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Georgetown County, SC

61,605 Population
813.9 square miles 75.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.2 ±0.3 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 39.2 ±0.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 37.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,929 ±$1,561 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in South Carolina: $27,986 ±$159
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $32,621 ±$91
$48,071 ±$2,850 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in South Carolina: $51,015 ±$271
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $60,293 ±$140

18.3% ±2.5% (11,160  ±1,540) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 16% 770,632 (±0.3% / ±12,902)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 14.1% 44,257,979 (±0.1% / ±285,269)

25.6 minutes ±1.2 (586,115  ±34,459) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in South Carolina: 24.6 52,214,115 (±0.1 / ±305,710)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.6 3,812,750,665 (±0.1 / ±8,669,516)

Families

25,111 ±729 Number of households
  • South Carolina: 1,894,711 ±6,012
  • United States: 119,730,128 ±232,429
2.4 ±0.1 (61,002  ±151) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 4,819,128 (±0)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.6 314,810,420 (±0)

4.1% ±1.4% (488  ±170) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in South Carolina: 5.5% 63,046 (±0.2% / ±1,861)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,995,512 (±0% / ±23,123)

Housing

35,033 ±96 Number of housing units
  • South Carolina: 2,256,951 ±314
  • United States: 136,384,292 ±6,639

$187,200 ±$11,212 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in South Carolina: $154,800 ±$659
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $204,900 ±$173

11.3% ±1.4% (6,950  ±864.2) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in South Carolina: 14.7% 720,300 (±0.2% / ±10,784.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 14.5% 46,136,121 (±0.1% / ±152,246.9)

Social

87.1% ±2.8% (39,624  ±1,262.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 87.1% 2,949,232 (±0.4% / ±11,730.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 87.7% 191,498,014 (±0.1% / ±242,772.9)
27.2% ±1.6% (12,370  ±726.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 27.4% 927,823 (±0.2% / ±6,770.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 31.5% 68,867,051 (±0.1% / ±145,216)

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

2.6% ±0.3% (1,592  ±204) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in South Carolina: 4.9% 240,439 (±0.1% / ±4,224)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 13.5% 43,539,499 (±0% / ±131,250)

10% ±0.9% (4,996  ±460) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in South Carolina: 9.6% 366,862 (±0.1% / ±3,619)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 7.5% 18,611,432 (±0% / ±41,547)
4,996 Total veterans ±460 4,683 Male ±459 313 Female ±109

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