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Horry County, SC

333,268 Population
1,134 square miles 293.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2017 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.8 ±0.3 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 39.4 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.1 ±0.1

Economics

$25,772 ±$1,149 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $27,909 ±$349
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $32,397 ±$64
$45,680 ±$2,208 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $50,570 ±$532
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $60,336 ±$86

16.8% ±2% (55,026  ±6,606) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 15.4% 751,907 (±0.4% / ±19,900)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 13.4% 42,583,651 (±0.1% / ±241,032)

23 minutes ±0.9 (3,058,425  ±165,023) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in South Carolina: 24.6 52,961,020 (±0.3 / ±698,884)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.9 3,891,349,480 (±0.1 / ±8,012,447)

Families

128,499 ±4,070 Number of households
  • South Carolina: 1,905,100 ±10,277
  • United States: 120,062,818 ±161,148
2.6 ±0.1 (328,718  ±1,422) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in South Carolina: 2.6 4,887,882 (±0)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.7 317,631,941

5.7% ±1.9% (3,975  ±1,363) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 5.7% 66,875 (±0.4% / ±5,092)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,394 (±0% / ±28,051)

Housing

205,642 ±551 Number of housing units
  • South Carolina: 2,284,820 ±214
  • United States: 137,407,308 ±4,122

$176,400 ±$5,756 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in South Carolina: $161,800 ±$1,398
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $217,600 ±$437

12.9% ±1.5% (42,465  ±4,903.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 14.5% 717,694 (±0.5% / ±22,626.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 14.3% 46,073,420 (±0.1% / ±187,510.3)

Social

90.6% ±3% (223,333  ±7,517) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in South Carolina: 87.4% 3,009,003 (±0.8% / ±27,750.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 88% 194,667,872 (±0.1% / ±241,381.6)
22.7% ±1.5% (55,891  ±3,702.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 28% 964,340 (±0.4% / ±14,957.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 32% 70,765,915 (±0.1% / ±146,608.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2017 5-year data

6.3% ±0.8% (21,068  ±2,679) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in South Carolina: 4.9% 244,294 (±0.2% / ±8,606)
  • about half the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,525,855 (±0% / ±135,763)

10.5% ±0.9% (28,495  ±2,536) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 9.3% 362,121 (±0.2% / ±8,272)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 7.3% 18,204,605 (±0% / ±71,514)
28,495 Total veterans ±2,536 26,785 Male ±2,469 1,710 Female ±675

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