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Pickens County, SC

138,207 Population
496.9 square miles 278.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.4 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 40.7 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$35,598 ±$2,681 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
$63,703 ±$5,374 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $72,350 ±$959
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

16.4% ±3% (21,038  ±3,790) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 13.3% 707,939 (±0.5% / ±25,914)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

26.4 minutes ±0.7 (1,432,660  ±55,217) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • a little higher than the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 55,008,796 (±0.1 / ±398,882)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

54,665 ±1,530 Number of households
  • South Carolina: 2,222,890 ±11,062
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0.1 (128,683  ±145) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in South Carolina: 2.4 5,338,044
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

3.9% ±1.8% (1,319  ±597) 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

61,131 ±70 Number of housing units
  • South Carolina: 2,531,310 ±358
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$260,300 ±$11,450 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

20.2% ±2.6% (27,684  ±3,590.6) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 12.3% 668,017 (±0.4% / ±24,046)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

90.1% ±4.7% (79,588  ±4,284.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as 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)
32.2% ±3% (28,433  ±2,639.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in South Carolina: 33.3% 1,275,289 (±0.5% / ±18,834.7)
  • about 90 percent 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

3.7% (5,165  ±1,398) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 6.4% 351,009
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

5.6% ±0.9% (6,378  ±1,000) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in South Carolina: 8.1% 345,945 (±0.3% / ±11,931)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
6,378 Total veterans ±1,000 5,644 Male ±909 734 Female ±442

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