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Dillon County, SC

31,073 Population
405.1 square miles 76.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2017 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.4 ±0.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in South Carolina: 39 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 37.8 ±0.1

Economics

$15,638 ±$754 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in South Carolina: $26,645 ±$143
  • about half the amount in United States: $31,177 ±$89
$30,866 ±$2,021 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in South Carolina: $48,781 ±$288
  • about half the amount in United States: $57,652 ±$138

30.6% ±2.7% (9,381  ±831) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in South Carolina: 16.6% 790,657 (±0.2% / ±9,785)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 14.6% 45,650,345 (±0.1% / ±281,297)

23.7 minutes ±1.7 (253,605  ±22,288) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in South Carolina: 24.3 50,619,115 (±0.1 / ±304,577)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,730,653,340 (±0.1 / ±8,097,359)

Families

10,945 ±331 Number of households
  • South Carolina: 1,871,307 ±5,896
  • United States: 118,825,921 ±229,026
2.8 ±0.1 (30,643  ±125) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 4,756,406 (±0)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.6 312,916,765 (±0)

3.6% ±1.5% (257  ±107) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in South Carolina: 5.4% 61,725 (±0.1% / ±1,553)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,994,223 (±0% / ±20,838)

Housing

13,733 ±53 Number of housing units
  • South Carolina: 2,229,324 ±430
  • United States: 135,393,564 ±8,863

$67,200 ±$4,182 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in South Carolina: $148,600 ±$633
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $193,500 ±$156

9.9% ±1.9% (3,020  ±589.8) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in South Carolina: 14.9% 719,486 (±0.2% / ±10,686.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.6% 46,393,683 (±0.1% / ±153,382.7)

Social

73.4% ±3.9% (14,951  ±786.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 86.5% 2,878,125 (±0.4% / ±11,764)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 87.3% 188,834,530 (±0.1% / ±238,605.4)
11.2% ±1.5% (2,274  ±299.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 27% 898,081 (±0.2% / ±6,983.8)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 30.9% 66,887,603 (±0.1% / ±142,152.9)

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

2.7% ±1.1% (852  ±332) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 4.9% 237,789 (±0.1% / ±3,551)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 13.4% 43,028,127 (±0% / ±123,858)

6.2% ±1.2% (1,430  ±269) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in South Carolina: 9.8% 367,921 (±0.1% / ±3,174)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 7.7% 18,939,219 (±0% / ±40,490)
1,430 Total veterans ±269 1,335 Male ±258 95 Female ±63

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