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Richland (Northeast and North Central) & Kershaw Counties PUMA, SC

154,780 Population
787.2 square miles 196.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.9 ±1.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 40.7 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$36,513 ±$2,854 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $40,195 ±$511
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$77,911 ±$8,811 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in South Carolina: $72,350 ±$959
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

12.5% ±3.6% (19,243  ±5,632) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in South Carolina: 13.3% 707,939 (±0.5% / ±25,914)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

29.8 minutes ±1.3 (1,701,045  ±100,121) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 55,008,796 (±0.1 / ±398,882)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

61,357 ±3,122 Number of households
  • South Carolina: 2,222,890 ±11,062
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.5 ±0.1 (154,219  ±8,556) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in South Carolina: 2.4 5,338,044
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.7% ±3.1% (1,765  ±1,177) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 5.4% 67,181 (±0.5% / ±5,987)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

64,658 ±3,087 Number of housing units
  • South Carolina: 2,531,310 ±358
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$279,100 ±$11,750 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $299,500 ±$3,303
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

8.5% ±2.8% (12,959  ±4,352.7) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in South Carolina: 12.3% 668,017 (±0.4% / ±24,046)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

92.2% ±4.4% (96,844  ±6,476.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 91% 3,479,792 (±0.8% / ±31,588.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
35.1% ±3.3% (36,850  ±3,886.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in South Carolina: 33.3% 1,275,289 (±0.5% / ±18,834.7)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

7.2% ±2.9% (9,492  ±3,838.5) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 8.4% 418,840 (±0.1% / ±6,831.9)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

4.9% ±1.5% (7,641  ±2,334) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in South Carolina: 6.4% 351,009
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

13.1% ±2.1% (15,092  ±2,528) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 8.1% 345,945 (±0.3% / ±11,931)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
15,092 Total veterans ±2,528 11,552 Male ±1,860 3,540 Female ±1,346

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