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South Carolina

Population5.2m
Counties46county-level areas on the 2024 Census map
Density66.9people per km² of land
Median household income$66,81819th percentile of states

How it has changed

The state’s own figures from 2010 to 2024. A measure published for only one year shows as a single point instead of a line.

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The state figure, and the range across its counties

The state figure is the one its own agency publishes. It is never an average of the counties. You cannot average medians (middle values) to get a new median, and a rate has to be worked out again from the added-up counts. The county range next to it shows what a single state number has to hide.

Sometimes fewer counties report than the state has. The missing ones were held back because their counts were too small to publish — mostly deaths. A range from only part of the state is not the state’s full range. It can even sit entirely above or below the state figure. So the number of counties reporting is shown next to it.

You can sort by any column. 47 of these 185 measures have a clear better end, and those are ranked best first. For example, the lowest infant death rate is first place, and so is the highest life expectancy. The rest have no better end, so they are ranked highest first, and the cell says “highest” instead of “best”. A state is not winning or losing by how much of its tax comes from severance taxes (taxes on oil, gas and minerals taken from the ground).

Alcohol-involved share of driving deaths0.333%43rd best of 510.185%0.338%0.545%44
Always wears a seatbelt94.615th best of 49————
Arrivals per 100 people staying4.646th highest of 514.666.9814.746
Arrivals per 100 staying, $200,000 or more5.851st highest of 51————
Arthritis27.934th best of 46————
Binge drinking16.219th best of 49————
Births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 5053.522nd highest of 5230.456.594.239
Black Protestant adherents5.566th highest of 510.646.2720.746
Black-white residential segregation48.250th highest of 5118.335.764.346
Business closing rate8.5831st highest of 515.088.1610.446
Business opening rate10.715th highest of 515.689.541646
Catholic adherents7.9742nd highest of 5103.3521.446
Checkup in the past year77.616th highest of 49————
Child mortality66.945th best of 5149.372.713442
Child poverty rate, ages 0-1718.8%40th best of 5112%24.1%45.8%46
Children in single-parent households0.296%7th highest of 510.213%0.344%0.779%46
Congregations per 10,000 people1614th highest of 518.62246.646
Current asthma8.494th best of 47————
Current smoking13.928th best of 49————
Departures per 100 people staying3.1322nd highest of 513.995.9510.346
Departures per 100 staying, $200,000 or more2.5121st highest of 51————
Depression22.823rd best of 49————
Diabetes16.840th best of 45————
Difficulty concentrating or deciding14.426th best of 49————
Difficulty running errands alone8.6335th best of 46————
Difficulty walking or climbing stairs18.239th best of 47————
Disability-free score-0.60938th highest of 47-1.79-0.1511.1146
Drug overdose deaths39.238th best of 5122.637.468.541
Effective general sales tax rate2.1532nd highest of 51————
Effective individual income tax rate1.8634th highest of 51————
Effective property tax rate0.50747th highest of 520.3370.5250.8846
Effective property tax rate on income2.5530th highest of 51————
Evangelical Protestant adherents297th highest of 5111.329.458.146
Fair or poor health19.736th best of 49————
Fine particulate matter7.831st best of 516.77.89.845
Firearm fatalities20.441st best of 5114.122.244.845
Firearm share of suicides, standardised11810th highest of 5110112215544
Firearm suicide rate10.324th highest of 516.6210.917.344
Flu vaccination among Medicare enrollees0.5%20th best of 510.25%0.45%0.55%46
Gini index of income inequality0.47736th best of 520.4160.4660.52946
Has health insurance8843rd highest of 49————
Health score-0.29835th highest of 49-1.19-0.1770.88646
High blood pressure37.441st best of 49————
High cholesterol35.430th best of 49————
High school graduation0.837%35th best of 480.7%0.83%0.937%44
Homeownership rate71.4%11th highest of 5260.3%73.4%83.9%46
Homicide rate10.445th best of 514.611.437.844
Homicide rate, annual10.58th highest of 515.0311.739.720
How much faster the top bracket arrives than everyone else1.822nd highest of 51————
Income gap between arrivals and departures$21,5712nd highest of 51$-11,020$4,897$64,29046
Infant mortality6.8841st best of 515.037.3111.833
Injury deaths10743rd best of 5177.711516046
Life expectancy74.7 years42nd best of 5167.2 years72.7 years80.5 years46
Mainline Protestant adherents7.4214th highest of 511.747.1422.746
Material security score-0.52940th highest of 51-2.45-0.3960.72746
Mean adjusted gross income per return$80,49441st best of 51$42,790$62,820$128,50046
Mean income of arriving households$88,2089th highest of 51$29,400$56,330$145,60046
Mean income of departing households$66,63838th highest of 51$35,540$53,700$81,34046
Mean travel time to work25.6 min31st best of 5220.1 min27.2 min37.7 min46
Median age40.1 years17th highest of 5234.2 years41.6 years58.7 years46
Median gross rent$1,12629th highest of 52$634$878$1,51846
Median home value$236,70036th highest of 52$61,600$158,600$450,80046
Median household income$66,81843rd best of 52$31,600$55,750$84,82046
Median household income (model-based)$67,98841st best of 51$35,480$57,550$88,11046
Median property tax bill1,19946th highest of 523978522,02246
Meets aerobic guidelines59.129th best of 49————
Membership organisations11.219th best of 515.2811.520.146
Millionaire returns as a share of all returns0.33830th highest of 52————
Millionaires' share of all income11.732nd highest of 52————
Motor vehicle crash deaths20.850th best of 5114.326.947.946
Net business formation rate2.117th highest of 51-3.581.5810.346
Net domestic migration rate15.11st highest of 51————
Net migration per 100 people staying1.521st highest of 51-1.340.9286.146
Net migration per 100 staying, $200,000 or more3.341st highest of 51————
Obesity36.234th best of 49————
Orthodox Christian adherents0.1432nd highest of 51000.5446
Other religion adherents2.5839th highest of 510.692.488.4746
People per tax return225th highest of 5122246
Per capita income$37,99340th best of 52$22,020$31,960$54,77046
Per capita personal income$57,76645th best of 51$38,590$49,460$85,85046
Poverty rate14.2%42nd best of 528.89%17.2%29.2%46
Poverty rate (model-based)13.9%41st best of 519.5%16.8%32.6%46
Premature mortality50142nd best of 5130758987546
Preventable hospital stays2,52621st best of 511,7112,6864,17946
Private job growth2.927th highest of 52-12.11.589.1946
Religious adherents52.713th highest of 513652.678.146
Republican share of the two-party vote, 202459.118th highest of 5127.358.776.746
Returns claiming charitable contributions6.14%23rd highest of 511.65%4.45%10.4%46
Returns claiming the earned income credit17.7%11th highest of 5111.4%22.3%36.3%46
Returns reporting capital gains16.1%38th highest of 514.61%11.4%30%46
Returns reporting unemployment compensation1.22%44th highest of 510.835%1.28%2.39%46
Safety score-0.56336th highest of 51-2.61-0.9780.27645
Share aged 65 and over18.5%14th highest of 5213.7%19.5%37.8%46
Share American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic0.18%28th highest of 510%0.22%3.4%17
Share Asian, not Hispanic1.69%38th highest of 520%1.04%2.87%28
Share Black, not Hispanic25.1%7th highest of 526.1%30.8%64%46
Share divorced10.4%36th highest of 527.18%10.1%13.2%46
Share foreign-born5.63%36th highest of 520.935%3.63%10.3%41
Share Hispanic or Latino, any race7.08%36th highest of 521.93%5.23%17.1%43
Share in the same house a year ago86%25th highest of 5178.5%88.8%92.6%46
Share Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic0.0582%21st highest of 490%0%0.0948%25
Share never married32.5%31st highest of 5226.1%32.3%46.5%46
Share now married50.6%24th highest of 5233.4%49.3%58.9%46
Share of births to unmarried women38.6%6th highest of 5223.7%46.4%90.8%36
Share of some other race, not Hispanic0.435%25th highest of 520%0.443%0.617%11
Share of suicides by firearm64.7%5th highest of 5154.7%67.9%85.7%44
Share of taxes from alcohol0.8468th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from corporate income5.131st highest of 51————
Share of taxes from corporation licences0.648th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from death and gift051st highest of 51————
Share of taxes from gambling0.25425th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from general sales and gross receipts25.224th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from individual income21.730th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from insurance premiums1.2732nd highest of 51————
Share of taxes from licences6.347th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from motor fuel3.829th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from motor vehicle licences1.1730th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from occupation and business licences2.584th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from other taxes1.0235th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from property29.921st highest of 51————
Share of taxes from property transfer0.86614th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from public utilities0.39142nd highest of 51————
Share of taxes from selective sales10.727th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from severance051st highest of 51————
Share of taxes from sports betting and pari-mutuels051st highest of 51————
Share of taxes from tobacco0.45443rd highest of 51————
Share of two or more races, not Hispanic3.24%44th highest of 520.655%3.22%5.54%41
Share separated2.35%2nd highest of 521.24%2.69%5.53%46
Share White, not Hispanic62.2%32nd highest of 5222.6%57.9%83.5%46
Share widowed6.5%8th highest of 525.07%7.63%11.9%46
Share with a bachelor's degree or higher31.5%34th best of 528.73%22.3%49%46
State income tax as a share of income1.8630th highest of 50————
State taxes as a share of income5.0344th highest of 50————
Suicide rate15.727th best of 5111.216.427.236
Top state income tax rate6.4%15th highest of 50————
Total tax burden8.5542nd highest of 51————
Two weeks of poor mental health17.235th best of 49————
Two weeks of poor physical health13.733rd best of 47————
Unemployment rate2.99%20th best of 522.4%3.3%6.7%46
Vacancy rate13.8%12th highest of 525.46%15.9%30.4%46
Went without care over cost14.441st best of 49————
Years of potential life lost10,82442nd best of 517,36913,39019,64046
Aggregate travel time to work54,950,000 min23rd highest of 5292,570 min553,900 min5,484,000 min46
Business establishments111,32023rd highest of 519289914,09046
Business establishments closed9,45124th highest of 51566.51,21846
Business establishments opened11,77822nd highest of 511287.51,60646
Employed2,420,60023rd highest of 522,42224,470273,40046
Foreign-born population293,56025th highest of 522832,03747,56041
Gross domestic product$332,950,000k24th highest of 51$291,700k$2,478,000k$46,780,000k46
Housing units2,401,60023rd highest of 524,05527,280233,30046
Labour force2,495,20023rd highest of 522,54125,400280,80046
Millionaire tax returns8,41025th highest of 52————
Net domestic migration80,0924th highest of 51————
Occupied housing units2,070,40023rd highest of 523,16323,470215,80046
Owner-occupied housing units1,478,90023rd highest of 522,04516,870148,40046
People covered by a tax return4,606,40023rd highest of 515,38049,610489,80046
People in households earning $200,000 or more who did not move337,65025th highest of 51————
People who did not move3,889,70023rd highest of 514,65243,490419,60046
Personal income$311,240,000k24th highest of 51$342,600k$2,703,000k$36,560,000k46
Population5,387,80023rd highest of 517,59659,660559,70046
Population5,373,60023rd highest of 517,36959,560558,00046
Population (firearm measures)4,793,40023rd highest of 519,32960,100487,40044
Population (WONDER)5,373,60023rd highest of 5127,700188,100558,00020
Population aged 15 and over4,285,30023rd highest of 526,54248,520434,90046
Population aged 25 and over3,610,40023rd highest of 525,58840,820367,70046
Population aged 65 and over963,57021st highest of 521,68010,93094,87046
Population below the poverty line719,72021st highest of 521,5729,25866,00046
Population below the poverty line724,63019th highest of 511,6188,91263,34046
Population for whom poverty status is determined5,072,20023rd highest of 526,88958,400525,00046
Population for whom poverty status is determined5,213,20023rd highest of 516,53758,320547,50046
Population in the same house one year ago4,483,90023rd highest of 516,81753,450454,60046
Population with a bachelor's degree or higher1,136,20023rd highest of 527457,762147,20046
Population, decennial census5,118,40023rd highest of 518,03959,560525,50046
Presidential votes cast, 20242,548,10023rd highest of 513,02327,530263,30046
Private jobs1,887,00023rd highest of 521,17915,950259,50046
State and local tax collections$26,601,000k26th highest of 51————
State individual income tax collected$5,782,300k22nd highest of 50————
State tax collected, all taxes$15,649,000k28th highest of 50————
Tax returns filed2,487,50023rd highest of 513,03026,200261,40046
Total population5,212,80023rd highest of 527,73859,530537,60046
Unemployed74,52526th highest of 521199077,35446
Vacant housing units331,25014th highest of 528923,76261,34046
Women aged 15 to 501,194,70023rd highest of 521,12612,120127,50046
Women who gave birth in the past year63,93623rd highest of 521937827,51939
Workers aged 16 and over who commute2,143,80023rd highest of 522,45322,730229,30046

Links inside South Carolina

These are the site’s strongest pairs nationwide, worked out again using only this state’s counties. The r column shows how closely two measures rise and fall together, from −1 (opposite) to +1 (in step); 0 means no link. A link that shows up nationally but disappears inside every state is really about differences between states. A link that also holds here is not.

These figures are before adjusting for anything. Unlike the national figures, they do not take out population density, income or education.

Pairr within SCcounties
Median age × Share aged 65 and overInside South Carolina, where Median age is higher, Share aged 65 and over tends to be higher: a strong link across 46 counties, before adjusting for anything.+0.9646
Self-care disability × Material security scoreInside South Carolina, where Self-care disability is higher, Material security score tends to be lower: a strong link across 46 counties, before adjusting for anything.-0.9746
Stroke × Material security scoreInside South Carolina, where Stroke is higher, Material security score tends to be lower: a strong link across 46 counties, before adjusting for anything.-0.9846
Food insecurity × Returns claiming the earned income creditInside South Carolina, where Food insecurity is higher, Returns claiming the earned income credit tends to be higher: a strong link across 46 counties, before adjusting for anything.+0.9546
Lack of reliable transportation × Returns claiming the earned income creditInside South Carolina, where Lack of reliable transportation is higher, Returns claiming the earned income credit tends to be higher: a strong link across 46 counties, before adjusting for anything.+0.9646
Vision disability × Material security scoreInside South Carolina, where Vision disability is higher, Material security score tends to be lower: a strong link across 46 counties, before adjusting for anything.-0.9746
Housing insecurity × Returns claiming the earned income creditInside South Carolina, where Housing insecurity is higher, Returns claiming the earned income credit tends to be higher: a strong link across 46 counties, before adjusting for anything.+0.9546
Received food stamps × Material security scoreInside South Carolina, where Received food stamps is higher, Material security score tends to be lower: a strong link across 46 counties, before adjusting for anything.-0.9846
Self-care disability × Returns claiming the earned income creditInside South Carolina, where Self-care disability is higher, Returns claiming the earned income credit tends to be higher: a strong link across 46 counties, before adjusting for anything.+0.9546
Vision disability × Returns claiming the earned income creditInside South Carolina, where Vision disability is higher, Returns claiming the earned income credit tends to be higher: a strong link across 46 counties, before adjusting for anything.+0.9546
Fair or poor self-rated health × Material security scoreInside South Carolina, where Fair or poor self-rated health is higher, Material security score tends to be lower: a strong link across 46 counties, before adjusting for anything.-0.9446
Independent-living disability × Material security scoreInside South Carolina, where Independent-living disability is higher, Material security score tends to be lower: a strong link across 46 counties, before adjusting for anything.-0.9546

What this state is divided into

46 county-level areas, largest first. Each one is compared with its peers — the counties across the country most like it — not with the rest of this state.

Greenville County · Richland County · Charleston County · Horry County · Spartanburg County · Lexington County · York County · Berkeley County · Anderson County · Beaufort County · Aiken County · Dorchester County · Florence County · Pickens County · Sumter County · Lancaster County · Orangeburg County · Oconee County · Greenwood County · Laurens County · Kershaw County · Georgetown County · Darlington County · Cherokee County · Chesterfield County · Colleton County · Newberry County · Chester County · Clarendon County · Jasper County · Williamsburg County · Marion County · Dillon County · Union County · Edgefield County · Marlboro County · Abbeville County · Fairfield County · Barnwell County · Saluda County · Hampton County · Lee County · Calhoun County · Bamberg County · McCormick County · Allendale County