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Dillon County, SC

30,473 Population
405.1 square miles 75.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.6 ±0.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in South Carolina: 39.7 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$19,131 ±$1,025 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in South Carolina: $30,727 ±$218
  • about half the amount in United States: $35,384 ±$91
$36,429 ±$3,245 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in South Carolina: $54,864 ±$343
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $64,994 ±$128

30.2% ±3.8% (9,070  ±1,140) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in South Carolina: 14.7% 726,470 (±0.2% / ±11,777)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.8% 40,910,326 (±0.1% / ±258,486)

21.8 minutes ±1.2 (240,360  ±18,633) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 25.1 54,667,810 (±0.2 / ±409,586)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.9 3,837,803,315 (±0.1 / ±8,076,551)

Families

11,147 ±355 Number of households
  • South Carolina: 1,961,481 ±5,748
  • United States: 122,354,219 ±211,970
2.7 ±0.1 (30,077  ±130) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 4,956,293 (±0)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.6 318,495,974

4.3% ±1.9% (300  ±131) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 5.4% 63,850 (±0.2% / ±2,071)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,654 (±0% / ±21,427)

Housing

13,808 ±57 Number of housing units
  • South Carolina: 2,319,112 ±1,077
  • United States: 138,432,751 ±11,188

$84,500 ±$5,518 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in South Carolina: $170,100 ±$818
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $229,800 ±$188

9.8% ±2.1% (2,936  ±615.6) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in South Carolina: 13.8% 695,348 (±0.2% / ±10,741.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 13.8% 44,657,396 (±0% / ±138,910.3)

Social

78.6% ±4.5% (15,921  ±917) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 88.3% 3,102,292 (±0.4% / ±13,936.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 88.5% 197,274,154 (±0.1% / ±241,896.7)
13% ±2% (2,622  ±396.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in South Carolina: 29% 1,018,306 (±0.2% / ±8,069.4)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 32.9% 73,356,319 (±0.1% / ±147,645.6)

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

0.8% ±0.4% (238  ±129) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in South Carolina: 5.2% 263,203 (±0.1% / ±4,855)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.5% 44,125,628 (±0% / ±136,982)

7.4% ±1.4% (1,675  ±321) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 9.1% 360,355 (±0.1% / ±4,592)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,835,456 (±0% / ±52,869)
1,675 Total veterans ±321 1,396 Male ±235 279 Female ±197

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