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South Carolina

5,282,634 Population
30,064.3 square miles 175.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.5 ±0.2 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$36,675 ±$444 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$64,115 ±$699 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

14% ±0.4% (717,348  ±22,151) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

25.6 minutes ±0.3 (55,497,196  ±749,397) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,591,156,000 (±0 / ±7,204,853)

Families

2,136,080 ±11,784 Number of households
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.4 ±260.1 (5,143,331  ±-555,555,600) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 † 325,134,660 (±4.3 / ±-555,555,600)

5.3% ±0.4% (63,426  ±4,968) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

2,446,680 ±237 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$254,600 ±$2,799 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

13.5% ±0.5% (703,333  ±24,095.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±187,841.9)

Social

90.5% ±0.8% (3,315,918  ±30,951.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±272,504.5)
32.6% ±0.5% (1,194,503  ±18,642) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±175,321.9)

7.8% ±0.3% (388,247  ±13,468.6) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 22% 69,241,800 (±0.1% / ±203,206.2)

5.2% ±544.2% (273,375  ±10,013) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 13.9% † 46,182,176 (±23.1% / ±149,842)

8.4% ±0.2% (344,664  ±9,222) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
344,664 Total veterans ±9,222 303,671 Male ±8,060 40,993 Female ±3,746

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