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Congressional District 5, SC

758,549 Population
5,506 square miles 137.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.5 ±0.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in South Carolina: 40.5 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$35,434 ±$1,008 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in South Carolina: $36,675 ±$444
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$66,451 ±$1,807 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in South Carolina: $64,115 ±$699
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

11.4% ±1.2% (85,298  ±9,022) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 14% 717,348 (±0.4% / ±22,151)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

27.1 minutes ±0.3 (8,436,610  ±257,408) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 55,497,196 (±0.3 / ±749,397)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,591,156,000 (±0 / ±7,204,853)

Families

296,809 ±4,247 Number of households
  • South Carolina: 2,136,080 ±11,784
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.5 ±0 (746,504  ±7,976) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in South Carolina: 2.4 † 5,143,331 (±260.1 / ±-555,555,600)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 † 325,134,660 (±4.3 / ±-555,555,600)

5.4% ±1.3% (9,306  ±2,166) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 5.3% 63,426 (±0.4% / ±4,968)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

326,937 ±3,125 Number of housing units
  • South Carolina: 2,446,680 ±237
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$250,900 ±$8,244 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in South Carolina: $254,600 ±$2,799
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

12.6% ±1.2% (94,478  ±8,856.4) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in South Carolina: 13.5% 703,333 (±0.5% / ±24,095.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±187,841.9)

Social

90.3% ±2% (473,929  ±11,413.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 90.5% 3,315,918 (±0.8% / ±30,951.9)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±272,504.5)
30.5% ±1.3% (159,930  ±7,147.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 32.6% 1,194,503 (±0.5% / ±18,642)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±175,321.9)

6.3% ±0.5% (43,103  ±3,590.3) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 7.5% 360,151 (±0.1% / ±5,837.7)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 21.7% 67,203,430 (±0.1% / ±183,279.2)

4.8% ±0.4% (36,495  ±3,384) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 5.2% † 273,375 (±544.2% / ±10,013)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 13.9% † 46,182,176 (±23.1% / ±149,842)

8.5% ±0.6% (49,451  ±3,246) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 8.4% 344,664 (±0.2% / ±9,222)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
49,451 Total veterans ±3,246 43,835 Male ±2,817 5,616 Female ±1,196

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