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Berkeley County, SC

236,701 Population
1,103.6 square miles 214.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37 ±0.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 40.2 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$36,063 ±$1,546 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in South Carolina: $33,339 ±$443
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $38,332 ±$79
$75,004 ±$4,119 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in South Carolina: $59,318 ±$852
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $69,717 ±$134

9.7% ±1.7% (22,472  ±3,878) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in South Carolina: 14.7% 741,652 (±0.5% / ±25,957)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,393,176 (±0.1% / ±243,679)

28.3 minutes ±0.7 (2,875,870  ±91,807) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2020 5-year data
  • 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

88,092 ±2,416 Number of households
  • South Carolina: 2,049,972 ±10,471
  • United States: 127,544,730 ±97,632
2.6 ±0.1 (232,145  ±1,744) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 5,069,111 (±0)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,132,900

6.3% ±1.7% (3,573  ±962) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 5.1% 60,830 (±0.4% / ±4,659)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 3,922,188 (±0.1% / ±46,069)

Housing

97,385 ±665 Number of housing units
  • South Carolina: 2,395,957 ±268
  • United States: 142,148,050 ±4,219

$271,800 ±$7,362 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in South Carolina: $213,500 ±$2,166
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $281,400 ±$452

14.3% ±2.5% (33,541  ±5,885.4) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in South Carolina: 13.6% 697,942 (±0.5% / ±23,585.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,911,615 (±0.1% / ±181,549)

Social

91.3% ±4.3% (145,127  ±6,850.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 89.6% 3,224,401 (±0.9% / ±31,886.8)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.4% 203,920,983 (±0.1% / ±264,625.2)
30.2% ±2.5% (47,938  ±3,937.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in South Carolina: 31.5% 1,134,636 (±0.5% / ±17,987.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 35% 79,903,463 (±0.1% / ±166,943.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2020 5-year data

5% ±0.8% (11,904  ±1,947) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in South Carolina: 5.2% 271,280 (±0.2% / ±10,236)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 13.6% 45,270,104 (±0% / ±140,397)

13.5% ±1.3% (23,299  ±2,296) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 8.7% 353,056 (±0.3% / ±10,267)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,501,502 (±0% / ±78,614)
23,299 Total veterans ±2,296 19,877 Male ±2,075 3,422 Female ±1,051

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