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Horry County, SC

383,101 Population
1,133.2 square miles 338.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.9 ±0.4 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 40.5 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$36,516 ±$1,709 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in South Carolina: $36,675 ±$444
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$61,063 ±$2,517 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in South Carolina: $64,115 ±$699
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

12.6% ±1.7% (47,085  ±6,519) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 14% 717,348 (±0.4% / ±22,151)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

24.1 minutes ±0.8 (3,634,535  ±185,766) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 55,497,196 (±0.3 / ±749,397)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,591,156,000 (±0 / ±7,204,853)

Families

162,136 ±4,238 Number of households
  • South Carolina: 2,136,080 ±11,784
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.3 ±0.1 (376,576  ±181) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in South Carolina: 2.4 † 5,143,331 (±260.1 / ±-555,555,600)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 † 325,134,660 (±4.3 / ±-555,555,600)

5.5% ±1.6% (4,120  ±1,240) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in South Carolina: 5.3% 63,426 (±0.4% / ±4,968)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

217,310 ±106 Number of housing units
  • South Carolina: 2,446,680 ±237
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$285,200 ±$7,166 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in South Carolina: $254,600 ±$2,799
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

13.7% ±1.8% (52,130  ±6,876.1) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 13.5% 703,333 (±0.5% / ±24,095.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±187,841.9)

Social

92.5% ±2.9% (267,045  ±8,617.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 90.5% 3,315,918 (±0.8% / ±30,951.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±272,504.5)
27.6% ±1.6% (79,753  ±4,679.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 32.6% 1,194,503 (±0.5% / ±18,642)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±175,321.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

6.9% ±9,958% (26,307  ±4,020) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in South Carolina: 5.2% † 273,375 (±544.2% / ±10,013)
  • about half the rate in United States: 13.9% † 46,182,176 (±23.1% / ±149,842)

8.3% ±0.9% (26,466  ±2,741) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 8.4% 344,664 (±0.2% / ±9,222)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
26,466 Total veterans ±2,741 23,682 Male ±2,692 2,784 Female ±973

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