Census Reporter

Jasper County, SC

28,657 Population
655.2 square miles 43.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.3 ±1.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in South Carolina: 39.4 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.1 ±0.1

Economics

$24,566 ±$1,623 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $29,426 ±$152
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $34,103 ±$104
$45,601 ±$2,771 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $53,199 ±$276
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $62,843 ±$135

17.7% ±3.2% (4,960  ±905) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 15.2% 741,650 (±0.2% / ±11,849)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 13.4% 42,510,843 (±0.1% / ±279,418)

31.1 minutes ±1.4 (367,280  ±26,117) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 25 54,010,755 (±0.1 / ±293,826)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.9 3,901,729,885 (±0.1 / ±9,072,499)

Families

10,269 ±318 Number of households
  • South Carolina: 1,921,862 ±5,983
  • United States: 120,756,048 ±236,892
2.7 ±0.1 (28,107  ±105) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 4,884,815 (±0)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.6 316,606,796 (±0)

6% ±2.6% (348  ±151) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 5.5% 64,132 (±0.2% / ±2,063)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,987,092 (±0% / ±22,278)

Housing

11,865 ±50 Number of housing units
  • South Carolina: 2,286,826 ±342
  • United States: 137,428,986 ±6,044

$166,200 ±$14,535 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in South Carolina: $162,300 ±$627
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $217,500 ±$180

13.9% ±3.6% (3,950  ±1,030) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in South Carolina: 14.3% 710,583 (±0.2% / ±10,388.9)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 14.2% 45,656,511 (±0.1% / ±147,539.6)

Social

81.8% ±4.7% (16,507  ±958.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 87.5% 3,016,480 (±0.4% / ±12,801.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 88% 194,149,815 (±0.1% / ±259,935)
17.8% ±2.1% (3,589  ±434.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 28.1% 969,279 (±0.2% / ±6,848.6)
  • about half the rate in United States: 32.2% 70,920,162 (±0.1% / ±154,967.5)

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

9.2% ±0.8% (2,641  ±240) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in South Carolina: 5% 252,614 (±0.1% / ±4,029)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 13.6% 44,011,870 (±0% / ±142,271)

11.6% ±2% (2,628  ±444) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 9.4% 365,139 (±0.1% / ±3,845)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 7.3% 18,230,322 (±0% / ±50,396)
2,628 Total veterans ±444 2,199 Male ±330 429 Female ±224

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