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Charleston County, SC

424,367 Population
918 square miles 462.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.7 ±0.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in South Carolina: 40.5 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$55,454 ±$2,413 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in South Carolina: $38,097 ±$443
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$89,083 ±$3,882 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in South Carolina: $67,804 ±$1,049
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

10.3% ±1.6% (42,710  ±6,579) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in South Carolina: 13.9% 726,799 (±0.5% / ±24,733)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

25.6 minutes ±1.1 (4,623,950  ±257,098) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in South Carolina: 25.5 56,451,688 (±0.3 / ±832,708)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

183,800 ±3,583 Number of households
  • South Carolina: 2,177,733 ±10,033
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.3 ±0 (413,731  ±502) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in South Carolina: 2.4 † 5,234,462 (±,255.1 / ±-555,555,600)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 † 326,701,630 (±4.2 / ±-555,555,600)

6.7% ±1.7% (6,943  ±1,712) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 5.5% 67,375 (±0.4% / ±4,960)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

213,374 ±221 Number of housing units
  • South Carolina: 2,490,327 ±211
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$510,900 ±$27,288 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in South Carolina: $272,900 ±$2,295
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

17% ±2.1% (70,828  ±8,699.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in South Carolina: 12.4% 661,235 (±0.4% / ±23,384.2)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±,198,133.8)

Social

92.9% ±3.2% (285,786  ±9,761.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in South Carolina: 90.2% 3,378,472 (±0.9% / ±33,037.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±,278,776.4)
51.7% ±2.2% (159,081  ±6,713) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 32.9% 1,232,848 (±0.5% / ±19,277.1)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±,181,834.5)

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

6.8% ±8,840.2% (28,656  ±3,346) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 5.9% † 316,438 (±,608.8% / ±11,012)
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.3% † 47,831,412 (±23.7% / ±190,469)

7.8% ±0.9% (26,490  ±2,960) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in South Carolina: 8.4% 349,871 (±0.3% / ±11,007)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
26,490 Total veterans ±2,960 24,988 Male ±2,887 1,502 Female ±778

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