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Kershaw County, SC

71,698 Population
726.6 square miles 98.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.6 ±1.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in South Carolina: 40.7 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$36,403 ±$3,319 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $40,195 ±$511
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$74,740 ±$9,069 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in South Carolina: $72,350 ±$959
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

11.8% ±3.3% (8,426  ±2,346) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 13.3% 707,939 (±0.5% / ±25,914)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

30 minutes ±1.6 (826,465  ±53,112) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 55,008,796 (±0.1 / ±398,882)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

28,963 ±888 Number of households
  • South Carolina: 2,222,890 ±11,062
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.5 ±0.1 (71,351  ±17) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in South Carolina: 2.4 5,338,044
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.1% ±2.7% (619  ±406) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in South Carolina: 5.4% 67,181 (±0.5% / ±5,987)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

31,320 ±17 Number of housing units
  • South Carolina: 2,531,310 ±358
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$265,900 ±$16,371 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $299,500 ±$3,303
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

7.4% ±2.6% (5,294  ±1,825.7) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 12.3% 668,017 (±0.4% / ±24,046)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

87.9% ±6.5% (44,291  ±3,306.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in South Carolina: 91% 3,479,792 (±0.8% / ±31,588.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
27.3% ±3.6% (13,766  ±1,807.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 33.3% 1,275,289 (±0.5% / ±18,834.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

3.3% (2,370  ±793) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in South Carolina: 6.4% 351,009
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

12% ±2.2% (6,565  ±1,201) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 8.1% 345,945 (±0.3% / ±11,931)
  • about double the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
6,565 Total veterans ±1,201 5,108 Male ±1,049 1,457 Female ±558

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