Berkeley County, South Carolina (SC)

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• • 142,638100.0%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 54,28338.1%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 15,90311.1%Hispanic or Latino
  • 7,4235.2%Two or more races
  • 5,3063.7%Asian alone
  • 1,7091.2%Some other race alone
  • 5970.4%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 480.03%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone

Mean price in 2019:

Detached houses: $278,052

Here:	$278,052
State:	$266,394

Townhouses or other attached units: $192,379

Here:	$192,379
State:	$219,057

In 2-unit structures: $86,152

Here:	$86,152
State:	$275,825

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $974,811

Here:	$974,811
State:	$168,533

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $454,083

Here:	$454,083
State:	$250,122

Mobile homes: $130,796

Here:	$130,796
State:	$72,281

Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $19,602

Here:	$19,602
State:	$43,541

Crime in 2005 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 8
• Rapes: 55
• Robberies: 92
• Assaults: 480
• Burglaries: 1018
• Thefts: 1763
• Auto thefts: 475

Crime in 2004 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 2
• Rapes: 41
• Robberies: 60
• Assaults: 432
• Burglaries: 874
• Thefts: 1673
• Auto thefts: 301

Health of residents in Berkeley County based on CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaires from 2013 to 2019:

Health of residents in Berkeley County based on CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaires from 2003 to 2012:

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2019: $1,212 (0.5%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $901 (0.5%)

Area name: Charleston-North Charleston, SC MSA
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Berkeley County is $586 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $663 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $864 a month.

Cities in this county include: Goose Creek, Hanahan, Sangaree, Cross, Moncks Corner, Wando, Cordesville, Bonneau Beach, St. Stephen, Pinopolis.

Neighboring counties: McCormick County , Cooke County, Texas , Wise County, Texas .

Current college students: 6,897
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 90.3%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 27.5%

Number of foreign born residents: 14,424 (41.7% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 4,9182010 or later
• 3,1622000 to 2009
• 2,3841990 to 1999
• 9051980 to 1989
• 9101970 to 1979
• 1,086Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 26.5 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 45.1%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 55,430
• One, attached: 2,818
• Two: 607
• 3 or 4: 1,168
• 5 to 9: 3,697
• 10 to 19: 4,319
• 20 to 49: 3,413
• 50 or more: 1,606
• Mobile homes: 14,984
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 328

Housing units in Berkeley County with a mortgage: 39,071 (633 second mortgage, 2,235 home equity loan, 86 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 17,893

Religion statistics for Berkeley County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Berkeley County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• South Carolina Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Straight-line Winds, Incident Period: April 12, 2020 - April 13, 2020, FEMA Id: 4542, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Wind
• South Carolina Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, FEMA Id: 4492, Natural disaster type: Other
• South Carolina Hurricane Dorian, Incident Period: August 31, 2019 - September 6, 2019, FEMA Id: 4464, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• South Carolina Hurricane Florence, Incident Period: September 8, 2018 - October 8, 2018, FEMA Id: 4394, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• South Carolina Hurricane Irma, Incident Period: September 6, 2017 - September 13, 2017, FEMA Id: 4346, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• South Carolina Hurricane Matthew, Incident Period: October 04, 2016 to October 30, 2016, Emergency Declared EM-3378: October 06, 2016, FEMA Id: 3378, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• South Carolina Hurricane Matthew, Incident Period: October 04, 2016 to October 30, 2016, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4286: October 11, 2016, FEMA Id: 4286, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• South Carolina Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: October 01, 2015 to October 23, 2015, Emergency Declared EM-3373: October 03, 2015, FEMA Id: 3373, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• South Carolina Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: October 01, 2015 to October 23, 2015, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4241: October 05, 2015, FEMA Id: 4241, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• South Carolina Severe Winter Storm, Incident Period: February 10, 2014 to February 19, 2014, Emergency Declared EM-3369: February 12, 2014, FEMA Id: 3369, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
• 8 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

16.43% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($58,663 average adjusted gross income)

0.10% of residents moved from foreign countries ($324 average AGI)

Berkeley County:	0.10%
South Carolina average:	0.07%

10.74% relocated from other counties in South Carolina ($33,734 average AGI)
5.59% relocated from other states ($24,605 average AGI)

Berkeley County:	5.59%
South Carolina average:	4.20%

from Dorchester County, SC	5.80% ($54,101 average AGI)
from Charleston County, SC	3.83% ($48,320)
from Richland County, SC	0.14% ($58,320)
from Lexington County, SC	0.11% ($42,987)
from Orangeburg County, SC	0.10% ($38,750)
from Mecklenburg County, NC	0.08% ($64,912)
from Horry County, SC	0.08% ($40,167)

11.18% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($46,786 average adjusted gross income)

0.16% of residents moved to foreign countries ($605 average AGI)

Berkeley County:	0.16%
South Carolina average:	0.07%

6.03% relocated to other counties in South Carolina ($24,598 average AGI)
4.99% relocated to other states ($21,584 average AGI)

Berkeley County:	4.99%
South Carolina average:	3.18%

to Charleston County, SC	3.09% ($47,379 average AGI)
to Dorchester County, SC	1.82% ($41,441)
to Saratoga County, NY	0.43% ($27,926)
to Kitsap County, WA	0.20% ($47,886)
to San Diego County, CA	0.15% ($43,388)
to Richland County, SC	0.15% ($46,020)
to Orangeburg County, SC	0.13% ($39,477)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 16.5
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 14.8
Births per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 13.7

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 5.7
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 6.5
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 6.6

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 9.6
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 8.2

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Berkeley County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 15%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 12%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 41,299 (9,300 living alone), Female householders: 39,341 (9,275 living alone)

• 42,829 spouses (42,490 opposite-sex spouses), 4,414 unmarried partners, (4,322 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 65,682 children (59,262 natural, 1,873 adopted, 4,547 stepchildren), 7,384 grandchildren, 2,814 brothers or sisters, 4,683 parents, 94 foster children, 6,064 other relatives, 9,780 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 3,523

Size of family households: 25,610 2-persons, 14,374 3-persons, 10,247 4-persons, 4,285 5-persons, 1,656 6-persons, 945 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 18,575 1-person, 3,777 2-persons, 756 3-persons, 279 4-persons, 136 6-persons.

31,543 married couples with children.
13,570 single-parent households (3,684 men, 9,886 women).

91.1% of residents of Berkeley speak English at home.
4.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (56% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 21% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
1.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (67% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
1.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (70% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (61% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $619,324,000 ($4,138 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $97,325,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $339,518,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $97,158,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $1,650,000
Federal grants: $125,478,000
Federal procurement contracts: $18,074,000 ($15,340,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $37,446,000 ($16,644,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $1,778,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $115,096,000
Federal Government insurance: $444,390,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 65.46 millions of gallons per day (2% from ground, 98% from surface)

• Year house built in Berkeley County, South Carolina
• 11,7812014 or later
• 6,9272010 to 2013
• 21,2692000 to 2009
• 14,7061990 to 1999
• 12,7471980 to 1989
• 13,2471970 to 1979
• 4,8691960 to 1969
• 1,7891950 to 1959
• 5541940 to 1949
• 4811939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Berkeley County, South Carolina

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Berkeley County, South Carolina
• 771 room
• 1092 rooms
• 3433 rooms
• 3,8114 rooms
• 11,0105 rooms
• 14,1966 rooms
• 10,0447 rooms
• 8,5538 rooms
• 8,8219+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Berkeley County, South Carolina
• 5721 room
• 1,6442 rooms
• 3,0743 rooms
• 6,6164 rooms
• 5,1155 rooms
• 3,3476 rooms
• 2,1627 rooms
• 6618 rooms
• 4859+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Berkeley County, South Carolina

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Berkeley County, South Carolina
• 77no bedroom
• 2301 bedroom
• 5,7922 bedrooms
• 32,0973 bedrooms
• 15,2944 bedrooms
• 3,4745+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Berkeley County, South Carolina
• 572no bedroom
• 4,4271 bedroom
• 8,6062 bedrooms
• 8,1253 bedrooms
• 1,3564 bedrooms
• 5905+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Berkeley County, South Carolina in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Berkeley County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 760no vehicle
• 12,6581 vehicle
• 26,4562 vehicles
• 12,1703 vehicles
• 3,4964 vehicles
• 1,4245+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Berkeley County in renter-occupied apartments
• 1,991no vehicle
• 9,6311 vehicle
• 8,7042 vehicles
• 2,6123 vehicles
• 6144 vehicles
• 1245+ vehicles

83.4% of Berkeley County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 26% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 46% lived in South Carolina.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 106,912
• Other state: 102,997
• Northeast: 28,309
• Midwest: 15,856
• South: 45,230
• West: 13,602

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 2,954
• Number of aged recipients: 325
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 2,629
• Number of recipients under 18: 514
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 1,808
• Number of recipients older than 64: 632
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 1,111
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 1,270

Berkeley County on our top lists:

• #23 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating from other counties between 2010 and 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #38 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents that visited a dentist within the past year"
• #38 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest average weight of females"
• #42 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the smallest number of people without health insurance coverage in 2000 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #43 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating to other counties in 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #62 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the worst general health status score of residents (1-5), 3 years of data"
• #64 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating from other counties between 2010 and 2011"
• #70 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating to foreign countries in 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #84 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest number of people moving in compared to moving out (pop. 50,000+)"
• #89 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents that exercised in the past month"
• #91 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest surface withdrawal of fresh water for public supply (pop. 50,000+)"
• #96 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest surface withdrawal of fresh water for public supply"
• #97 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Black Protestant congregations (pop. 50,000+)"
• #98 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Black Protestant congregations"