Average household size:
| This place: |  3.3 people | | South Carolina: |  2.5 people |
Percentage of family households:
| This place: | 93.7% | | Whole state: | 69.9% |
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
| This place: | 0.0% | | Whole state: | 4.6% |
No gay or lesbian households reported
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2008:
| This place: | 6.9% | | Whole state: | 14.1% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2008:
| This place: | 3.9% | | Whole state: | 6.5% |
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Parris Island, SC
3788 people in military barracks, etc.
Parris Island compared to South Carolina state average:
- Black race population percentage significantly above state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly above state average.
- Median age significantly below state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage above state average.
- Renting percentage above state average.
- Length of stay since moving in significantly below state average.
- House age significantly below state average.
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Banks with branches in Parris Island (2009 data):
- The Fort Sill National Bank: Fsnb - Parris Island Branch at Boulevard De France Building 292, branch established on 1988-11-17. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $295.1 mil, Deposits: $242.3 mil, headquarters in Fort Sill, OK, positive income, 52 total offices, Holding Company: J. R. Montgomery Bancorporation
School Enrollment by Level of School
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2004 Presidential Election results in Charleston County South Carolina:
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Most commonly used house heating fuel:
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- Electricity (90%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
- Utility gas (5%)
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Religion statistics for Parris Island
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 42.70%
| Here | | 42.7% |
| USA | | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations.
| Name | Southern Baptist Convention | Catholic Church | United Methodist Church | Episcopal Church | Presbyterian Church (USA) |
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| Adherents | 27.1% | 18.0% | 13.3% | 9.7% | 9.1% |
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| Congregations | 20.7% | 7.1% | 14.3% | 9.8% | 8.6% |
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| Name | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | Charismatic Churches Independent | Muslim Estimate | Churches of Christ | Other |
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| Adherents | 4.5% | 2.0% | 1.5% | 1.5% | 13.3% |
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| Congregations | 4.9% | 1.1% | 1.9% | 3.0% | 28.6% |
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Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.
10.12% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($56,436 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 10.12% | | South Carolina average: | 8.00% |
0.20% of residents moved from foreign countries ($663 average AGI)| Charleston County: | 0.20% | | South Carolina average: | 0.15% |
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
9.59% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($41,236 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 9.59% | | South Carolina average: | 6.88% |
0.20% of residents moved to foreign countries ($737 average AGI)| Charleston County: | 0.20% | | South Carolina average: | 0.11% |
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Parris Island:
- WVGB (1490 AM; 1 kW; BEAUFORT, SC; Owner: VIVIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WBMQ (630 AM; 5 kW; SAVANNAH, GA; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WFXH (1130 AM; 1 kW; HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SC; Owner: MONTEREY LICENSES, LLC)
- WIQB (1050 AM; 25 kW; CONWAY, SC; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WJLG (900 AM; 4 kW; SAVANNAH, GA; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WTKS (1290 AM; 5 kW; SAVANNAH, GA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WNFO (1430 AM; daytime; 1 kW; RIDGELAND, SC)
- WBAJ (890 AM; daytime; 50 kW; BLYTHEWOOD, SC; Owner: FAMILY FIRST)
- WCEO (840 AM; daytime; 50 kW; COLUMBIA, SC; Owner: EASTERN BROADCASTING GROUP, INC.)
- WSCC (730 AM; 5 kW; CHARLESTON, SC; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
- WOKV (690 AM; 50 kW; JACKSONVILLE, FL; Owner: COX RADIO, INC.)
- WQTK (950 AM; 10 kW; MONCKS CORNER, SC; Owner: KIRKMAN BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WQIZ (810 AM; daytime; 5 kW; ST. GEORGE, SC; Owner: RADIO PROPERTIES, LLC)
Strongest FM radio stations in Parris Island:
- WAGP (88.7 FM; BEAUFORT, SC; Owner: COMMUNITY BROADCASTING CORP. OF BEAUFORT, INC)
- WGZO (103.1 FM; PARRIS ISLAND, SC; Owner: ZIP COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WJZX (99.7 FM; HOLLYWOOD, SC; Owner: APEX BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WLOW (107.9 FM; PORT ROYAL, SC; Owner: MONTEREY LICENSES, LLC)
- WFXH-FM (106.1 FM; HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SC; Owner: MONTEREY LICENSES, LLC)
- WGZR (106.9 FM; BLUFFTON, SC; Owner: MONTEREY LICENSES, LLC)
- WYKZ (98.7 FM; BEAUFORT, SC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WJWJ-FM (89.9 FM; BEAUFORT, SC; Owner: SOUTH CAROLINA EDUCATIONAL TV COMMISSION)
- WWVV (104.9 FM; RIDGELAND, SC; Owner: MONTEREY LICENSES, LLC)
- WZAT (102.1 FM; SAVANNAH, GA; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WAEV (97.3 FM; SAVANNAH, GA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WQBT (94.1 FM; SAVANNAH, GA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WLFS (91.9 FM; PORT WENTWORTH, GA; Owner: RADIO TRAINING NETWORK, INC)
- WJCL-FM (96.5 FM; SAVANNAH, GA; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WSVH (91.1 FM; SAVANNAH, GA; Owner: GEORGIA PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION)
- WIXV (95.5 FM; SAVANNAH, GA; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WEAS-FM (93.1 FM; SAVANNAH, GA; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- WSIS (103.9 FM; SPRINGFIELD, GA; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
- W218BX (91.5 FM; BLUFFTON, SC; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
- W218CB (91.5 FM; FROGMORE, SC; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
TV broadcast stations around Parris Island:
- W19CH (Channel 19; BEAUFORT, SC; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
- W32BJ (Channel 32; BEAUFORT, ETC., SC; Owner: SOUTHERN TV CORPORATION)
- WJWJ-TV (Channel 16; BEAUFORT, SC; Owner: SOUTH CAROLINA EDUCATIONAL TV COMMISSION)
- W53BX (Channel 53; HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SC; Owner: WHHI-TV, INC.)
- WGSA-CA (Channel 50; SAVANNAH, GA; Owner: SOUTHERN TV CORPORATION)
- WSAV-TV (Channel 3; SAVANNAH, GA; Owner: MEDIA GENERAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WTOC-TV (Channel 11; SAVANNAH, GA; Owner: RAYCOM AMERICA, INC.)
- WCBD-TV (Channel 2; CHARLESTON, SC; Owner: MEDIA GENERAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- W35AY (Channel 35; HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SC; Owner: MYRON K. HINES)
- WTGS (Channel 28; HARDEEVILLE, SC; Owner: BLUENOSE BROADCASTING OF SAVANNAH LLC)
- WJCL (Channel 22; SAVANNAH, GA; Owner: PIEDMONT TELEVISION OF SAVANNAH LICENSE LLC)
- W55AW (Channel 55; SAVANNAH, GA; Owner: CHANNEL AMERICA LPTV LIC. SUBSIDIARY)
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 1- Call Sign: KJ4HYW, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L01445837
Grant Date: 11/17/2008, Expiration Date: 11/17/2018, Certifier: Ann L Buchanan
Registrant: Ann L Buchanan, Parris Island, SC 29905
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- #57 (29902) on the list of "Top 101 zip codes with the largest percentage of Bermudan first ancestries"
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- #58 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents that exercised in the past month"
- #59 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest increase in the number of deaths per 1000 residents 1990-1999 to 2000-2003 (pop. 50,000+)"
- #61 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents that drank alcohol in the past 30 days"
- #70 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents that had a sunburn in the past 12 months"
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