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Congressional District 1, SC

797,468 Population
2,589.3 square miles 308 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.5 ±0.5 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

$54,296 ±$2,079 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in South Carolina: $40,195 ±$511
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$95,136 ±$2,463 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in South Carolina: $72,350 ±$959
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

7.3% ±1% (56,963  ±7,667) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in South Carolina: 13.3% 707,939 (±0.5% / ±25,914)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

29.6 minutes ±0.8 (9,725,720  ±375,890) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 26.3 59,371,680 (±0.3 / ±951,035)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

328,022 ±5,119 Number of households
  • South Carolina: 2,222,890 ±11,062
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0.1 (783,193  ±8,957) 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

5% ±1.2% (8,681  ±2,016) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 5.4% 67,181 (±0.5% / ±5,987)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

371,225 ±4,085 Number of housing units
  • South Carolina: 2,531,310 ±358
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$466,400 ±$9,486 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in South Carolina: $299,500 ±$3,303
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

13.4% ±1.2% (105,655  ±9,892.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 12.3% 668,017 (±0.4% / ±24,046)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

94.8% ±2.2% (538,560  ±14,124.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in South Carolina: 91% 3,479,792 (±0.8% / ±31,588.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
45.5% ±1.5% (258,317  ±8,956.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in South Carolina: 33.3% 1,275,289 (±0.5% / ±18,834.7)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

9.1% ±0.8% (65,901  ±5,512.9) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 8.4% 418,840 (±0.1% / ±6,831.9)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

6.9% ±0.7% (55,320  ±5,197) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 6.4% 351,009
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

10.9% ±0.8% (66,512  ±4,688) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in South Carolina: 8.1% 345,945 (±0.3% / ±11,931)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
66,512 Total veterans ±4,688 58,146 Male ±4,025 8,366 Female ±1,948

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