................................................... 32 Comparison of Per Capita Income by Race .................................................................................. 32 Table IV-2....................................................................................................................................... 32 Labor Force Participation Rates 1990 and 2000 for...................................................................... 32 LABOR FORCE ............................................................................................................................. 33 Table IV-3....................................................................................................................................... 34 Labor Force Participation Rates by Gender 1990 and 2000 ......................................................... 34 Table V-4........................................................................................................................................ 35 Labor Participation Rates by Race in 2000 for All Residents 16 and Over................................... 35 Labor Force Participation Rates by Race and Gender.................................................................. 35 Table IV-5....................................................................................................................................... 37 City of Beaufort Labor Force - Occupation of Worker, 1980-1990 ................................................ 37 Table IV-6....................................................................................................................................... 37 City, County and State Labor Force- .............................................................................................37 Occupation of Employed Civilian Population 16 years and over in 2000 ...................................... 37 Table IV-7....................................................................................................................................... 39 Beaufort County Standard Industrial Classifications (SIC),........................................................... 39 Location Quotients and Average Annual Salary per Person, 1995 ............................................... 39 EMPLOYMENT .............................................................................................................................. 40 Employment in the City of Beaufort ............................................................................................... 40 Table IV-8....................................................................................................................................... 42 City of Beaufort Employment, 1992 ...............................................................................................42 Table IV-9....................................................................................................................................... 43 Employment Comparisons – City of Beaufort and South Carolina, 1992...................................... 43 Table IV-10..................................................................................................................................... 43 Series Comparison – City of Beaufort and South Carolina, 1992 ................................................. 43 Table IV-11..................................................................................................................................... 44 City of Beaufort Employment by NAICS Code, 1997..................................................................... 44 Table IV-12..................................................................................................................................... 45 Minority and Women Owned Businesses within the City of Beaufort, 1997.................................. 45 Employment Projections ................................................................................................................ 45 Table IV-13..................................................................................................................................... 45 City of Beaufort Employment Projections, 1992-2020................................................................... 45 STATEMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEEDS ............................................................ 46 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GOALS, POLICIES AND STRATEGIES ...................................... 47 CHAPTER FIVE: HOUSING ELEMENT ....................................................................................... 53 INTRODUCTION............................................................................................................................ 53 Housing Units................................................................................................................................. 53 Housing Types