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Cherokee County, SC

56,299 Population
393 square miles 143.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.3 ±0.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in South Carolina: 40.1 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$27,175 ±$1,368 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in South Carolina: $37,993 ±$303
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$49,047 ±$2,478 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in South Carolina: $66,818 ±$504
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

18.5% ±2.1% (10,191  ±1,159) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in South Carolina: 14.2% 719,720 (±0.3% / ±14,294)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

24.7 minutes ±2.4 (551,310  ±59,403) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 54,950,328 (±0.1 / ±402,424)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

21,864 ±478 Number of households
  • South Carolina: 2,070,390 ±5,976
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.5 ±0.1 (55,211  ±24) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 5,074,803
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

6.1% ±1.7% (782  ±214) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 5.4% 63,936 (±0.2% / ±2,298)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

24,945 ±42 Number of housing units
  • South Carolina: 2,401,638 ±448
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$135,200 ±$11,915 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in South Carolina: $236,700 ±$1,344
  • about half the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

9% ±1.5% (4,998  ±,843.7) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in South Carolina: 13.1% 675,719 (±0.2% / ±11,203.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±,144,000.6)

Social

85.5% ±3.3% (32,881  ±1,289.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in South Carolina: 89.6% 3,234,677 (±0.4% / ±15,380.7)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±,279,113.6)
18.4% ±1.6% (7,077  ±,596.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 31.5% 1,136,208 (±0.3% / ±9,349.9)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±,180,792.5)

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

3.3% (1,863  ±281) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 5.6% 293,556
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

7.6% ±0.8% (3,292  ±362) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 8.5% 344,530 (±0.1% / ±4,290)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
3,292 Total veterans ±362 2,970 Male ±337 322 Female ±131

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