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Dorchester County, SC

166,133 Population
568.5 square miles 292.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.6 ±0.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 40.5 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$37,995 ±$3,336 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in South Carolina: $36,675 ±$444
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$73,791 ±$6,520 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in South Carolina: $64,115 ±$699
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

11.3% ±2.7% (18,414  ±4,323) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 14% 717,348 (±0.4% / ±22,151)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

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

64,183 ±1,297 Number of households
  • South Carolina: 2,136,080 ±11,784
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.6 ±0.1 (163,881  ±131) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in South Carolina: 2.4 5,143,331
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 325,134,660

4% ±2% (1,529  ±765) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in South Carolina: 5.3% 63,426 (±0.4% / ±4,968)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

67,821 ±69 Number of housing units
  • South Carolina: 2,446,680 ±237
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$319,100 ±$10,271 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in South Carolina: $254,600 ±$2,799
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

13.2% ±2.8% (21,849  ±4,574.5) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 13.5% 703,333 (±0.5% / ±24,095.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±,187,841.9)

Social

92.3% ±5% (103,742  ±5,706.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 90.5% 3,315,918 (±0.8% / ±30,951.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±,272,504.5)
28.1% ±2.5% (31,528  ±2,826.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 32.6% 1,194,503 (±0.5% / ±18,642)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±,175,321.9)

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

3.5% (5,739  ±1,024) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in South Carolina: 5.2% 273,375
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,182,176

10.7% ±1.7% (13,401  ±2,164) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in South Carolina: 8.4% 344,664 (±0.2% / ±9,222)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
13,401 Total veterans ±2,164 10,931 Male ±1,747 2,470 Female ±1,035

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