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Columbia-Sumter-Orangeburg, SC CSA

1,082,699 Population
6,104.9 square miles 177.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.7 ±0.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$35,515 ±$905 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$62,414 ±$2,218 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

14.9% ±1.3% (155,202  ±13,286) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

24.8 minutes ±0.7 (11,153,705  ±410,202) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

436,321 ±4,940 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.4 ±0 (1,044,671  ±1,811) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 † 326,701,630 (±4.2 / ±-555,555,600)

5.2% ±0.8% (13,562  ±2,147) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

490,742 ±1,500 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$224,700 ±$4,064 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

13.2% ±0.9% (140,986  ±10,060.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±,198,133.8)

Social

90.7% ±1.9% (656,969  ±13,603) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±,278,776.4)
32.5% ±1.1% (235,484  ±8,082.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±,181,834.5)

7.8% ±0.3% (70,068  ±2,797.7) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 21.7% 67,860,570 (±0.1% / ±,196,548.1)

4.9% ±0.4% (53,099  ±4,705) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.3% † 47,831,412 (±23.7% / ±190,469)

10.2% ±0.7% (84,097  ±5,504) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
84,097 Total veterans ±5,504 70,514 Male ±4,397 13,583 Female ±2,147

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