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State Senate District 8, SC

119,367 Population
69.7 square miles 1,711.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39 ±0.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in South Carolina: 40.2 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$53,537 ±$2,035 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in South Carolina: $39,236 ±$299
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$89,641 ±$5,924 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in South Carolina: $69,324 ±$570
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

6.5% ±1% (7,673  ±1,225) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in South Carolina: 14.1% 725,690 (±0.2% / ±12,586)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20.7 minutes ±0.3 (1,062,935  ±52,684) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 55,008,796 (±0.1 / ±398,882)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

49,883 ±1,279 Number of households
  • South Carolina: 2,117,989 ±5,782
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (118,069  ±2,875) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in South Carolina: 2.4 5,157,580
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.6% ±1.2% (1,330  ±337) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 5.5% 66,091 (±0.2% / ±2,423)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

52,951 ±1,389 Number of housing units
  • South Carolina: 2,443,039 ±311
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$344,100 ±$8,867 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in South Carolina: $259,000 ±$1,421
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

16% ±1.7% (18,913  ±2,027.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 12.8% 670,787 (±0.2% / ±10,726.1)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.6% ±1.7% (81,268  ±2,690.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in South Carolina: 90.1% 3,313,276 (±0.4% / ±16,047)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
50% ±1.5% (42,441  ±1,754.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 32.1% 1,181,414 (±0.3% / ±10,164.2)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

7% ±0.9% (8,291  ±1,075) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 5.8% 305,101
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7% ±0.9% (6,579  ±873) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 8.3% 343,824 (±0.1% / ±5,303)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
6,579 Total veterans ±873 6,006 Male ±794 573 Female ±197

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