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Georgetown County, SC

62,992 Population
813.6 square miles 77.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50.4 ±0.1 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 39.8 ±0.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$36,867 ±$1,676 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in South Carolina: $32,823 ±$239
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $37,638 ±$102
$55,719 ±$3,290 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in South Carolina: $58,234 ±$482
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $69,021 ±$146

16.5% ±2.4% (10,269  ±1,507) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 14.5% 718,345 (±0.2% / ±11,315)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,661,636 (±0.1% / ±274,456)

28.9 minutes ±1.6 (674,430  ±46,364) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 25.3 54,119,448 (±0.2 / ±415,561)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.8 3,757,208,800 (±0.1 / ±8,102,155)

Families

25,690 ±695 Number of households
  • South Carolina: 1,976,447 ±5,877
  • United States: 124,010,990 ±196,755
2.4 ±0.1 (62,477  ±149) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 4,953,286 (±0)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.6 321,899,260

5.1% ±1.4% (598  ±165) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in South Carolina: 5.4% 63,525 (±0.2% / ±1,999)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,971,395 (±0% / ±22,692)

Housing

35,762 ±82 Number of housing units
  • South Carolina: 2,325,248 ±1,084
  • United States: 139,647,020 ±3,504

$199,500 ±$15,267 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in South Carolina: $181,800 ±$1,291
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $244,900 ±$316

11% ±1.4% (6,900  ±897.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 13.6% 681,624 (±0.2% / ±11,503.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 13.4% 43,820,703 (±0% / ±133,972.5)

Social

89.7% ±3.3% (42,347  ±1,559.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 88.8% 3,113,723 (±0.4% / ±14,727.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 88.9% 200,101,962 (±0.1% / ±254,727.4)
30.7% ±1.8% (14,485  ±848.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in South Carolina: 29.8% 1,046,424 (±0.3% / ±9,391.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 33.7% 75,808,835 (±0.1% / ±157,731.9)

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

3.5% ±0.5% (2,213  ±289) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in South Carolina: 5.2% 263,917 (±0.1% / ±4,164)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 13.6% 44,844,808 (±0% / ±126,423)

10.2% ±1.1% (5,256  ±540) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 8.9% 350,822 (±0.1% / ±4,953)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.9% 17,431,290 (±0% / ±48,418)
5,256 Total veterans ±540 4,735 Male ±504 521 Female ±172

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