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Kershaw County, SC

69,905 Population
726.6 square miles 96.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.8 ±0.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in South Carolina: 40.5 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$40,514 ±$8,914 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in South Carolina: $38,097 ±$443
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$71,375 ±$11,468 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in South Carolina: $67,804 ±$1,049
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

11.6% ±3.8% (8,032  ±2,664) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 13.9% 726,799 (±0.5% / ±24,733)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

29.5 minutes ±0.7 (807,095  ±35,827) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 54,950,328 (±0.1 / ±402,424)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

27,356 ±1,146 Number of households
  • South Carolina: 2,177,733 ±10,033
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.5 ±0.1 (69,558  ±12) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in South Carolina: 2.4 5,234,462
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

4.2% ±5.1% (635  ±767) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 5.5% 67,375 (±0.4% / ±4,960)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

30,664 ±30 Number of housing units
  • South Carolina: 2,490,327 ±211
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$222,400 ±$15,465 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $272,900 ±$2,295
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

7.4% ±2.6% (5,188  ±1,780.6) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 12.4% 661,235 (±0.4% / ±23,384.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

88.1% ±6.3% (42,165  ±3,140) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 90.2% 3,378,472 (±0.9% / ±33,037.7)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
26% ±3.7% (12,434  ±1,796.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 32.9% 1,232,848 (±0.5% / ±19,277.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

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

2.5% (1,732  ±596) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 5.9% 316,438
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

10% ±2.5% (5,318  ±1,323) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 8.4% 349,871 (±0.3% / ±11,007)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
5,318 Total veterans ±1,323 4,230 Male ±1,106 1,088 Female ±581

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