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Horry County, SC

344,147 Population
1,133.7 square miles 303.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.3 ±0.3 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 39.7 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.2

Economics

$27,525 ±$1,302 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in South Carolina: $28,957 ±$350
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $33,831 ±$77
$49,047 ±$2,005 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in South Carolina: $52,306 ±$631
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $61,937 ±$94

14.5% ±1.6% (48,787  ±5,253) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in South Carolina: 15.3% 755,215 (±0.5% / ±23,160)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 13.1% 41,852,315 (±0.1% / ±232,949)

22.2 minutes ±1 (3,066,260  ±182,063) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 25.1 54,995,090 (±0.3 / ±855,171)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 27.1 3,967,761,655 (±0 / ±7,704,522)

Families

131,180 ±3,804 Number of households
  • South Carolina: 1,927,991 ±12,233
  • United States: 121,520,180 ±153,217
2.6 ±0.1 (338,243  ±1,986) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in South Carolina: 2.6 4,948,304 (±0)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.6 319,075,830

3.9% ±1.3% (2,780  ±897) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in South Carolina: 5.5% 63,951 (±0.4% / ±4,991)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,956,960 (±0% / ±30,916)

Housing

210,700 ±769 Number of housing units
  • South Carolina: 2,318,291 ±259
  • United States: 138,539,906 ±4,033

$187,000 ±$7,139 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in South Carolina: $170,800 ±$1,570
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $229,700 ±$366

12.3% ±1.4% (42,066  ±4,698.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 14.3% 719,991 (±0.4% / ±22,296.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 45,452,496 (±0.1% / ±185,008.3)

Social

90.1% ±2.9% (230,763  ±7,683.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 88.5% 3,088,864 (±0.8% / ±28,584.1)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 88.3% 197,114,684 (±0.1% / ±245,154.7)
23.9% ±1.6% (61,183  ±4,131.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 28.3% 989,335 (±0.5% / ±15,927.4)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 32.6% 72,750,461 (±0.1% / ±151,650)

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

5.9% ±0.9% (20,370  ±2,932) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 5.1% 256,765 (±0.2% / ±8,349)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,728,721 (±0.1% / ±157,222)

9.3% ±0.9% (26,097  ±2,408) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 9.2% 363,194 (±0.2% / ±9,260)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,964,242 (±0% / ±66,854)
26,097 Total veterans ±2,408 24,586 Male ±2,207 1,511 Female ±787

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