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Dillon County, SC

30,689 Population
405.1 square miles 75.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.7 ±0.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in South Carolina: 39.4 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.1 ±0.1

Economics

$17,605 ±$1,057 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in South Carolina: $29,426 ±$152
  • about half the amount in United States: $34,103 ±$104
$30,812 ±$2,746 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in South Carolina: $53,199 ±$276
  • about half the amount in United States: $62,843 ±$135

32.6% ±3.2% (9,852  ±959) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in South Carolina: 15.2% 741,650 (±0.2% / ±11,849)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 13.4% 42,510,843 (±0.1% / ±279,418)

23.2 minutes ±2.1 (257,330  ±26,743) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 25 54,010,755 (±0.1 / ±293,826)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.9 3,901,729,885 (±0.1 / ±9,072,499)

Families

11,029 ±377 Number of households
  • South Carolina: 1,921,862 ±5,983
  • United States: 120,756,048 ±236,892
2.8 ±0.1 (30,293  ±164) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 4,884,815 (±0)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.6 316,606,796 (±0)

4.3% ±1.7% (301  ±120) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 5.5% 64,132 (±0.2% / ±2,063)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,987,092 (±0% / ±22,278)

Housing

13,767 ±68 Number of housing units
  • South Carolina: 2,286,826 ±342
  • United States: 137,428,986 ±6,044

$79,300 ±$5,696 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in South Carolina: $162,300 ±$627
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $217,500 ±$180

8% ±1.8% (2,417  ±538.2) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 14.3% 710,583 (±0.2% / ±10,388.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.2% 45,656,511 (±0.1% / ±147,539.6)

Social

75.3% ±4.2% (15,287  ±853.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 87.5% 3,016,480 (±0.4% / ±12,801.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 88% 194,149,815 (±0.1% / ±259,935)
11.1% ±1.6% (2,258  ±330.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 28.1% 969,279 (±0.2% / ±6,848.6)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 32.2% 70,920,162 (±0.1% / ±154,967.5)

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

2.3% ±0.8% (695  ±259) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in South Carolina: 5% 252,614 (±0.1% / ±4,029)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 13.6% 44,011,870 (±0% / ±142,271)

7% ±1.2% (1,609  ±277) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in South Carolina: 9.4% 365,139 (±0.1% / ±3,845)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 7.3% 18,230,322 (±0% / ±50,396)
1,609 Total veterans ±277 1,403 Male ±235 206 Female ±109

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