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Charleston County, SC

413,024 Population
918 square miles 449.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.1 ±0.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in South Carolina: 40.2 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$44,198 ±$2,320 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in South Carolina: $33,339 ±$443
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $38,332 ±$79
$72,147 ±$3,919 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in South Carolina: $59,318 ±$852
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $69,717 ±$134

13.7% ±2% (55,266  ±7,982) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in South Carolina: 14.7% 741,652 (±0.5% / ±25,957)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,393,176 (±0.1% / ±243,679)

24.1 minutes ±1.3 (4,105,165  ±286,941) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 52,417,256 (±0.3 / ±843,148)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 25.6 3,247,967,500 (±0 / ±6,621,416)

Families

169,851 ±4,362 Number of households
  • South Carolina: 2,049,972 ±10,471
  • United States: 127,544,730 ±97,632
2.4 ±0.1 (403,685  ±2,364) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 5,069,111 (±0)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,132,900

7% ±2% (7,194  ±2,041) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in South Carolina: 5.1% 60,830 (±0.4% / ±4,659)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 3,922,188 (±0.1% / ±46,069)

Housing

206,274 ±991 Number of housing units
  • South Carolina: 2,395,957 ±268
  • United States: 142,148,050 ±4,219

$398,600 ±$18,374 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in South Carolina: $213,500 ±$2,166
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $281,400 ±$452

14.1% ±1.8% (57,715  ±7,416.5) 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

93.3% ±3.4% (277,352  ±10,005.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in South Carolina: 89.6% 3,224,401 (±0.9% / ±31,886.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 203,920,983 (±0.1% / ±264,625.2)
48.2% ±2.3% (143,287  ±6,783.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 31.5% 1,134,636 (±0.5% / ±17,987.7)
  • about 1.4 times 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

5.9% ±1% (24,261  ±4,024) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher 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)

8.9% ±0.8% (29,573  ±2,708) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 8.7% 353,056 (±0.3% / ±10,267)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,501,502 (±0% / ±78,614)
29,573 Total veterans ±2,708 26,400 Male ±2,318 3,173 Female ±1,041

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