South Carolina state Population Profile

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South Carolina state Population

	South Carolina	%, South Carolina	United States
SEX AND AGE
Male	1,948,929	48.58%	49.06%
Female	2,063,083	51.42%	50.94%
Under 5 years	264,679	6.6%	6.81%
5 to 9 years	285,243	7.11%	7.3%
10 to 14 years	290,479	7.24%	7.29%
15 to 19 years	295,377	7.36%	7.18%
20 to 24 years	281,714	7.02%	6.74%
25 to 34 years	560,831	13.98%	14.18%
35 to 44 years	625,124	15.58%	16.04%
45 to 54 years	550,321	13.72%	13.39%
55 to 59 years	206,762	5.15%	4.79%
60 to 64 years	166,149	4.14%	3.84%
65 to 74 years	270,048	6.73%	6.54%
75 to 84 years	165,016	4.11%	4.39%
85 years and over	50,269	1.25%	1.51%
Median age (years)	35.4		35.3
18 years and over	3,002,371	74.83%	74.31%
- Male	1,432,413	35.7%	35.89%
- Female	1,569,958	39.13%	38.42%
21 years and over	2,814,131	70.14%	69.97%
62 years and over	581,573	14.5%	14.66%
65 years and over	485,333	12.1%	12.43%
- Male	196,734	4.9%	5.12%
- Female	288,599	7.19%	7.31%
RACE
One race	3,972,062	99.0%	97.57%
- White	2,695,560	67.19%	75.14%
- Black or African American	1,185,216	29.54%	12.32%
- American Indian and Alaska Native	13,718	0.34%	0.88%
- Asian	36,014	0.9%	3.64%
- - Asian Indian	8,356	0.21%	0.6%
- - Chinese	5,967	0.15%	0.86%
- - Filipino	6,423	0.16%	0.66%
- - Japanese	2,448	0.06%	0.28%
- - Korean	3,665	0.09%	0.38%
- - Vietnamese	4,248	0.11%	0.4%
- - Other Asian 1	4,907	0.12%	0.46%
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	1,628	0.04%	0.14%
- - Native Hawaiian	391	0.01%	0.05%
- - Guamanian or Chamorro	489	0.01%	0.02%
- - Samoan	277	0.01%	0.03%
- - Other Pacific Islander 2	471	0.01%	0.04%
- Some other race	55,272	1.38%	5.46%
Two or more races	39,950	1.0%	2.43%
Race alone or in combination with one or more other races
White	2,727,208	67.98%	77.08%
Black or African American	1,200,901	29.93%	12.94%
American Indian and Alaska Native	27,456	0.68%	1.46%
Asian	44,931	1.12%	4.23%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	3,778	0.09%	0.31%
Some other race	51,346	1.28%	6.58%

	South Carolina	%, South Carolina	United States
HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
Total population	4,012,012		281,421,906
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	95,076	2.37%	12.55%
- Mexican	52,871	1.32%	7.33%
- Puerto Rican	12,211	0.3%	1.21%
- Cuban	2,875	0.07%	0.44%
- Other Hispanic or Latino	27,119	0.68%	3.56%
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,916,936	97.63%	87.45%
- White alone	2,652,291	66.11%	69.13%
RELATIONSHIP
Total population	4,012,012		281,421,906
In households	3,876,975	96.63%	97.24%
- Householder	1,533,854	38.23%	37.48%
- Spouse	783,142	19.52%	19.36%
- Child	1,153,601	28.75%	29.63%
- - Own child under 18 years	875,535	21.82%	22.92%
- Other relatives	235,486	5.87%	5.57%
- - Under 18 years	112,044	2.79%	2.15%
- Nonrelatives	170,892	4.26%	5.19%
- - Unmarried partner	70,422	1.76%	1.95%
In group quarters	135,037	3.37%	2.76%
- Institutionalized population	60,533	1.51%	1.44%
- Noninstitutionalized population	74,504	1.86%	1.32%

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