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Georgetown, SC

8,866 Population
6.9 square miles 1,276.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.2 ±3.5 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Georgetown, SC Micro Area: 49.5 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in South Carolina: 39.4 ±0.2

Economics

$21,243 ±$3,364 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Georgetown, SC Micro Area: $31,382 ±$1,462
  • about three-quarters of the amount in South Carolina: $29,426 ±$152
$32,593 ±$5,661 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Georgetown, SC Micro Area: $48,456 ±$2,381
  • about three-fifths of the amount in South Carolina: $53,199 ±$276

22.8% ±6.3% (1,955  ±540) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Georgetown, SC Micro Area: 17.9% † 10,968 (±2.1% / ±1,307)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 15.2% 741,650 (±0.2% / ±11,849)

24.5 minutes ±3.6 (80,740  ±14,843) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Georgetown, SC Micro Area: 25.8 591,800 (±1.3 / ±35,126)
  • about the same as the figure in South Carolina: 25 54,010,755 (±0.1 / ±293,826)

Families

3,649 ±274 Number of households
  • the Georgetown, SC Micro Area: 25,498 ±588
  • South Carolina: 1,921,862 ±5,983
2.4 ±0.2 (8,583  ±115) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Georgetown, SC Micro Area: 2.4 61,355 (±0.1 / ±134)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 4,884,815 (±0)

7.3% ±6.3% (135  ±118) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Georgetown, SC Micro Area: 5.2% † 610 (±1.8% / ±207)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in South Carolina: 5.5% 64,132 (±0.2% / ±2,063)

Housing

4,458 ±316 Number of housing units
  • the Georgetown, SC Micro Area: 35,345 ±69
  • South Carolina: 2,286,826 ±342

$163,300 ±$14,435 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Georgetown, SC Micro Area: $188,800 ±$9,385
  • about the same as the amount in South Carolina: $162,300 ±$627

10% ±4% (878  ±351.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Georgetown, SC Micro Area: 11.3% † 6,945 (±1.5% / ±949.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in South Carolina: 14.3% 710,583 (±0.2% / ±10,388.9)

Social

87.8% ±8.5% (5,442  ±619.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Georgetown, SC Micro Area: 87.2% 40,070 (±3% / ±1,373.5)
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 87.5% 3,016,480 (±0.4% / ±12,801.1)
19.9% ±4.4% (1,236  ±280.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Georgetown, SC Micro Area: 27.3% 12,553 (±1.6% / ±721.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in South Carolina: 28.1% 969,279 (±0.2% / ±6,848.6)

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

2.3% ±1.4% (203  ±125) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Georgetown, SC Micro Area: 2.8% † 1,759 (±0.4% / ±230)
  • about half the rate in South Carolina: 5% 252,614 (±0.1% / ±4,029)

7.3% ±2.8% (484  ±189) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Georgetown, SC Micro Area: 9.9% 4,977 (±0.9% / ±452)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in South Carolina: 9.4% 365,139 (±0.1% / ±3,845)
484 Total veterans ±189 439 Male ±179 45 Female ±41

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