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Berkeley County, SC

245,117 Population
1,103.6 square miles 222.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.1 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 40.5 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$38,155 ±$2,256 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in South Carolina: $36,675 ±$444
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$80,185 ±$4,930 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in South Carolina: $64,115 ±$699
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

7.8% ±1.7% (18,480  ±4,000) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 14% 717,348 (±0.4% / ±22,151)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

28.2 minutes ±0.6 (2,856,125  ±86,031) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2021 5-year data
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 25.3 54,119,448 (±0.2 / ±415,561)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.8 3,757,208,800 (±0.1 / ±8,102,155)

Families

94,287 ±1,907 Number of households
  • South Carolina: 2,136,080 ±11,784
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.6 ±0.1 (240,188  ±452) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in South Carolina: 2.4 † 5,143,331 (±260.1 / ±-555,555,600)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 † 325,134,660 (±4.3 / ±-555,555,600)

7.1% ±2.3% (4,184  ±1,376) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in South Carolina: 5.3% 63,426 (±0.4% / ±4,968)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

100,716 ±179 Number of housing units
  • South Carolina: 2,446,680 ±237
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$303,900 ±$11,978 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in South Carolina: $254,600 ±$2,799
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

15.8% ±2.9% (38,309  ±6,967.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 13.5% 703,333 (±0.5% / ±24,095.2)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±187,841.9)

Social

92.5% ±4.4% (151,025  ±7,208.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 90.5% 3,315,918 (±0.8% / ±30,951.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±272,504.5)
32.3% ±2.7% (52,681  ±4,471.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 32.6% 1,194,503 (±0.5% / ±18,642)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±175,321.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

4.8% ±10,793.5% (11,673  ±2,194) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 5.2% † 273,375 (±544.2% / ±10,013)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 13.9% † 46,182,176 (±23.1% / ±149,842)

13.9% ±1.6% (24,990  ±2,871) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 8.4% 344,664 (±0.2% / ±9,222)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
24,990 Total veterans ±2,871 20,243 Male ±2,163 4,747 Female ±1,612

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