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Abbeville County, SC

24,420 Population
491.2 square miles 49.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 40.2 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,559 ±$3,247 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $39,236 ±$299
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$52,935 ±$3,895 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in South Carolina: $69,324 ±$570
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

15.7% ±2% (3,691  ±474) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 14.1% 725,690 (±0.2% / ±12,586)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24.7 minutes ±1 (230,170  ±15,304) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 55,008,796 (±0.1 / ±398,882)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

9,762 ±394 Number of households
  • South Carolina: 2,117,989 ±5,782
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (23,514  ±22) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in South Carolina: 2.4 5,157,580
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.8% ±2.7% (293  ±137) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in South Carolina: 5.5% 66,091 (±0.2% / ±2,423)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

11,806 ±28 Number of housing units
  • South Carolina: 2,443,039 ±311
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$178,800 ±$15,131 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in South Carolina: $259,000 ±$1,421
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.6% ±1.5% (1,833  ±352.9) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 12.8% 670,787 (±0.2% / ±10,726.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

87.4% ±4.5% (15,114  ±780.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in South Carolina: 90.1% 3,313,276 (±0.4% / ±16,047)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
20.4% ±2.5% (3,521  ±424.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 32.1% 1,181,414 (±0.3% / ±10,164.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

2.3% (568  ±227) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 5.8% 305,101
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.5% ±1.2% (1,461  ±232) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 8.3% 343,824 (±0.1% / ±5,303)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,461 Total veterans ±232 1,269 Male ±202 192 Female ±124

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