2022 population: 209,581 ( 22,455 from 2010 , 5,858 from 2020)
Land area: 713.9 square miles
Population density: 293.6 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	160,243	76.46%	8.7%
Black:	32,728	15.62%	9.8%
Indian:	511	0.24%	21.7%
Asian:	2,482	1.18%	75.7%
2+ races:	3,990	1.90%	60.2%
Hispanic:	9,627	4.59%	76.7%

Total non-White:	49,338	23.54%	24.1%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	4,939	12.1
Deaths:	6,775	16.6
Net Migration:	7,403	18.2
Net Immigration:	290	0.7

Change in White population:	12,881	6.9
Change in Non-White pop.:	9,574	5.1

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
187,126
147,362	78.75%
29,810	15.93%
420	0.22%
1,413	0.76%
2,491	1.33%
5,447	2.91%
39,764	21.25%

2000
165,740
134,151	80.94%
27,399	16.53%
336	0.20%
718	0.43%
1,192	0.72%
1,832	1.11%
31,589	19.06%

1990
145,196
119,884	82.57%
24,031	16.55%
245	0.17%
433	0.30%
n/a
603	0.42%
25,312	17.43%

1980
133,235
109,337	82.06%
22,602	16.96%
27	0.02%
324	0.24%
n/a
898	0.67%
23,898	17.94%

1970
105,474
86,199	81.73%
19,020	18.03%
40	0.04%
46	0.04%
n/a
147	0.14%
19,275	18.27%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
21,136	12.8
16,888	10.2
14,521	8.8
1,294	0.8

13,211	8.0
8,175	4.9

Number	Rate
1990's
20,911	14.4
15,325	10.6
13,534	9.3
584	0.4

14,267	9.8
6,277	4.3

Number	Rate
1980's
18,722	14.1
11,776	8.8
5,858	4.4
n/a

10,547	7.9
1,414	1.1

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
17,718	16.8
n/a

23,138	21.9
4,623	4.4

Age, Family & Household Data for Anderson County, SC

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
40.6
46,254	22.1%
163,327	77.9%
37,097	17.7%

80,301
2.51

55,065	68.6%
41,404	75.2%
4,799	8.7%
25,236	31.4%

2010
Number	Percent
39.7
44,825	24.0%
142,301	76.0%
28,329	15.1%

73,829
2.50

51,922	70.3%
37,725	72.7%
5,683	10.9%
21,907	29.7%

2000
Number	Percent
37.4
40,791	24.6%
124,949	75.4%
22,667	13.7%

65,690
2.48

47,518	72.3%
36,727	77.3%
4,621	9.7%
18,172	27.7%

1990
Number	Percent
35.1
36,142	24.9%
109,054	75.1%
19,961	13.7%

55,704
2.58

41,770	75.0%
34,085	81.6%
3,251	7.8%
13,934	25.0%

1980
Number	Percent
30.8
38,587	29.0%
94,648	71.0%
14,252	10.7%

47,033
2.80

37,698	80.2%
31,916	84.7%
2,579	6.8%
9,335	19.8%

2022 Housing Data for Anderson County, SC

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	4,382	5.5%
$10,000 to $14,999	3,245	4.0%
$15,000 to $19,999	3,871	4.8%
$20,000 to $24,999	3,920	4.9%
$25,000 to $29,999	3,695	4.6%
$30,000 to $34,999	3,656	4.6%
$35,000 to $39,999	3,910	4.9%
$40,000 to $44,999	3,235	4.0%
$45,000 to $49,999	3,320	4.1%
$50,000 to $59,999	5,695	7.1%
$60,000 to $74,999	8,237	10.3%
$75,000 to $99,999	10,962	13.7%
$100,000 to $124,999	7,944	9.9%
$125,000 to $149,999	4,635	5.8%
$150,000 to $199,999	4,482	5.6%
$200,000 or more	5,112	6.4%

Median Household Income	62,347
Per Capita Income	33,714

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	96
Compared to U.S.	82

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	4,145	5.2%
Public Assistance	1,144	1.4%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	8,743	10.9%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	84,108	69.4%
Unemployed	5,207	4.3%
In Armed Forces	275	0.2%

Total Labor Force	89,590	73.9%
Not in Labor Force	31,582	26.1%

Real Unemployment Rate		30.4%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	36,116	27,848	56.5%
Non-Profit	2,835	4,934	36.5%
Self-Employed	5,003	3,122	61.6%

Local Government	2,339	3,078	43.2%
State Government	2,301	3,465	39.9%
Federal Government	859	871	49.7%

Total Private + Self	41,119	30,970	57.0%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	8,334	12,348	40.3%
Total	49,453	43,318	53.3%

Pct. Govt.	13.9%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	11,757	12.7%
Sales and Office Occupations	18,022	19.4%
Professional, Technical	22,304	24.0%
Service Occupations	14,245	15.3%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	181	0.2%
All others	26,586	28.6%

White Collar		56.1%

Industry
	Number	%
Manufacturing	18,443	19.8%
Health care and social assistance	14,487	15.6%
Retail trade	10,649	11.5%
Educational services	9,252	10.0%
Construction	6,132	6.6%
Accommodation and food services	5,631	6.1%
Transportation and warehousing	4,753	5.1%
Other services	4,539	4.9%
Professional, scientific, technical	4,138	4.5%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	3,417	3.7%
Public administration	2,801	3.0%
Finance and insurance	2,039	2.2%
Wholesale trade	1,785	1.9%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	1,369	1.5%
Real estate and rental and leasing	1,233	1.3%
Information	953	1.0%
Utilities	815	0.9%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	257	0.3%
Management	189	0.2%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	32	0.0%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	4,291	2.10%
Puerto Rican	832	0.41%
Cuban	185	0.09%
Dominican	94	0.05%

Total Central American	1,533	0.75%
Costa Rican	58	0.03%
Guatemalan	664	0.32%
Honduran	372	0.18%
Nicaraguan	31	0.02%
Panamanian	29	0.01%
Salvadoran	379	0.19%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	834	0.41%
Argentinean	28	0.01%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	22	0.01%
Colombian	559	0.27%
Ecuadorian	47	0.02%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	46	0.02%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	132	0.06%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	801	0.39%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	816	0.40%
Chinese	391	0.19%
Filipino	292	0.14%
Korean	203	0.10%
Vietnamese	162	0.08%
Taiwanese	76	0.04%
Japanese	38	0.02%
Thai	12	0.01%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	184,583	95.6%
Spanish	4,892	2.5%
Other Indo-European	853	0.4%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	829	0.4%
French, Haitian, Cajun	359	0.2%
German, other Germanic	313	0.2%
Other	262	0.1%
Arabic	247	0.1%
Tagalog	217	0.1%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
English	25,625	12.5%
American	24,453	12.0%
Irish	19,798	9.7%
German	17,393	8.5%
Scottish	5,536	2.7%
Scotch-Irish	5,053	2.5%
Italian	4,771	2.3%
Polish	3,510	1.7%
French	3,177	1.6%
European	3,043	1.5%
African	1,689	0.8%
Dutch	1,451	0.7%
Norwegian	1,267	0.6%
Swedish	1,095	0.5%
Welsh	1,037	0.5%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	200,606	98.1%
Not a citizen	3,986	1.9%

Native	197,323	96.4%
Foreign-born	7,269	3.6%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
4,780	3.4%	13,265	9.4%	42,422	30.2%	43,318	30.8%	23,038	16.4%	13,689	9.7%
Average years of education: 13.3

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	4,780	3.4%
9-12 Years	13,265	9.4%
H.S. Grad or GED	42,422	30.2%
Some College	43,318	30.8%
Bach. Degree	23,038	16.4%
Grad Degree	13,689	9.7%
Average years of education: 13.3

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	76,121	72,015	4,106	5.4%	4.9%
1991	76,366	71,733	4,633	6.1%	6.1%
1992	77,135	72,637	4,498	5.8%	6.7%
1993	78,905	74,511	4,394	5.6%	7.3%
1994	80,885	76,507	4,378	5.4%	6.2%
1995	81,629	78,329	3,300	4.0%	5.1%
1996	82,467	78,602	3,865	4.7%	5.7%
1997	83,858	80,758	3,100	3.7%	4.5%
1998	84,811	82,417	2,394	2.8%	3.6%
1999	84,518	82,060	2,458	2.9%	4.1%

2000	83,376	80,750	2,626	3.1%	3.7%
2001	82,821	78,323	4,498	5.4%	5.3%
2002	82,114	76,497	5,617	6.8%	6.4%
2003	81,961	75,688	6,273	7.7%	7.2%
2004	83,819	77,295	6,524	7.8%	7.4%
2005	84,093	77,374	6,719	8.0%	7.3%
2006	86,064	79,822	6,242	7.3%	6.9%
2007	86,160	80,824	5,336	6.2%	6.1%
2008	86,021	79,806	6,215	7.2%	7.3%
2009	85,741	75,294	10,447	12.2%	11.4%

2010	85,992	75,908	10,084	11.7%	11.3%
2011	86,285	77,496	8,789	10.2%	10.4%
2012	85,717	78,287	7,430	8.7%	9.0%
2013	86,082	80,126	5,956	6.9%	7.4%
2014	86,680	81,652	5,028	5.8%	6.3%
2015	88,419	83,693	4,726	5.3%	5.9%
2016	88,643	84,665	3,978	4.5%	4.9%
2017	88,946	85,516	3,430	3.9%	4.2%
2018	89,696	86,838	2,858	3.2%	3.4%
2019	90,715	88,350	2,365	2.6%	2.8%

2020	90,877	85,475	5,402	5.9%	6.2%
2021	89,853	86,551	3,302	3.7%	3.9%
2022	91,417	88,676	2,741	3.0%	3.2%
2023	94,227	91,622	2,605	2.8%	3.0%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	89,805
Median Value	$189,400

Occupied	80,301	89.4%
Vacant	9,504	10.6%

Owned	60,020	74.7%
Rented	20,281	25.3%
Median Rent	$904

Single-Family Units	65,455	72.9%
Detached	63,875	71.1%
Attached	1,580	1.8%
Buldings with 5+ Units	6,585	7.3%
Mobile Homes	13,908	15.5%

Anderson County, SC

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Anderson County, SC

2022 Housing Data for Anderson County, SC

2022 Income & Employment Data for Anderson County, SC

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Anderson County, SC

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Anderson County, SC

Historical Labor Force Data for Anderson County, SC