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Jasper County, SC

29,558 Population
655.2 square miles 45.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.8 ±1.5 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in South Carolina: 39.7 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$24,886 ±$1,641 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $30,727 ±$218
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $35,384 ±$91
$45,924 ±$3,602 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $54,864 ±$343
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $64,994 ±$128

19.1% ±3.6% (5,515  ±1,049) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in South Carolina: 14.7% 726,470 (±0.2% / ±11,777)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.8% 40,910,326 (±0.1% / ±258,486)

29.6 minutes ±1.4 (359,180  ±26,377) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 25.1 54,667,810 (±0.2 / ±409,586)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.9 3,837,803,315 (±0.1 / ±8,076,551)

Families

10,724 ±367 Number of households
  • South Carolina: 1,961,481 ±5,748
  • United States: 122,354,219 ±211,970
2.7 ±0.1 (29,012  ±131) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 4,956,293 (±0)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.6 318,495,974

7.2% ±3.1% (437  ±189) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in South Carolina: 5.4% 63,850 (±0.2% / ±2,071)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,654 (±0% / ±21,427)

Housing

12,234 ±50 Number of housing units
  • South Carolina: 2,319,112 ±1,077
  • United States: 138,432,751 ±11,188

$159,000 ±$19,247 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $170,100 ±$818
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $229,800 ±$188

13.2% ±2.7% (3,873  ±798.3) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in South Carolina: 13.8% 695,348 (±0.2% / ±10,741.7)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 13.8% 44,657,396 (±0% / ±138,910.3)

Social

86.5% ±5.4% (18,141  ±1,145) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 88.3% 3,102,292 (±0.4% / ±13,936.8)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 88.5% 197,274,154 (±0.1% / ±241,896.7)
21.4% ±2.9% (4,483  ±607) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in South Carolina: 29% 1,018,306 (±0.2% / ±8,069.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 32.9% 73,356,319 (±0.1% / ±147,645.6)

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

9.7% ±1.3% (2,878  ±369) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in South Carolina: 5.2% 263,203 (±0.1% / ±4,855)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 13.5% 44,125,628 (±0% / ±136,982)

11.1% ±2.2% (2,614  ±516) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 9.1% 360,355 (±0.1% / ±4,592)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,835,456 (±0% / ±52,869)
2,614 Total veterans ±516 2,180 Male ±445 434 Female ±188

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