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Congressional District 5, SC

771,387 Population
5,160.7 square miles 149.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.4 ±0.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in South Carolina: 40.5 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$36,703 ±$1,203 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in South Carolina: $38,097 ±$443
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$68,146 ±$2,955 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in South Carolina: $67,804 ±$1,049
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

13.1% ±1.3% (99,259  ±9,781) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in South Carolina: 13.9% 726,799 (±0.5% / ±24,733)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

27 minutes ±0.5 (8,425,750  ±294,254) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in South Carolina: 25.5 56,451,688 (±0.3 / ±832,708)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

299,760 ±4,275 Number of households
  • South Carolina: 2,177,733 ±10,033
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.5 ±0 (759,671  ±7,961) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in South Carolina: 2.4 † 5,234,462 (±,255.1 / ±-555,555,600)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 † 326,701,630 (±4.2 / ±-555,555,600)

4.7% ±1.1% (8,172  ±1,857) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 5.5% 67,375 (±0.4% / ±4,960)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

333,011 ±3,158 Number of housing units
  • South Carolina: 2,490,327 ±211
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$263,700 ±$8,249 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in South Carolina: $272,900 ±$2,295
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

9.7% ±0.9% (73,803  ±7,013.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 12.4% 661,235 (±0.4% / ±23,384.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±,198,133.8)

Social

89.6% ±2.1% (477,122  ±12,264) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 90.2% 3,378,472 (±0.9% / ±33,037.7)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±,278,776.4)
29.5% ±1.4% (157,256  ±7,410.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 32.9% 1,232,848 (±0.5% / ±19,277.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±,181,834.5)

6.5% ±0.7% (45,171  ±4,660.7) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 7.6% 368,758 (±0.1% / ±5,647.7)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 21.7% 67,860,570 (±0.1% / ±,196,548.1)

5.7% ±0.6% (44,199  ±4,781) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in South Carolina: 5.9% † 316,438 (±,608.8% / ±11,012)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.3% † 47,831,412 (±23.7% / ±190,469)

8% ±0.6% (46,968  ±3,710) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in South Carolina: 8.4% 349,871 (±0.3% / ±11,007)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
46,968 Total veterans ±3,710 41,471 Male ±3,146 5,497 Female ±1,371

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