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Charleston County, SC

431,001 Population
918.2 square miles 469.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.1 ±0.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in South Carolina: 40.7 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$58,494 ±$2,867 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in South Carolina: $40,195 ±$511
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$93,911 ±$4,499 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in South Carolina: $72,350 ±$959
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

9.7% ±1.5% (40,682  ±6,155) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in South Carolina: 13.3% 707,939 (±0.5% / ±25,914)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

25.8 minutes ±1.1 (4,812,960  ±262,136) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in South Carolina: 26.3 59,371,680 (±0.3 / ±951,035)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

186,235 ±3,412 Number of households
  • South Carolina: 2,222,890 ±11,062
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0 (420,909  ±148) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in South Carolina: 2.4 5,338,044
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

6% ±1.8% (6,294  ±1,901) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 5.4% 67,181 (±0.5% / ±5,987)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

216,974 ±80 Number of housing units
  • South Carolina: 2,531,310 ±358
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$590,200 ±$24,714 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about double the amount in South Carolina: $299,500 ±$3,303
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

14.4% ±1.8% (61,084  ±7,788.9) 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

94.7% ±3.2% (295,815  ±9,925.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than 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)
51.6% ±2% (161,321  ±6,230.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 33.3% 1,275,289 (±0.5% / ±18,834.7)
  • about 1.4 times 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

7.2% (30,835  ±4,404) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 6.4% 351,009
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

8.1% ±0.9% (27,774  ±2,995) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 8.1% 345,945 (±0.3% / ±11,931)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
27,774 Total veterans ±2,995 24,953 Male ±2,649 2,821 Female ±899

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