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South Carolina Census Data
Population: 4,321,249
Gender
| South Carolina |
National |
- Male: 48.7%
- Female: 51.3%
|
- Male: 49.1%
- Female: 50.9%
|
Race / Origin
| South Carolina |
National |
- White: 67.3%
- Black of African American: 28.6%
- American Indian/Alaska Native: 0.2%
- Asian: 1.1%
- Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islands: 0.1%
- Hispanic/Latino (of any race): 3.4%
- Two or More Races: 1.3%
|
- White: 75.1%
- Black of African American: 12.3%
- American Indian/Alaska Native: 0.9%
- Asian: 3.6%
- Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islands: 0.1%
- Hispanic/Latino (of any race): 12.5%
- Two or More Races: 2.4%
|
Age
| South Carolina |
National |
- Median Age: 37.1
- 18 years and over: 76.0%
- 65 years and over: 12.8%
|
- Median Age: 35.3
- 18 years and over: 74.3%
- 65 years and over: 12.4%
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Language Spoken at Home (population 5 years and older)
| South Carolina |
National |
- English Only: 87.8%
- Language other than English: 5.6%
- Spanish: 3.4%
|
- English Only: 82.1%
- Language other than English: 17.9%
- Spanish: 10.7%
|
Employment Status (population 16 years and older)
| South Carolina |
National |
- Employed: 92.6%
- Unemployed: 7.4%
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- Employed: 59.7%
- Unemployed: 3.7%
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Income
| South Carolina |
National |
- Median Household Income: $41,100
- Per capita Income: $21,875
- Male full-time, year round, workers median income: $37,194
- Female full-time, year round, workers median income: $28,696
- Families below poverty level: 11.9%
- Individuals below poverty level: 15.7%
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- Median Household Income: $41,994
- Per capita Income: $21,587
- Male full-time, year round, workers median income: $37,057
- Female full-time, year round, workers median income: $27,194
- Families below poverty level: 9.2%
- Individuals below poverty level: 12.4%
|
Education (population 25 years and older)
| South Carolina |
National |
- Graduate / Professional Degree: 5.2%
- High School / Graduate or Higher: 21.5%
- Bachelor's Degree / Higher: 9.8%
|
- Graduate / Professional Degree: 8.9%
- High School / Graduate or Higher: 80.4%
- Bachelor's Degree / Higher: 24.4%
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Marital Status (population 15 years and older)
| South Carolina |
National |
- Never Married: 25.6%
- Now Married: 2.4%
- Divorced: 6.9%
|
- Never Married: 27.1%
- Now Married: 54.4%
- Divorced: 9.7%
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Occupations (employed civilian population 16 years and older)
| South Carolina |
National |
- Management and Professional: 36.0%
- Service: 19.1%
- Sales and Office: 30.2%
- Farming, Fishing, and Forestry: 0.6%
- Construction, Extraction, etc.: 12.9%
- Production, Transportation, etc.: 19.7%
|
- Management and Professional: 33.6%
- Service: 14.9%
- Sales and Office: 26.7%
- Famring, Fishing, and Forestry: 0.7%
- Construction, Extraction, etc.: 9.4%
- Production, Transportation, etc.: 14.6%
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Class Of Workers
| South Carolina |
National |
- Private wage and salary: 92.9%
- Government workers: 18.3%
- Self-employed: 7.2%
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- Private wage and salary: 78.5%
- Government workers: 14.6%
- Self-employed: 6.6%
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Source: 2000 U.S. Census
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