South Carolina

2024 population: 5,478,831 ( 360,579 from 2020)
Land area: 30064.1 square miles
Population density: 182.2 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	3,423,257	62.48%	6.3%
Black:	1,368,576	24.98%	2.3%
Indian:	19,755	0.36%	5.9%
Asian:	118,931	2.17%	23.9%
2+ races:	112,317	2.05%	20.1%
Hispanic:	435,995	7.96%	24.0%

Total non-White:	2,055,574	37.52%	8.3%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	243,071	11.9
Deaths:	261,119	12.8
Net Migration:	314,953	15.4
Net Immigration:	60,691	3.0

Change in White population:	202,811	4.0
Change in Non-White pop.:	157,768	3.1

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Total non-White:

2020
5,118,252
3,220,446	62.92%
1,338,110	26.14%
18,657	0.36%
95,972	1.88%
93,510	1.83%
351,557	6.87%
1,897,806	37.08%

2010
4,625,364
2,962,740	64.05%
1,279,998	27.67%
16,614	0.36%
60,420	1.31%
64,196	1.39%
235,682	5.10%
1,662,624	35.95%

2000
4,012,012
2,652,291	66.11%
1,178,486	29.37%
12,765	0.32%
36,838	0.92%
33,290	0.83%
95,076	2.37%
1,359,721	33.89%

1990
3,486,703
2,391,911	68.60%
1,036,564	29.73%
8,719	0.25%
21,175	0.61%
n/a
28,334	0.81%
1,094,792	31.40%

1980
3,121,820
2,131,918	68.29%
935,213	29.96%
5,647	0.18%
13,370	0.43%
n/a
33,667	1.08%
989,902	31.71%

1970
2,590,516
1,786,807	68.97%
785,689	30.33%
2,232	0.09%
3,090	0.12%
n/a
10,999	0.42%
803,709	31.03%

Decade:

Components:

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Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
529,164	11.4
427,079	9.2
367,227	7.9
50,964	1.1

257,706	5.6
235,182	5.1

Number	Rate
2000's
537,443	13.4
355,877	8.9
310,572	7.7
65,869	1.6

310,449	7.7
302,903	7.5

Number	Rate
1990's
539,472	15.5
331,037	9.5
154,225	4.4
20,572	0.6

260,380	7.5
264,929	7.6

Number	Rate
1980's
526,598	16.9
271,958	8.7
136,237	4.4
n/a

259,993	8.3
104,890	3.4

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
227,458	8.8
n/a

345,111	13.3
186,193	7.2

Age, Family & Household Data for South Carolina

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2022
Number	Percent
40.0
1,103,927	20.1%
4,374,904	79.9%
938,517	17.1%

2,023,085
2.47

1,318,317	65.2%
951,952	72.2%
139,724	10.6%
704,768	34.8%

2010
Number	Percent
37.8
1,080,474	23.4%
3,544,890	76.6%
631,874	13.7%

1,801,181
2.49

1,216,415	67.5%
849,959	69.9%
151,472	12.5%
584,766	32.5%

2000
Number	Percent
35.6
1,009,093	25.2%
3,002,919	74.8%
485,845	12.1%

1,534,334
2.53

1,078,736	70.3%
797,922	74.0%
127,832	11.9%
455,598	29.7%

1990
Number	Percent
32.1
922,048	26.4%
2,564,655	73.6%
396,129	11.4%

1,258,783
2.68

935,575	74.3%
725,429	77.5%
94,241	10.1%
323,208	25.7%

1980
Number	Percent
28.3
943,294	30.2%
2,178,526	69.8%
286,781	9.2%

1,030,722
2.93

809,974	78.6%
655,734	81.0%
71,259	8.8%
220,748	21.4%

2022 Housing Data for South Carolina

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	122,683	6.1%
$10,000 to $14,999	85,363	4.2%
$15,000 to $19,999	82,375	4.1%
$20,000 to $24,999	87,537	4.3%
$25,000 to $29,999	86,571	4.3%
$30,000 to $34,999	90,423	4.5%
$35,000 to $39,999	86,832	4.3%
$40,000 to $44,999	82,316	4.1%
$45,000 to $49,999	82,243	4.1%
$50,000 to $59,999	156,220	7.7%
$60,000 to $74,999	198,777	9.8%
$75,000 to $99,999	261,783	12.9%
$100,000 to $124,999	186,585	9.2%
$125,000 to $149,999	124,850	6.2%
$150,000 to $199,999	139,436	6.9%
$200,000 or more	149,091	7.4%

Median Household Income	63,623
Per Capita Income	36,072

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	85

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	100,286	5.0%
Public Assistance	28,691	1.4%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	225,159	11.1%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	2,065,333	68.2%
Unemployed	116,206	3.8%
In Armed Forces	31,749	1.0%

Total Labor Force	2,213,288	73.1%
Not in Labor Force	813,373	26.9%

Real Unemployment Rate		30.7%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	874,337	734,594	54.3%
Non-Profit	53,458	100,843	34.6%
Self-Employed	142,215	82,271	63.4%

Local Government	58,687	93,222	38.6%
State Government	52,362	93,678	35.9%
Federal Government	32,928	27,570	54.4%

Total Private + Self	1,016,552	816,865	55.4%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	197,435	315,313	38.5%
Total	1,213,987	1,132,178	51.7%

Pct. Govt.	15.3%
Pct. Private + Self	78.1%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	350,614	14.9%
Sales and Office Occupations	494,662	21.0%
Professional, Technical	528,334	22.5%
Service Occupations	398,074	16.9%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	9,110	0.4%
All others	580,065	24.7%

White Collar		58.4%

Industry
	Number	%
Manufacturing	314,181	13.4%
Health care and social assistance	307,700	13.1%
Retail trade	268,101	11.4%
Educational services	212,787	9.0%
Accommodation and food services	187,448	8.0%
Construction	163,968	7.0%
Professional, scientific, technical	140,609	6.0%
Other services	116,351	4.9%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	113,911	4.8%
Public administration	105,043	4.5%
Transportation and warehousing	100,393	4.3%
Finance and insurance	94,155	4.0%
Wholesale trade	53,067	2.3%
Real estate and rental and leasing	46,135	2.0%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	41,389	1.8%
Information	35,021	1.5%
Utilities	28,748	1.2%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	18,293	0.8%
Management	2,523	0.1%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	1,926	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	157,028	3.05%
Puerto Rican	42,989	0.84%
Cuban	11,511	0.22%
Dominican	5,526	0.11%

Total Central American	43,862	0.85%
Costa Rican	2,374	0.05%
Guatemalan	13,860	0.27%
Honduran	17,847	0.35%
Nicaraguan	1,323	0.03%
Panamanian	2,461	0.05%
Salvadoran	5,959	0.12%
Other Central American	38	0.00%

Total South American	33,841	0.66%
Argentinean	1,930	0.04%
Bolivian	868	0.02%
Chilean	1,017	0.02%
Colombian	17,195	0.33%
Ecuadorian	4,015	0.08%
Paraguayan	86	0.00%
Peruvian	2,544	0.05%
Uruguayan	998	0.02%
Venezuelan	4,895	0.10%
Other South American	293	0.01%

Other Hispanic	24,118	0.47%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	25,934	0.50%
Chinese	13,923	0.27%
Filipino	13,764	0.27%
Vietnamese	10,163	0.20%
Korean	5,771	0.11%
Japanese	2,948	0.06%
Thai	1,693	0.03%
Cambodian	1,531	0.03%
Hmong	1,510	0.03%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	4,490,711	92.4%
Spanish	228,030	4.7%
Other Indo-European	35,762	0.7%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	15,651	0.3%
Other Asian	15,022	0.3%
German, other Germanic	14,908	0.3%
French, Haitian, Cajun	11,574	0.2%
Chinese	10,983	0.2%
Other	10,814	0.2%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
English	542,940	10.6%
American	476,978	9.3%
German	476,730	9.3%
Irish	443,448	8.6%
Italian	162,159	3.2%
Scottish	108,679	2.1%
Scotch-Irish	99,393	1.9%
European	97,625	1.9%
French	79,006	1.5%
Polish	76,808	1.5%
African	38,814	0.8%
Dutch	34,763	0.7%
British	28,613	0.6%
Swedish	25,140	0.5%
Welsh	25,014	0.5%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	4,994,294	97.1%
Not a citizen	148,456	2.9%

Native	4,872,580	94.7%
Foreign-born	270,170	5.3%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
116,596	3.3%	262,607	7.4%	1,011,555	28.5%	1,073,793	30.2%	674,340	19.0%	414,430	11.7%
Average years of education: 13.5

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	116,596	3.3%
9-12 Years	262,607	7.4%
H.S. Grad or GED	1,011,555	28.5%
Some College	1,073,793	30.2%
Bach. Degree	674,340	19.0%
Grad Degree	414,430	11.7%
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	1,737,833	1,652,953	84,880	4.9%
1991	1,767,128	1,659,199	107,929	6.1%
1992	1,799,680	1,678,804	120,876	6.7%
1993	1,826,651	1,693,481	133,170	7.3%
1994	1,841,437	1,727,717	113,720	6.2%
1995	1,864,228	1,768,545	95,683	5.1%
1996	1,886,062	1,779,218	106,844	5.7%
1997	1,920,251	1,834,339	85,912	4.5%
1998	1,940,854	1,870,273	70,581	3.6%
1999	1,958,602	1,877,350	81,252	4.1%

2000	1,965,484	1,892,560	72,924	3.7%
2001	1,941,962	1,839,249	102,713	5.3%
2002	1,954,556	1,828,741	125,815	6.4%
2003	1,999,492	1,855,602	143,890	7.2%
2004	2,043,862	1,891,719	152,143	7.4%
2005	2,071,116	1,919,646	151,470	7.3%
2006	2,148,704	2,001,247	147,457	6.9%
2007	2,155,200	2,024,495	130,705	6.1%
2008	2,160,097	2,002,910	157,187	7.3%
2009	2,166,740	1,919,309	247,431	11.4%

2010	2,174,538	1,928,445	246,093	11.3%
2011	2,185,175	1,957,492	227,683	10.4%
2012	2,190,206	1,992,957	197,249	9.0%
2013	2,197,880	2,034,407	163,473	7.4%
2014	2,222,436	2,082,947	139,489	6.3%
2015	2,267,838	2,134,087	133,751	5.9%
2016	2,286,059	2,174,303	111,756	4.9%
2017	2,297,081	2,200,602	96,479	4.2%
2018	2,320,880	2,242,438	78,442	3.4%
2019	2,367,694	2,302,578	65,116	2.8%

2020	2,384,595	2,237,406	147,189	6.2%
2021	2,353,975	2,261,063	92,912	3.9%
2022	2,374,983	2,297,930	77,053	3.2%
2023	2,453,066	2,380,394	72,672	3.0%
2024	2,535,642	2,430,459	105,183	4.1%

Migration Data for South Carolina

Inflows From (2011-2022)
From State	Number of People
North Carolina	319,155
Georgia	174,234
Florida	141,733
New York	103,944
Virginia	87,231
Texas	68,126
Pennsylvania	67,483
California	61,184
Ohio	55,509
New Jersey	54,634
Tennessee	44,014
Maryland	43,028
Illinois	32,964
Michigan	29,157
Connecticut	29,025

Outflows To (2011-2022)
To State	Number of People
North Carolina	265,877
Georgia	160,047
Florida	135,032
Texas	71,571
Virginia	69,930
New York	55,181
California	47,252
Tennessee	43,383
Pennsylvania	37,443
Ohio	36,593
Maryland	26,358
New Jersey	23,505
Washington	22,923
Alabama	21,983
Michigan	20,929

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	2,362,253
Median Value	$216,200

Occupied	2,023,085	85.6%
Vacant	339,168	14.4%

Owned	1,434,662	70.9%
Rented	588,423	29.1%
Median Rent	$1,065

Single-Family Units	1,595,108	67.5%
Detached	1,515,119	64.1%
Attached	79,989	3.4%
Buldings with 5+ Units	301,925	12.8%
Mobile Homes	354,944	15.0%

Counties in South Carolina

Districts in this state

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Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for South Carolina

2022 Housing Data for South Carolina

2022 Income & Employment Data for South Carolina

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for South Carolina

2022 Educational Attainment Data for South Carolina

Historical Labor Force Data for South Carolina

Migration Data for South Carolina

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