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Marion County, SC

28,900 Population
489.4 square miles 59.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43 ±0.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 40.1 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$22,676 ±$1,804 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in South Carolina: $37,993 ±$303
  • about half the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$34,501 ±$4,155 Median household income
  • about half the amount in South Carolina: $66,818 ±$504
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

27.3% ±3.3% (7,807  ±947) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in South Carolina: 14.2% 719,720 (±0.3% / ±14,294)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

28.6 minutes ±1.7 (291,270  ±25,843) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 54,950,328 (±0.1 / ±402,424)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

11,788 ±402 Number of households
  • South Carolina: 2,070,390 ±5,976
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.4 ±0.1 (28,680  ±11) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 5,074,803
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

2.8% ±1.7% (176  ±108) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in South Carolina: 5.4% 63,936 (±0.2% / ±2,298)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

14,418 ±51 Number of housing units
  • South Carolina: 2,401,638 ±448
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$86,800 ±$12,648 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in South Carolina: $236,700 ±$1,344
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

6.8% ±2% (1,965  ±574.7) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in South Carolina: 13.1% 675,719 (±0.2% / ±11,203.9)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

84% ±4.7% (16,955  ±987.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in South Carolina: 89.6% 3,234,677 (±0.4% / ±15,380.7)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
13.8% ±2% (2,781  ±412) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 31.5% 1,136,208 (±0.3% / ±9,349.9)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.8% (524  ±326) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in South Carolina: 5.6% 293,556
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

5.9% ±1.2% (1,323  ±272) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in South Carolina: 8.5% 344,530 (±0.1% / ±4,290)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
1,323 Total veterans ±272 1,257 Male ±277 66 Female ±38

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