2022 population: 166,133 ( 29,578 from 2010 , 4,664 from 2020)
Land area: 568.6 square miles
Population density: 292.2 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	103,432	62.26%	15.7%
Black:	42,458	25.56%	21.8%
Indian:	874	0.53%	2.5%
Asian:	4,005	2.41%	86.9%
2+ races:	4,460	2.68%	47.7%
Hispanic:	10,904	6.56%	79.5%

Total non-White:	62,701	37.74%	33.0%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	4,283	13.3
Deaths:	3,547	11.0
Net Migration:	3,323	10.3
Net Immigration:	520	1.6

Change in White population:	14,005	10.3
Change in Non-White pop.:	15,573	11.4

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
136,555
89,427	65.49%
34,861	25.53%
853	0.62%
2,143	1.57%
3,020	2.21%
6,075	4.45%
47,128	34.51%

2000
96,413
67,578	70.09%
24,067	24.96%
679	0.70%
1,140	1.18%
1,136	1.18%
1,722	1.79%
28,835	29.91%

1990
83,060
61,672	74.25%
19,097	22.99%
615	0.74%
717	0.86%
n/a
959	1.15%
21,388	25.75%

1980
58,761
42,562	72.43%
14,536	24.74%
383	0.65%
451	0.77%
n/a
784	1.33%
16,199	27.57%

1970
32,276
20,650	63.98%
11,249	34.85%
136	0.42%
25	0.08%
n/a
200	0.62%
11,626	36.02%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
14,246	14.8
7,176	7.4
26,353	27.3
1,014	1.1

21,849	22.7
18,293	19.0

Number	Rate
1990's
13,012	15.7
6,098	7.3
3,798	4.6
212	0.3

5,906	7.1
7,447	9.0

Number	Rate
1980's
13,138	22.4
4,405	7.5
16,301	27.7
n/a

19,110	32.5
5,189	8.8

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
20,912	64.8
n/a

21,912	67.9
4,573	14.2

Age, Family & Household Data for Dorchester 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
37.7
39,087	23.5%
127,046	76.5%
23,793	14.3%

59,731
2.68

42,481	71.1%
31,728	74.7%
5,007	11.8%
17,250	28.9%

2010
Number	Percent
35.6
37,026	27.1%
99,529	72.9%
13,849	10.1%

50,259
2.68

36,850	73.3%
26,435	71.7%
4,906	13.3%
13,409	26.7%

2000
Number	Percent
34.9
27,779	28.8%
68,634	71.2%
8,758	9.1%

34,688
2.72

26,482	76.3%
20,390	77.0%
3,098	11.7%
8,206	23.7%

1990
Number	Percent
29.9
24,552	29.6%
58,508	70.4%
6,127	7.4%

28,136
2.88

22,330	79.4%
18,457	82.7%
1,734	7.8%
5,806	20.6%

1980
Number	Percent
26.9
20,197	34.4%
38,564	65.6%
3,699	6.3%

18,302
3.17

15,458	84.5%
13,243	85.7%
1,053	6.8%
2,844	15.5%

2022 Housing Data for Dorchester County, SC

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	2,329	3.9%
$10,000 to $14,999	1,647	2.8%
$15,000 to $19,999	1,325	2.2%
$20,000 to $24,999	2,214	3.7%
$25,000 to $29,999	2,280	3.8%
$30,000 to $34,999	2,543	4.3%
$35,000 to $39,999	2,216	3.7%
$40,000 to $44,999	2,540	4.3%
$45,000 to $49,999	2,225	3.7%
$50,000 to $59,999	4,310	7.2%
$60,000 to $74,999	6,700	11.2%
$75,000 to $99,999	8,036	13.5%
$100,000 to $124,999	6,645	11.1%
$125,000 to $149,999	3,987	6.7%
$150,000 to $199,999	6,101	10.2%
$200,000 or more	4,633	7.8%

Median Household Income	73,686
Per Capita Income	36,543

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	114
Compared to U.S.	98

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	1,898	3.2%
Public Assistance	726	1.2%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	5,205	8.7%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	68,880	70.2%
Unemployed	4,224	4.3%
In Armed Forces	1,183	1.2%

Total Labor Force	74,287	75.7%
Not in Labor Force	23,881	24.3%

Real Unemployment Rate		28.6%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	29,291	23,562	55.4%
Non-Profit	1,063	2,699	28.3%
Self-Employed	3,899	2,422	61.7%

Local Government	2,113	3,415	38.2%
State Government	1,689	2,934	36.5%
Federal Government	2,540	1,761	59.1%

Total Private + Self	33,190	25,984	56.1%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	7,405	10,809	40.7%
Total	40,595	36,793	52.5%

Pct. Govt.	18.7%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	12,467	16.1%
Sales and Office Occupations	16,409	21.2%
Professional, Technical	17,915	23.1%
Service Occupations	11,679	15.1%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	46	0.1%
All others	19,049	24.6%

White Collar		60.4%

Industry
	Number	%
Manufacturing	10,296	13.3%
Health care and social assistance	10,081	13.0%
Retail trade	8,763	11.3%
Educational services	6,472	8.3%
Construction	6,287	8.1%
Public administration	5,676	7.3%
Accommodation and food services	5,506	7.1%
Professional, scientific, technical	5,174	6.7%
Transportation and warehousing	4,651	6.0%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	3,448	4.4%
Other services	2,797	3.6%
Finance and insurance	1,844	2.4%
Information	1,724	2.2%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	1,287	1.7%
Real estate and rental and leasing	1,143	1.5%
Wholesale trade	1,139	1.5%
Utilities	946	1.2%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	197	0.3%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	88	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	4,357	2.69%
Puerto Rican	1,864	1.15%
Cuban	254	0.16%
Dominican	377	0.23%

Total Central American	1,583	0.98%
Costa Rican	37	0.02%
Guatemalan	773	0.48%
Honduran	375	0.23%
Nicaraguan	129	0.08%
Panamanian	220	0.14%
Salvadoran	49	0.03%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	782	0.48%
Argentinean	11	0.01%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	23	0.01%
Colombian	316	0.19%
Ecuadorian	53	0.03%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	163	0.10%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	216	0.13%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	689	0.42%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Filipino	916	0.56%
Chinese	671	0.41%
Vietnamese	533	0.33%
Indian	311	0.19%
Korean	209	0.13%
Laotian	96	0.06%
Bangladeshi	94	0.06%
Taiwanese	76	0.05%
Japanese	59	0.04%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	142,057	93.0%
Spanish	5,920	3.9%
Other Indo-European	1,273	0.8%
Chinese	815	0.5%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	540	0.4%
German, other Germanic	517	0.3%
Vietnamese	352	0.2%
Tagalog	309	0.2%
Other	305	0.2%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
English	17,897	11.0%
German	17,795	11.0%
Irish	15,954	9.8%
American	9,354	5.8%
Italian	7,267	4.5%
Scottish	4,258	2.6%
French	3,407	2.1%
European	2,853	1.8%
Polish	2,783	1.7%
Scotch-Irish	1,919	1.2%
British	1,205	0.7%
Swedish	1,030	0.6%
Dutch	931	0.6%
French Canadian	880	0.5%
African	755	0.5%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	157,366	97.1%
Not a citizen	4,773	2.9%

Native	153,342	94.6%
Foreign-born	8,797	5.4%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
3,122	2.8%	7,190	6.5%	27,851	25.4%	39,315	35.8%	21,108	19.2%	11,213	10.2%
Average years of education: 13.5

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	3,122	2.8%
9-12 Years	7,190	6.5%
H.S. Grad or GED	27,851	25.4%
Some College	39,315	35.8%
Bach. Degree	21,108	19.2%
Grad Degree	11,213	10.2%
Average years of education: 13.5

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	38,815	37,681	1,134	2.9%	4.9%
1991	40,241	38,614	1,627	4.0%	6.1%
1992	40,921	38,801	2,120	5.2%	6.7%
1993	41,641	39,473	2,168	5.2%	7.3%
1994	42,655	40,320	2,335	5.5%	6.2%
1995	41,974	39,690	2,284	5.4%	5.1%
1996	43,074	41,015	2,059	4.8%	5.7%
1997	41,332	39,726	1,606	3.9%	4.5%
1998	42,849	41,568	1,281	3.0%	3.6%
1999	44,157	42,756	1,401	3.2%	4.1%

2000	47,075	45,627	1,448	3.1%	3.7%
2001	46,791	44,838	1,953	4.2%	5.3%
2002	48,572	46,297	2,275	4.7%	6.4%
2003	51,239	48,444	2,795	5.5%	7.2%
2004	53,587	50,620	2,967	5.5%	7.4%
2005	56,728	53,472	3,256	5.7%	7.3%
2006	61,599	58,272	3,327	5.4%	6.9%
2007	62,931	59,975	2,956	4.7%	6.1%
2008	63,993	60,124	3,869	6.0%	7.3%
2009	64,442	58,062	6,380	9.9%	11.4%

2010	66,125	59,736	6,389	9.7%	11.3%
2011	67,330	61,361	5,969	8.9%	10.4%
2012	68,327	63,096	5,231	7.7%	9.0%
2013	68,858	64,419	4,439	6.4%	7.4%
2014	70,276	66,286	3,990	5.7%	6.3%
2015	72,661	68,727	3,934	5.4%	5.9%
2016	72,954	69,685	3,269	4.5%	4.9%
2017	73,776	70,981	2,795	3.8%	4.2%
2018	75,968	73,709	2,259	3.0%	3.4%
2019	77,887	76,013	1,874	2.4%	2.8%

2020	77,693	73,174	4,519	5.8%	6.2%
2021	77,428	74,645	2,783	3.6%	3.9%
2022	79,480	77,174	2,306	2.9%	3.2%
2023	83,627	81,492	2,135	2.6%	3.0%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	65,088
Median Value	$273,000

Occupied	59,731	91.8%
Vacant	5,357	8.2%

Owned	44,697	74.8%
Rented	15,034	25.2%
Median Rent	$1,259

Single-Family Units	46,871	72.0%
Detached	43,665	67.1%
Attached	3,206	4.9%
Buldings with 5+ Units	7,486	11.5%
Mobile Homes	7,777	11.9%

Dorchester County, SC

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Dorchester County, SC

2022 Housing Data for Dorchester County, SC

2022 Income & Employment Data for Dorchester County, SC

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

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Dorchester County, SC

Historical Labor Force Data for Dorchester County, SC