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Colleton County, SC

38,783 Population
1,056.5 square miles 36.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42 ±0.6 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in South Carolina: 40.2 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,122 ±$1,502 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in South Carolina: $39,236 ±$299
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$51,114 ±$2,869 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in South Carolina: $69,324 ±$570
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

19.6% ±3% (7,456  ±1,124) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in South Carolina: 14.1% 725,690 (±0.2% / ±12,586)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

34.9 minutes ±1.9 (497,385  ±38,031) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 55,008,796 (±0.1 / ±398,882)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

16,408 ±399 Number of households
  • South Carolina: 2,117,989 ±5,782
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (38,290  ±7) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in South Carolina: 2.4 5,157,580
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.4% ±2.1% (528  ±176) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 5.5% 66,091 (±0.2% / ±2,423)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

20,083 ±71 Number of housing units
  • South Carolina: 2,443,039 ±311
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$162,500 ±$8,694 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in South Carolina: $259,000 ±$1,421
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.8% ±1.5% (2,988  ±594.4) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 12.8% 670,787 (±0.2% / ±10,726.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

84.7% ±4% (23,036  ±1,096.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in South Carolina: 90.1% 3,313,276 (±0.4% / ±16,047)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
17.4% ±1.7% (4,738  ±455.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in South Carolina: 32.1% 1,181,414 (±0.3% / ±10,164.2)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

3.4% (1,314  ±270) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 5.8% 305,101
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9% ±1.4% (2,692  ±412) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 8.3% 343,824 (±0.1% / ±5,303)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
2,692 Total veterans ±412 2,492 Male ±389 200 Female ±75

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