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A total of 5.15 million people called South Carolina home in 2019, with a median age of 39.9 and a typical family income of $56,227. South Carolina's population increased from 5.08 million to 5.15 million between 2018 and 2019, a 1.27 percent increase, while its median household income increased from $52, 306 to $56, 227, a 7.5 percent gain.

White (Non-Hispanic) (63.5%), Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) (26.3%), White (Hispanic) (3.16%), Two+ (Non-Hispanic) (2.07%), and Other (Hispanic) make up South Carolina's top 5 ethnic groups (2.03 percent ). In South Carolina, 7.47 percent of households have English as their second language at home.

In South Carolina, citizens of the United States make up 96.8% of the population.

The largest universities in South Carolina are Clemson University (7,207 degrees), College of Charleston, and University of South Carolina-Columbia (9,815 degrees conferred in 2020). (2,549 degrees).

The homeownership rate in South Carolina was 70.3 percent in 2019, while the median property value was $179,800. The majority of South Carolinians commuted alone by car, and the trip took an average of 24.7 minutes. In South Carolina, households owned two cars on average.

Georgia and North Carolina are bordered by South Carolina.

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DIVERSITY

There are 5.15 million people living in South Carolina, of which 96.8% are citizens. 4.91 percent of South Carolina inhabitants were born abroad as of 2019. (253k people).

In South Carolina, White (non-Hispanic) citizens made up 3.27 million of the state's population in 2019, 2.42 times more than any other race or ethnicity. The second and third most prevalent ethnic groupings were 1.35M Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) and 163k White (Hispanic) inhabitants.

German (13,313 speakers), Chinese (including Mandarin and Cantonese), and Spanish (224,118 speakers) are the most widely spoken foreign languages in South Carolina (12,560 speakers).

Ethnicity and Race

Hispanics make up 5.8% of the population of South Carolina (298k people).

Other Language Speakers

Compared to the national average of 22 percent, 7.47 percent of South Carolina's population speaks a language other than English.

Spanish was the most widely spoken non-English language in South Carolina in 2019. Native Spanish speakers make up 4.61 percent of South Carolina's total population. The next two most popular languages are German (0.274%) and Chinese (0.258%) (including Mandarin and Cantonese).

Population Born Abroad

4.91 percent of South Carolina's population (253k persons) was born outside of the country as of 2019, which is less than the 13.7 percent national average. South Carolina's percentage of citizens who were born abroad in 2018 was 4.73 percent, an increasing trend.

By Nativity, Age

The average age of all South Carolinians in 2019 was 39.9. The median age of citizens of domestic birth was 40, which was typically younger than the median age of citizens of foreign birth, which was 41. However, the population of South Carolina is aging. The average age of South Carolinians was 40 in 2018.

Worldwide Diversity

Mexico was the country of origin of 61,323 South Carolina residents who were born abroad in 2019. Honduras came in second with 21,432 and India came in third with 16,010.

Citizenship

South Carolina had a higher percentage of US citizens than the rest of the country (96.4%) as of the year 2019. South Carolina had 97.1 percent of its population that was US citizens in 2018, indicating a declining citizenship rate.

Veterans

Veterans 1.56 times more military troops from South Carolina served in Vietnam than in any other conflict.

ECONOMY

In South Carolina, the average household income is $56,227. Beaufort County, South Carolina had the highest Median Household Income in 2019, with a value of $74,127. Berkeley County, South Carolina, and Charleston County, South Carolina, had the next highest values, at $71,531 and $69,398 respectively.

In South Carolina, the average income of males is $1.38 times greater than that of females, who earn $44,965. South Carolina's income inequality, as determined by the Gini index, is 0.459, which is lower than the US average.

In South Carolina's economy, 2.27 million people are employed. Construction (143,370 people), Elementary & secondary schools (146,570 people), and Restaurants & Food Services (173,092 people) are South Carolina's largest industries, while Not specified metal industries pay the highest wages ($140,580), Drugs, sundries, & chemical & allied products merchant wholesalers ($127,796), and Not specified food industries, manufacturing ($118,359).