2022 population: 963,908 ( 165,828 from 2010 , 31,243 from 2020)
Land area: 5394.5 square miles
Population density: 178.7 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	610,993	63.39%	24.7%
Black:	251,681	26.11%	4.8%
Indian:	3,525	0.37%	12.3%
Asian:	20,011	2.08%	70.7%
2+ races:	19,603	2.03%	57.4%
Hispanic:	58,095	6.03%	47.6%

Total non-White:	352,915	36.61%	14.6%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	24,390	13.1
Deaths:	22,320	12.0
Net Migration:	25,538	13.7
Net Immigration:	3,423	1.8

Change in White population:	120,981	15.2
Change in Non-White pop.:	44,847	5.6

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
798,080
490,012	61.40%
240,126	30.09%
3,139	0.39%
11,723	1.47%
12,456	1.56%
39,357	4.93%
308,068	38.60%

2000
680,311
417,627	61.39%
230,103	33.82%
2,464	0.36%
7,741	1.14%
6,888	1.01%
14,834	2.18%
262,684	38.61%

1990
624,369
397,648	63.69%
211,298	33.84%
1,969	0.32%
5,898	0.94%
n/a
7,556	1.21%
226,721	36.31%

1980
542,925
341,468	62.89%
188,033	34.63%
936	0.17%
4,207	0.77%
n/a
7,839	1.44%
201,457	37.11%

1970
431,490
271,667	62.96%
155,079	35.94%
473	0.11%
1,174	0.27%
n/a
2,808	0.65%
159,823	37.04%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
96,036	14.1
55,264	8.1
64,762	9.5
8,044	1.2

72,385	10.6
45,384	6.7

Number	Rate
1990's
100,617	16.1
50,462	8.1
-23,467	-3.8
3,439	0.6

19,979	3.2
35,963	5.8

Number	Rate
1980's
109,093	20.1
41,742	7.7
19,856	3.7
n/a

56,180	10.3
25,264	4.7

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
47,584	11.0
n/a

69,801	16.2
41,634	9.6

Age, Family & Household Data for Charleston, SC Market Area

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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
39.2
198,922	20.6%
764,986	79.4%
160,871	16.7%

372,168
2.46

236,747	63.6%
173,992	73.5%
22,627	9.6%
135,421	36.4%

2010
Number	Percent
36.7
185,280	23.2%
612,800	76.8%
99,401	12.5%

312,649
2.49

206,268	66.0%
142,799	69.2%
26,210	12.7%
106,381	34.0%

2000
Number	Percent
34.7
176,297	25.9%
504,014	74.1%
75,086	11.0%

257,786
2.56

178,671	69.3%
129,878	72.7%
23,108	12.9%
79,115	30.7%

1990
Number	Percent
30.1
176,026	28.2%
448,343	71.8%
58,039	9.3%

217,982
2.77

162,311	74.5%
125,281	77.2%
17,205	10.6%
55,671	25.5%

1980
Number	Percent
26.6
170,402	31.4%
372,523	68.6%
40,694	7.5%

172,689
3.03

135,872	78.7%
108,548	79.9%
13,015	9.6%
36,817	21.3%

2022 Housing Data for Charleston, SC Market Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	19,930	5.4%
$10,000 to $14,999	11,646	3.1%
$15,000 to $19,999	12,676	3.4%
$20,000 to $24,999	13,957	3.8%
$25,000 to $29,999	13,606	3.7%
$30,000 to $34,999	14,809	4.0%
$35,000 to $39,999	12,811	3.4%
$40,000 to $44,999	14,055	3.8%
$45,000 to $49,999	14,513	3.9%
$50,000 to $59,999	26,741	7.2%
$60,000 to $74,999	36,207	9.7%
$75,000 to $99,999	48,074	12.9%
$100,000 to $124,999	37,703	10.1%
$125,000 to $149,999	26,765	7.2%
$150,000 to $199,999	30,495	8.2%
$200,000 or more	38,180	10.3%

Median Household Income	73,860
Per Capita Income	43,005

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

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	14,687	3.9%
Public Assistance	5,164	1.4%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	34,034	9.1%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	398,838	70.6%
Unemployed	18,061	3.2%
In Armed Forces	10,446	1.8%

Total Labor Force	427,345	75.7%
Not in Labor Force	137,463	24.3%

Real Unemployment Rate		27.5%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	160,136	137,526	53.8%
Non-Profit	9,253	16,738	35.6%
Self-Employed	30,707	18,284	62.7%

Local Government	11,697	19,604	37.4%
State Government	9,750	17,741	35.5%
Federal Government	10,695	7,992	57.2%

Total Private + Self	190,843	155,810	55.1%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	41,395	62,075	40.0%
Total	232,238	217,885	51.6%

Pct. Govt.	17.2%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	76,170	16.9%
Sales and Office Occupations	92,976	20.6%
Professional, Technical	110,796	24.6%
Service Occupations	74,219	16.5%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	958	0.2%
All others	96,996	21.5%

White Collar		62.0%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	59,005	490.3%
Retail trade	48,576	403.7%
Manufacturing	44,858	372.8%
Professional, scientific, technical	39,946	331.9%
Educational services	38,149	317.0%
Accommodation and food services	37,695	313.2%
Construction	35,015	291.0%
Public administration	24,425	203.0%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	22,244	184.8%
Other services	21,389	177.7%
Transportation and warehousing	20,501	170.4%
Finance and insurance	14,958	124.3%
Real estate and rental and leasing	11,473	95.3%
Wholesale trade	9,368	77.8%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	8,626	71.7%
Information	7,433	61.8%
Utilities	4,435	36.9%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	2,490	20.7%
Management	312	2.6%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	259	2.2%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	25,719	2.75%
Puerto Rican	7,677	0.82%
Cuban	1,349	0.14%
Dominican	1,105	0.12%

Total Central American	7,118	0.76%
Costa Rican	125	0.01%
Guatemalan	2,211	0.24%
Honduran	2,946	0.31%
Nicaraguan	274	0.03%
Panamanian	525	0.06%
Salvadoran	1,037	0.11%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	5,044	0.54%
Argentinean	426	0.05%
Bolivian	131	0.01%
Chilean	275	0.03%
Colombian	1,560	0.17%
Ecuadorian	876	0.09%
Paraguayan	13	0.00%
Peruvian	616	0.07%
Uruguayan	93	0.01%
Venezuelan	1,020	0.11%
Other South American	34	0.00%

Other Hispanic	5,358	0.57%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Filipino	5,378	0.57%
Chinese	3,076	0.33%
Indian	2,565	0.27%
Vietnamese	2,152	0.23%
Korean	911	0.10%
Japanese	431	0.05%
Laotian	287	0.03%
Bangladeshi	269	0.03%
Thai	213	0.02%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	819,337	92.7%
Spanish	36,595	4.1%
Other Indo-European	7,737	0.9%
Tagalog	3,552	0.4%
German, other Germanic	2,958	0.3%
French, Haitian, Cajun	2,827	0.3%
Chinese	2,627	0.3%
Other Asian	1,966	0.2%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	1,869	0.2%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
English	103,666	11.1%
American	96,283	10.3%
German	92,801	9.9%
Irish	86,579	9.2%
Italian	35,596	3.8%
European	20,149	2.2%
French	19,348	2.1%
Scottish	19,204	2.1%
Polish	15,633	1.7%
Scotch-Irish	12,387	1.3%
British	6,559	0.7%
Dutch	5,734	0.6%
African	5,229	0.6%
Norwegian	4,853	0.5%
Swedish	4,809	0.5%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	910,078	97.2%
Not a citizen	26,354	2.8%

Native	887,120	94.7%
Foreign-born	49,312	5.3%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
17,191	2.6%	41,315	6.3%	163,614	24.9%	194,611	29.6%	151,217	23.0%	89,676	13.6%
Average years of education: 13.9

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	17,191	2.6%
9-12 Years	41,315	6.3%
H.S. Grad or GED	163,614	24.9%
Some College	194,611	29.6%
Bach. Degree	151,217	23.0%
Grad Degree	89,676	13.6%
Average years of education: 13.9

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	290,515	279,171	11,344	3.9%
1991	297,055	281,712	15,343	5.2%
1992	302,508	282,453	20,055	6.6%
1993	304,003	281,002	23,001	7.6%
1994	302,759	281,429	21,330	7.0%
1995	302,270	284,094	18,176	6.0%
1996	303,000	283,318	19,682	6.5%
1997	312,082	296,259	15,823	5.1%
1998	318,570	307,021	11,549	3.6%
1999	324,315	311,180	13,135	4.1%

2000	321,841	309,994	11,847	3.7%
2001	317,147	301,729	15,418	4.9%
2002	324,849	306,561	18,288	5.6%
2003	337,440	315,440	22,000	6.5%
2004	348,898	325,753	23,145	6.6%
2005	356,590	333,474	23,116	6.5%
2006	371,967	349,825	22,142	6.0%
2007	379,076	359,327	19,749	5.2%
2008	383,047	358,298	24,749	6.5%
2009	383,741	345,056	38,685	10.1%

2010	386,684	347,129	39,555	10.2%
2011	393,219	356,014	37,205	9.5%
2012	397,357	365,004	32,353	8.1%
2013	399,806	372,966	26,840	6.7%
2014	407,576	384,110	23,466	5.8%
2015	418,899	395,970	22,929	5.5%
2016	424,863	405,718	19,145	4.5%
2017	429,059	412,670	16,389	3.8%
2018	436,638	423,261	13,377	3.1%
2019	448,644	437,515	11,129	2.5%

2020	449,459	421,727	27,732	6.2%
2021	446,781	430,110	16,671	3.7%
2022	456,739	443,105	13,634	3.0%
2023	478,573	465,963	12,610	2.6%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	433,080
Median Value	$318,816

Occupied	372,168	85.9%
Vacant	60,912	14.1%

Owned	259,194	69.6%
Rented	112,974	30.4%
Median Rent	$1,317

Single-Family Units	285,937	66.0%
Detached	263,220	60.8%
Attached	22,717	5.2%
Buldings with 5+ Units	69,633	16.1%
Mobile Homes	54,594	12.6%

Charleston, SC Market Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Charleston, SC Market Area

2022 Housing Data for Charleston, SC Market Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Charleston, SC Market Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Charleston, SC Market Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Charleston, SC Market Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Charleston, SC Market Area