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Horry County, SC

365,579 Population
1,133.3 square miles 322.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.1 ±0.3 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 40.2 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$31,114 ±$1,163 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $33,339 ±$443
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $38,332 ±$79
$55,819 ±$2,914 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in South Carolina: $59,318 ±$852
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $69,717 ±$134

12.4% ±1.6% (44,857  ±5,737) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 14.7% 741,652 (±0.5% / ±25,957)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,393,176 (±0.1% / ±243,679)

22.7 minutes ±1 (3,022,145  ±180,628) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 52,417,256 (±0.3 / ±843,148)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 25.6 3,247,967,500 (±0 / ±6,621,416)

Families

145,335 ±3,779 Number of households
  • South Carolina: 2,049,972 ±10,471
  • United States: 127,544,730 ±97,632
2.5 ±0.1 (360,754  ±1,162) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 5,069,111 (±0)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 324,132,900

3.6% ±1.3% (2,591  ±976) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in South Carolina: 5.1% 60,830 (±0.4% / ±4,659)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.1% 3,922,188 (±0.1% / ±46,069)

Housing

210,307 ±467 Number of housing units
  • South Carolina: 2,395,957 ±268
  • United States: 142,148,050 ±4,219

$230,300 ±$5,856 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in South Carolina: $213,500 ±$2,166
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $281,400 ±$452

13.8% ±1.5% (50,287  ±5,432) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 13.6% 697,942 (±0.5% / ±23,585.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,911,615 (±0.1% / ±181,549)

Social

91.9% ±3.1% (254,521  ±8,612.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in South Carolina: 89.6% 3,224,401 (±0.9% / ±31,886.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 203,920,983 (±0.1% / ±264,625.2)
25.5% ±1.6% (70,514  ±4,473.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 31.5% 1,134,636 (±0.5% / ±17,987.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 35% 79,903,463 (±0.1% / ±166,943.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2020 5-year data

5.4% ±0.7% (19,640  ±2,409) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in South Carolina: 5.2% 271,280 (±0.2% / ±10,236)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 13.6% 45,270,104 (±0% / ±140,397)

10.2% ±0.8% (30,906  ±2,500) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 8.7% 353,056 (±0.3% / ±10,267)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,501,502 (±0% / ±78,614)
30,906 Total veterans ±2,500 28,091 Male ±2,496 2,815 Female ±1,010

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