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Berkeley County, SC

222,103 Population
1,103.6 square miles 201.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.5 ±0.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 39.7 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$30,655 ±$837 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in South Carolina: $30,727 ±$218
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $35,384 ±$91
$65,443 ±$1,721 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in South Carolina: $54,864 ±$343
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $64,994 ±$128

11.9% ±1.1% (25,989  ±2,289) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 14.7% 726,470 (±0.2% / ±11,777)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.8% 40,910,326 (±0.1% / ±258,486)

28.3 minutes ±0.7 (2,875,870  ±91,807) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 25.1 54,667,810 (±0.2 / ±409,586)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.9 3,837,803,315 (±0.1 / ±8,076,551)

Families

79,597 ±697 Number of households
  • South Carolina: 1,961,481 ±5,748
  • United States: 122,354,219 ±211,970
2.8 ±0 (218,565  ±462) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 4,956,293 (±0)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.6 318,495,974

6.6% ±1.2% (3,500  ±640) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 5.4% 63,850 (±0.2% / ±2,071)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,654 (±0% / ±21,427)

Housing

86,274 ±174 Number of housing units
  • South Carolina: 2,319,112 ±1,077
  • United States: 138,432,751 ±11,188

$197,300 ±$4,184 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in South Carolina: $170,100 ±$818
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $229,800 ±$188

16% ±1.2% (34,982  ±2,598.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 13.8% 695,348 (±0.2% / ±10,741.7)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 13.8% 44,657,396 (±0% / ±138,910.3)

Social

89.1% ±2% (132,170  ±2,966.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 88.3% 3,102,292 (±0.4% / ±13,936.8)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 88.5% 197,274,154 (±0.1% / ±241,896.7)
25.4% ±1.2% (37,671  ±1,700.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 29% 1,018,306 (±0.2% / ±8,069.4)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 32.9% 73,356,319 (±0.1% / ±147,645.6)

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

5.3% ±0.4% (11,837  ±809) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in South Carolina: 5.2% 263,203 (±0.1% / ±4,855)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 13.5% 44,125,628 (±0% / ±136,982)

13.5% ±0.8% (22,075  ±1,228) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 9.1% 360,355 (±0.1% / ±4,592)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,835,456 (±0% / ±52,869)
22,075 Total veterans ±1,228 18,743 Male ±926 3,332 Female ±620

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