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Bamberg County, SC

13,042 Population
393.4 square miles 33.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.3 ±1.5 Median age
  • a little 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

$23,721 ±$2,188 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in South Carolina: $39,236 ±$299
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$44,370 ±$4,432 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in South Carolina: $69,324 ±$570
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

24.3% ±5% (2,984  ±620) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 14.1% 725,690 (±0.2% / ±12,586)
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

28 minutes ±4 (120,550  ±20,652) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 55,008,796 (±0.1 / ±398,882)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

4,644 ±250 Number of households
  • South Carolina: 2,117,989 ±5,782
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.1 (12,124  ±51) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 2.4 5,157,580
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.6% ±2.2% (70  ±59) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in South Carolina: 5.5% 66,091 (±0.2% / ±2,423)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

6,581 ±23 Number of housing units
  • South Carolina: 2,443,039 ±311
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$97,800 ±$9,569 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in South Carolina: $259,000 ±$1,421
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.6% ±2.7% (1,369  ±346.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 12.8% 670,787 (±0.2% / ±10,726.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

77.9% ±6.5% (7,015  ±605.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 90.1% 3,313,276 (±0.4% / ±16,047)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
17.9% ±3.5% (1,616  ±312.3) 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 half 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

1.3% (167  ±143) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in South Carolina: 5.8% 305,101
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.3% ±1.3% (672  ±141) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in South Carolina: 8.3% 343,824 (±0.1% / ±5,303)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
672 Total veterans ±141 663 Male ±138 9 Female ±16

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