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Georgetown County, SC

61,952 Population
813.9 square miles 76.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.5 ±0.2 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 39.4 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.1 ±0.1

Economics

$31,382 ±$1,462 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in South Carolina: $29,426 ±$152
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $34,103 ±$104
$48,456 ±$2,381 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $53,199 ±$276
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $62,843 ±$135

17.9% ±2.1% (10,968  ±1,307) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 15.2% 741,650 (±0.2% / ±11,849)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 13.4% 42,510,843 (±0.1% / ±279,418)

25.8 minutes ±1.3 (591,800  ±35,126) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in South Carolina: 25 54,010,755 (±0.1 / ±293,826)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.9 3,901,729,885 (±0.1 / ±9,072,499)

Families

25,498 ±588 Number of households
  • South Carolina: 1,921,862 ±5,983
  • United States: 120,756,048 ±236,892
2.4 ±0.1 (61,355  ±134) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 4,884,815 (±0)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.6 316,606,796 (±0)

5.2% ±1.8% (610  ±207) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in South Carolina: 5.5% 64,132 (±0.2% / ±2,063)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,987,092 (±0% / ±22,278)

Housing

35,345 ±69 Number of housing units
  • South Carolina: 2,286,826 ±342
  • United States: 137,428,986 ±6,044

$188,800 ±$9,385 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in South Carolina: $162,300 ±$627
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $217,500 ±$180

11.3% ±1.5% (6,945  ±949.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 14.3% 710,583 (±0.2% / ±10,388.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 14.2% 45,656,511 (±0.1% / ±147,539.6)

Social

87.2% ±3% (40,070  ±1,373.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 87.5% 3,016,480 (±0.4% / ±12,801.1)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 88% 194,149,815 (±0.1% / ±259,935)
27.3% ±1.6% (12,553  ±721.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in South Carolina: 28.1% 969,279 (±0.2% / ±6,848.6)
  • about 80 percent 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

2.8% ±0.4% (1,759  ±230) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of 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)

9.9% ±0.9% (4,977  ±452) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in South Carolina: 9.4% 365,139 (±0.1% / ±3,845)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 7.3% 18,230,322 (±0% / ±50,396)
4,977 Total veterans ±452 4,516 Male ±400 461 Female ±160

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