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Dorchester County, SC

169,833 Population
568.4 square miles 298.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.2 ±0.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in South Carolina: 40.5 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$36,001 ±$1,796 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in South Carolina: $38,097 ±$443
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$78,137 ±$5,972 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in South Carolina: $67,804 ±$1,049
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

10.5% ±2.3% (17,499  ±3,841) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in South Carolina: 13.9% 726,799 (±0.5% / ±24,733)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

31 minutes ±0.6 (2,211,975  ±69,145) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 25.5 54,759,448 (±0.1 / ±395,881)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.7 3,689,928,200 (±0 / ±7,200,288)

Families

65,532 ±1,467 Number of households
  • South Carolina: 2,177,733 ±10,033
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.6 ±0.1 (167,782  ±45) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 2.4 † 5,234,462 (±,255.1 / ±-555,555,600)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 † 326,701,630 (±4.2 / ±-555,555,600)

6.2% ±2.5% (2,565  ±1,009) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 5.5% 67,375 (±0.4% / ±4,960)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

69,568 ±32 Number of housing units
  • South Carolina: 2,490,327 ±211
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$327,100 ±$11,317 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in South Carolina: $272,900 ±$2,295
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

17.3% ±3.7% (29,045  ±6,167.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in South Carolina: 12.4% 661,235 (±0.4% / ±23,384.2)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±,198,133.8)

Social

92.8% ±5% (106,771  ±5,875.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in South Carolina: 90.2% 3,378,472 (±0.9% / ±33,037.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±,278,776.4)
30.8% ±3.1% (35,429  ±3,632.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in South Carolina: 32.9% 1,232,848 (±0.5% / ±19,277.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±,181,834.5)

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

6% ±19,663.8% (10,209  ±2,534) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 5.9% † 316,438 (±,608.8% / ±11,012)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.3% † 47,831,412 (±23.7% / ±190,469)

12.1% ±1.8% (15,400  ±2,277) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 8.4% 349,871 (±0.3% / ±11,007)
  • about double the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
15,400 Total veterans ±2,277 13,401 Male ±2,018 1,999 Female ±801

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