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Berkeley County, SC

264,276 Population
1,103.6 square miles 239.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.7 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 40.7 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$43,263 ±$2,287 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in South Carolina: $40,195 ±$511
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$86,658 ±$5,612 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in South Carolina: $72,350 ±$959
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

8.2% ±1.6% (21,243  ±4,110) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 13.3% 707,939 (±0.5% / ±25,914)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

32.7 minutes ±1.3 (3,834,820  ±214,302) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 26.3 59,371,680 (±0.3 / ±951,035)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

100,299 ±1,748 Number of households
  • South Carolina: 2,222,890 ±11,062
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.6 ±0.1 (260,399  ±195) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 2.4 5,338,044
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.6% ±1.8% (2,944  ±1,167) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 5.4% 67,181 (±0.5% / ±5,987)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

106,977 ±87 Number of housing units
  • South Carolina: 2,531,310 ±358
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$356,000 ±$16,090 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in South Carolina: $299,500 ±$3,303
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

14.5% ±2.2% (37,823  ±5,735.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 12.3% 668,017 (±0.4% / ±24,046)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

92.3% ±4.3% (165,808  ±7,707.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 91% 3,479,792 (±0.8% / ±31,588.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
33.8% ±2.5% (60,783  ±4,515.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 33.3% 1,275,289 (±0.5% / ±18,834.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

8.2% (21,581  ±3,555) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 6.4% 351,009
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

11.2% ±1.4% (21,912  ±2,716) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in South Carolina: 8.1% 345,945 (±0.3% / ±11,931)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
21,912 Total veterans ±2,716 19,943 Male ±2,420 1,969 Female ±874

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