Census Reporter

Congressional District 5, SC

729,840 Population
5,505.9 square miles 132.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.2 ±0.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in South Carolina: 39.7 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$29,740 ±$476 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in South Carolina: $30,727 ±$218
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $35,384 ±$91
$55,760 ±$1,025 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in South Carolina: $54,864 ±$343
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $64,994 ±$128

13.6% ±0.6% (97,523  ±4,099) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 14.7% 726,470 (±0.2% / ±11,777)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.8% 40,910,326 (±0.1% / ±258,486)

27.2 minutes ±0.4 (8,360,755  ±142,434) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 25.1 54,667,810 (±0.2 / ±409,586)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.9 3,837,803,315 (±0.1 / ±8,076,551)

Families

278,936 ±1,958 Number of households
  • South Carolina: 1,961,481 ±5,748
  • United States: 122,354,219 ±211,970
2.6 ±0 (717,408  ±2,395) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 4,956,293 (±0)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.6 318,495,974

5.6% ±0.5% (9,451  ±910) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in South Carolina: 5.4% 63,850 (±0.2% / ±2,071)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,654 (±0% / ±21,427)

Housing

313,064 ±1,144 Number of housing units
  • South Carolina: 2,319,112 ±1,077
  • United States: 138,432,751 ±11,188

$158,900 ±$1,950 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $170,100 ±$818
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $229,800 ±$188

12.1% ±0.5% (87,018  ±3,690.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 13.8% 695,348 (±0.2% / ±10,741.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 13.8% 44,657,396 (±0% / ±138,910.3)

Social

88% ±1% (440,946  ±5,144) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 88.3% 3,102,292 (±0.4% / ±13,936.8)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 88.5% 197,274,154 (±0.1% / ±241,896.7)
25.3% ±0.6% (126,766  ±2,808.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 29% 1,018,306 (±0.2% / ±8,069.4)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 32.9% 73,356,319 (±0.1% / ±147,645.6)

6.1% ±0.5% (42,159  ±3,737.5) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 7.4% 353,036 (±0.1% / ±5,109)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 21.5% 66,093,076 (±0.1% / ±186,870.8)

4.2% ±0.2% (30,798  ±1,700) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 5.2% 263,203 (±0.1% / ±4,855)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 13.5% 44,125,628 (±0% / ±136,982)

9.2% ±0.3% (51,426  ±1,673) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 9.1% 360,355 (±0.1% / ±4,592)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,835,456 (±0% / ±52,869)
51,426 Total veterans ±1,673 46,279 Male ±1,589 5,147 Female ±583

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