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Georgetown County, SC

61,065 Population
813.9 square miles 75 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2017 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.5 ±0.4 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 39 ±0.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 37.8 ±0.1

Economics

$28,748 ±$1,317 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in South Carolina: $26,645 ±$143
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $31,177 ±$89
$46,967 ±$2,473 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in South Carolina: $48,781 ±$288
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $57,652 ±$138

18.7% ±2.1% (11,268  ±1,266) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 16.6% 790,657 (±0.2% / ±9,785)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 14.6% 45,650,345 (±0.1% / ±281,297)

25.4 minutes ±0.9 (575,655  ±28,710) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in South Carolina: 24.3 50,619,115 (±0.1 / ±304,577)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,730,653,340 (±0.1 / ±8,097,359)

Families

24,840 ±476 Number of households
  • South Carolina: 1,871,307 ±5,896
  • United States: 118,825,921 ±229,026
2.4 ±0.1 (60,453  ±200) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 4,756,406 (±0)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.6 312,916,765 (±0)

5.6% ±2.1% (658  ±251) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in South Carolina: 5.4% 61,725 (±0.1% / ±1,553)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,994,223 (±0% / ±20,838)

Housing

34,628 ±95 Number of housing units
  • South Carolina: 2,229,324 ±430
  • United States: 135,393,564 ±8,863

$178,600 ±$11,276 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in South Carolina: $148,600 ±$633
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $193,500 ±$156

11.7% ±1.4% (7,071  ±859) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 14.9% 719,486 (±0.2% / ±10,686.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 14.6% 46,393,683 (±0.1% / ±153,382.7)

Social

86.5% ±2.8% (38,728  ±1,253.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 86.5% 2,878,125 (±0.4% / ±11,764)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 87.3% 188,834,530 (±0.1% / ±238,605.4)
27.1% ±1.5% (12,143  ±690.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 27% 898,081 (±0.2% / ±6,983.8)
  • about 90 percent 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

2.5% ±0.4% (1,512  ±223) Foreign-born population
  • about half 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)

10.7% ±0.7% (5,267  ±336) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 9.8% 367,921 (±0.1% / ±3,174)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 7.7% 18,939,219 (±0% / ±40,490)
5,267 Total veterans ±336 5,020 Male ±334 247 Female ±86

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