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Columbia-Sumter-Orangeburg, SC CSA

1,098,284 Population
6,104.9 square miles 179.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.3 ±0.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$36,858 ±$952 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$67,205 ±$2,155 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

14.6% ±1.1% (154,688  ±12,061) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

25.9 minutes ±0.6 (11,784,490  ±384,272) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

441,427 ±4,096 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0 (1,059,840  ±2,261) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4% ±0.7% (10,617  ±1,911) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

498,188 ±1,570 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$249,300 ±$5,869 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

12.9% ±1% (140,209  ±11,054) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

91% ±2% (672,124  ±14,715.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
34.1% ±1.2% (251,565  ±9,034.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

8% ±0.3% (81,698  ±2,917.3) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

6.4% ±0.6% (69,878  ±6,887) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

8.9% ±0.6% (74,538  ±5,144) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
74,538 Total veterans ±5,144 62,832 Male ±4,301 11,706 Female ±2,262

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