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Congressional District 6, SC

660,275 Population
8,063.3 square miles 81.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.3 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 40.2 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$26,288 ±$990 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $33,339 ±$443
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $38,332 ±$79
$45,019 ±$1,559 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in South Carolina: $59,318 ±$852
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $69,717 ±$134

21.7% ±1.5% (135,729  ±9,765) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 14.7% 741,652 (±0.5% / ±25,957)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,393,176 (±0.1% / ±243,679)

26 minutes ±0.4 (6,542,155  ±294,533) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 52,417,256 (±0.3 / ±843,148)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 25.6 3,247,967,500 (±0 / ±6,621,416)

Families

257,478 ±6,486 Number of households
  • South Carolina: 2,049,972 ±10,471
  • United States: 127,544,730 ±97,632
2.4 ±0 (625,311  ±15,937) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 5,069,111 (±0)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,132,900

5.1% ±1% (8,094  ±1,603) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 5.1% 60,830 (±0.4% / ±4,659)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.1% 3,922,188 (±0.1% / ±46,069)

Housing

310,172 ±6,370 Number of housing units
  • South Carolina: 2,395,957 ±268
  • United States: 142,148,050 ±4,219

$143,100 ±$7,633 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in South Carolina: $213,500 ±$2,166
  • about half the amount in United States: $281,400 ±$452

15.4% ±1.4% (100,569  ±9,340.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 13.6% 697,942 (±0.5% / ±23,585.7)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,911,615 (±0.1% / ±181,549)

Social

85.9% ±1.8% (373,269  ±11,235.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in South Carolina: 89.6% 3,224,401 (±0.9% / ±31,886.8)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.4% 203,920,983 (±0.1% / ±264,625.2)
24% ±1.3% (104,243  ±5,974.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in South Carolina: 31.5% 1,134,636 (±0.5% / ±17,987.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35% 79,903,463 (±0.1% / ±166,943.4)

6.5% ±1.2% (40,005  ±7,331.6) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 7.5% 360,151 (±0.1% / ±5,837.7)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 21.7% 67,203,430 (±0.1% / ±183,279.2)

3.8% ±0.6% (25,106  ±3,811) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in South Carolina: 5.2% 271,280 (±0.2% / ±10,236)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 13.6% 45,270,104 (±0% / ±140,397)

8.6% ±0.7% (44,501  ±3,806) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 8.7% 353,056 (±0.3% / ±10,267)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,501,502 (±0% / ±78,614)
44,501 Total veterans ±3,806 38,665 Male ±3,576 5,836 Female ±1,694

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