2022 population: 196,371 ( 34,138 from 2010 , 9,263 from 2020)
Land area: 576.0 square miles
Population density: 340.9 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	136,287	69.40%	27.0%
Black:	31,384	15.98%	2.4%
Indian:	466	0.24%	37.9%
Asian:	2,880	1.47%	51.6%
2+ races:	3,374	1.72%	48.6%
Hispanic:	21,980	11.19%	12.3%

Total non-White:	60,084	30.60%	9.3%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	4,197	11.2
Deaths:	4,540	12.1
Net Migration:	8,994	24.0
Net Immigration:	694	1.9

Change in White population:	29,008	17.9
Change in Non-White pop.:	5,130	3.2

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
162,233
107,279	66.13%
30,662	18.90%
338	0.21%
1,900	1.17%
2,270	1.40%
19,567	12.06%
54,954	33.87%

2000
120,937
81,477	67.37%
28,654	23.69%
288	0.24%
988	0.82%
1,238	1.02%
8,208	6.79%
39,460	32.63%

1990
86,425
58,812	68.05%
24,441	28.28%
322	0.37%
735	0.85%
n/a
2,115	2.45%
27,613	31.95%

1980
65,364
41,465	63.44%
21,174	32.39%
38	0.06%
617	0.94%
n/a
1,953	2.99%
23,899	36.56%

1970
51,136
33,250	65.02%
16,543	32.35%
75	0.15%
171	0.33%
n/a
925	1.81%
17,886	34.98%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
20,077	16.6
10,037	8.3
21,039	17.4
3,594	3.0

25,802	21.3
15,494	12.8

Number	Rate
1990's
16,455	19.0
7,591	8.8
13,312	15.4
888	1.0

22,665	26.2
11,847	13.7

Number	Rate
1980's
15,135	23.2
4,854	7.4
11,288	17.3
n/a

17,347	26.5
3,714	5.7

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
4,482	8.8
n/a

8,215	16.1
6,013	11.8

Age, Family & Household Data for Beaufort 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
46.8
33,663	17.1%
162,708	82.9%
52,428	26.7%

76,113
2.41

52,586	69.1%
43,213	82.2%
3,997	7.6%
23,527	30.9%

2010
Number	Percent
40.6
34,348	21.2%
127,885	78.8%
33,032	20.4%

64,945
2.42

45,322	69.8%
35,966	79.4%
4,123	9.1%
19,623	30.2%

2000
Number	Percent
36.0
27,995	23.1%
92,942	76.9%
18,885	15.6%

45,518
2.51

33,397	73.4%
27,071	81.1%
2,956	8.9%
12,121	26.6%

1990
Number	Percent
30.6
21,797	25.2%
64,628	74.8%
10,660	12.3%

30,654
2.60

23,017	75.1%
18,641	81.0%
2,259	9.8%
7,637	24.9%

1980
Number	Percent
24.6
18,174	27.8%
47,190	72.2%
5,310	8.1%

20,166
2.84

15,695	77.8%
12,955	82.5%
1,199	7.6%
4,471	22.2%

2022 Housing Data for Beaufort County, SC

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	3,077	4.0%
$10,000 to $14,999	1,967	2.6%
$15,000 to $19,999	1,830	2.4%
$20,000 to $24,999	2,660	3.5%
$25,000 to $29,999	2,286	3.0%
$30,000 to $34,999	2,165	2.8%
$35,000 to $39,999	3,038	4.0%
$40,000 to $44,999	2,349	3.1%
$45,000 to $49,999	2,827	3.7%
$50,000 to $59,999	5,131	6.7%
$60,000 to $74,999	7,745	10.2%
$75,000 to $99,999	11,126	14.6%
$100,000 to $124,999	7,650	10.1%
$125,000 to $149,999	5,994	7.9%
$150,000 to $199,999	6,182	8.1%
$200,000 or more	10,086	13.3%

Median Household Income	81,260
Per Capita Income	48,132

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	118
Compared to U.S.	101

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	2,547	3.3%
Public Assistance	739	1.0%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	4,231	5.6%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	61,909	66.2%
Unemployed	1,871	2.0%
In Armed Forces	5,079	5.4%

Total Labor Force	68,859	73.6%
Not in Labor Force	24,698	26.4%

Real Unemployment Rate		28.4%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	29,054	22,958	55.9%
Non-Profit	2,494	3,369	42.5%
Self-Employed	7,455	4,550	62.1%

Local Government	1,746	2,624	40.0%
State Government	694	2,041	25.4%
Federal Government	1,097	1,226	47.2%

Total Private + Self	36,509	27,508	57.0%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	6,031	9,260	39.4%
Total	42,540	36,768	53.6%

Pct. Govt.	11.9%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	12,656	15.9%
Sales and Office Occupations	17,962	22.6%
Professional, Technical	17,603	22.1%
Service Occupations	15,713	19.8%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	262	0.3%
All others	15,594	19.6%

White Collar		60.6%

Industry
	Number	%
Retail trade	11,541	14.5%
Health care and social assistance	9,855	12.4%
Accommodation and food services	8,835	11.1%
Educational services	6,263	7.9%
Construction	6,091	7.7%
Professional, scientific, technical	5,881	7.4%
Manufacturing	4,925	6.2%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	4,684	5.9%
Other services	4,259	5.4%
Finance and insurance	2,915	3.7%
Real estate and rental and leasing	2,600	3.3%
Transportation and warehousing	2,577	3.2%
Public administration	2,471	3.1%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	2,410	3.0%
Information	1,675	2.1%
Wholesale trade	1,012	1.3%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	804	1.0%
Utilities	640	0.8%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	62	0.1%
Management	28	0.0%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	11,378	6.02%
Puerto Rican	3,250	1.72%
Cuban	429	0.23%
Dominican	301	0.16%

Total Central American	2,823	1.49%
Costa Rican	335	0.18%
Guatemalan	386	0.20%
Honduran	1,514	0.80%
Nicaraguan	157	0.08%
Panamanian	119	0.06%
Salvadoran	303	0.16%
Other Central American	9	0.00%

Total South American	1,980	1.05%
Argentinean	368	0.19%
Bolivian	49	0.03%
Chilean	57	0.03%
Colombian	748	0.40%
Ecuadorian	80	0.04%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	77	0.04%
Uruguayan	129	0.07%
Venezuelan	213	0.11%
Other South American	259	0.14%

Other Hispanic	1,098	0.58%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Filipino	536	0.28%
Vietnamese	482	0.25%
Japanese	307	0.16%
Indian	242	0.13%
Chinese	205	0.11%
Thai	135	0.07%
Korean	83	0.04%
Hmong	54	0.03%
Indonesian	32	0.02%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	160,203	89.0%
Spanish	14,956	8.3%
Other Indo-European	1,040	0.6%
German, other Germanic	772	0.4%
French, Haitian, Cajun	724	0.4%
Other	710	0.4%
Vietnamese	444	0.2%
Other Asian	428	0.2%
Tagalog	294	0.2%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	22,813	12.1%
Irish	22,446	11.9%
English	22,411	11.9%
American	13,182	7.0%
Italian	11,170	5.9%
French	4,925	2.6%
Polish	4,637	2.5%
Scottish	4,560	2.4%
European	3,110	1.6%
Scotch-Irish	2,815	1.5%
Dutch	2,774	1.5%
Swedish	2,413	1.3%
Norwegian	1,827	1.0%
British	1,528	0.8%
Russian	1,345	0.7%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	180,945	95.7%
Not a citizen	8,126	4.3%

Native	174,912	92.5%
Foreign-born	14,159	7.5%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
2,880	2.1%	5,806	4.3%	29,089	21.3%	39,517	28.9%	34,024	24.9%	25,212	18.5%
Average years of education: 14.3

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	2,880	2.1%
9-12 Years	5,806	4.3%
H.S. Grad or GED	29,089	21.3%
Some College	39,517	28.9%
Bach. Degree	34,024	24.9%
Grad Degree	25,212	18.5%
Average years of education: 14.3

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	36,400	35,050	1,350	3.7%	4.9%
1991	36,946	35,449	1,497	4.1%	6.1%
1992	38,251	36,489	1,762	4.6%	6.7%
1993	40,051	38,057	1,994	5.0%	7.3%
1994	41,509	39,774	1,735	4.2%	6.2%
1995	43,884	42,549	1,335	3.0%	5.1%
1996	45,863	44,439	1,424	3.1%	5.7%
1997	48,108	46,949	1,159	2.4%	4.5%
1998	49,766	48,760	1,006	2.0%	3.6%
1999	51,350	50,247	1,103	2.1%	4.1%

2000	50,915	49,293	1,622	3.2%	3.7%
2001	51,064	49,059	2,005	3.9%	5.3%
2002	53,632	51,199	2,433	4.5%	6.4%
2003	56,165	53,291	2,874	5.1%	7.2%
2004	59,227	56,023	3,204	5.4%	7.4%
2005	61,538	58,283	3,255	5.3%	7.3%
2006	63,973	60,706	3,267	5.1%	6.9%
2007	64,720	61,689	3,031	4.7%	6.1%
2008	64,201	60,558	3,643	5.7%	7.3%
2009	63,266	57,658	5,608	8.9%	11.4%

2010	65,881	60,100	5,781	8.8%	11.3%
2011	65,765	60,131	5,634	8.6%	10.4%
2012	66,043	61,164	4,879	7.4%	9.0%
2013	67,472	63,279	4,193	6.2%	7.4%
2014	69,430	65,598	3,832	5.5%	6.3%
2015	71,613	67,743	3,870	5.4%	5.9%
2016	72,294	68,914	3,380	4.7%	4.9%
2017	73,913	70,955	2,958	4.0%	4.2%
2018	75,591	73,184	2,407	3.2%	3.4%
2019	77,263	75,268	1,995	2.6%	2.8%

2020	77,127	72,961	4,166	5.4%	6.2%
2021	75,796	73,183	2,613	3.4%	3.9%
2022	76,398	73,997	2,401	3.1%	3.2%
2023	79,850	77,626	2,224	2.8%	3.0%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	99,281
Median Value	$377,900

Occupied	76,113	76.7%
Vacant	23,168	23.3%

Owned	57,501	75.5%
Rented	18,612	24.5%
Median Rent	$1,435

Single-Family Units	68,623	69.1%
Detached	63,327	63.8%
Attached	5,296	5.3%
Buldings with 5+ Units	17,492	17.6%
Mobile Homes	9,396	9.5%

Beaufort County, SC

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Beaufort County, SC

2022 Housing Data for Beaufort County, SC

2022 Income & Employment Data for Beaufort County, SC

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

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Beaufort County, SC

Historical Labor Force Data for Beaufort County, SC