Dorchester County, South Carolina (SC)

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• • 100,486104.2%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 39,09740.6%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 8,1828.5%Hispanic or Latino
  • 3,7093.8%Two or more races
  • 3,0693.2%Asian alone
  • 6230.6%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 4840.5%Some other race alone
  • 540.06%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone

Mean price in 2017:

Detached houses: $222,845

Here:	$222,845
State:	$244,698

Townhouses or other attached units: $70,592

Here:	$70,592
State:	$192,420

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $482,034

Here:	$482,034
State:	$209,659

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $797,595

Here:	$797,595
State:	$221,489

Mobile homes: $77,790

Here:	$77,790
State:	$70,687

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

• Murders: 4
• Rapes: 27
• Robberies: 46
• Assaults: 265
• Burglaries: 461
• Thefts: 1074
• Auto thefts: 153

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2017: $1,470 (0.7%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2017: $955 (0.6%)

Area name: Charleston-North Charleston, SC MSA
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Dorchester 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: Summerville, St. George, Ridgeville, Harleyville, Reevesville.

Neighboring counties: Choctaw County, Mississippi , Clay County, Mississippi , Coosa County, Alabama , Hampton County , St. Clair County, Alabama , Hopkins County, Texas .

Current college students: 4,471
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 90.9%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 29.9%

Number of foreign born residents: 6,355 (46.8% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 1,2632010 or later
• 1,8822000 to 2009
• 1,7321990 to 1999
• 4691980 to 1989
• 4811970 to 1979
• 802Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 28.0 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 37.4%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 42,104
• One, attached: 2,391
• Two: 699
• 3 or 4: 2,017
• 5 to 9: 3,053
• 10 to 19: 1,954
• 20 to 49: 1,690
• 50 or more: 426
• Mobile homes: 6,570

Housing units in Dorchester County with a mortgage: 30,091 (795 second mortgage, 2,267 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 9,871

Religion statistics for Dorchester County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Dorchester County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• 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
• South Carolina Severe Winter Storm, Incident Period: February 10, 2014 to February 15, 2014, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4166: March 12, 2014, FEMA Id: 4166, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
• South Carolina Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3233: September 10, 2005, FEMA Id: 3233, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• South Carolina Winter Storms, Incident Period: January 22, 2000 to February 01, 2000, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1313: January 31, 2000, FEMA Id: 1313, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
• South Carolina Hurricane Floyd, Incident Period: September 14, 1999 to September 30, 1999, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1299: September 21, 1999, FEMA Id: 1299, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• South Carolina Hurricane Floyd, Incident Period: September 14, 1999 to September 25, 1999, Emergency Declared EM-3145: September 15, 1999, FEMA Id: 3145, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• 1 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

12.03% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($47,799 average adjusted gross income)

0.09% of residents moved from foreign countries ($406 average AGI)

Dorchester County:	0.09%
South Carolina average:	0.07%

7.03% relocated from other counties in South Carolina ($23,975 average AGI)
4.90% relocated from other states ($23,418 average AGI)

Dorchester County:	4.90%
South Carolina average:	4.20%

from Charleston County, SC	3.54% ($39,941 average AGI)
from Berkeley County, SC	2.14% ($41,441)
from Colleton County, SC	0.21% ($39,333)
from Orangeburg County, SC	0.16% ($29,011)
from Richland County, SC	0.13% ($44,648)
from Lexington County, SC	0.11% ($50,117)
from Horry County, SC	0.11% ($42,424)

15.31% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($52,266 average adjusted gross income)

0.10% of residents moved to foreign countries ($319 average AGI)

Dorchester County:	0.10%
South Carolina average:	0.07%

11.33% relocated to other counties in South Carolina ($38,334 average AGI)
3.88% relocated to other states ($13,613 average AGI)

Dorchester County:	3.88%
South Carolina average:	3.18%

to Berkeley County, SC	6.98% ($54,101 average AGI)
to Charleston County, SC	2.98% ($48,749)
to Colleton County, SC	0.23% ($46,220)
to Orangeburg County, SC	0.18% ($39,607)
to Richland County, SC	0.17% ($44,196)
to Lexington County, SC	0.11% ($51,262)
to Greenville County, SC	0.09% ($58,564)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 14.9
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 13.4
Births per 1000 population from 2007 to 2014: 1.6

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 6.8
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 7.1
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2014: 6.3

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 8.4
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 7.4

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Dorchester County

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

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 13%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 10%

Household type by relationship:

• In family households: 132,443 (19,898 male householders, 17,603 female householders)

  29,159 spouses, 49,927 children (45,363 natural, 1,692 adopted, 2,872 stepchildren), 5,005 grandchildren, 2,840 brothers or sisters, 2,749 parents, 3,411 other relatives, 1,851 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 22,212 (9,182 male householders (7,411 living alone)), 9,320 female householders (8,503 living alone)), 3,710 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 1,801

Size of family households: 17,425 2-persons, 9,951 3-persons, 5,715 4-persons, 2,658 5-persons, 1,161 6-persons, 591 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 15,914 1-person, 2,225 2-persons, 279 3-persons, 84 4-persons.

24,338 married couples with children.
9,555 single-parent households (1,399 men, 8,156 women).

93.2% of residents of Dorchester speak English at home.
3.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (63% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (77% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
1.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (60% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (69% speak English very well, 31% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $504,666,000 ($4,716 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $109,151,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $303,569,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $74,203,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $1,953,000
Federal grants: $77,410,000
Federal procurement contracts: $35,996,000 ($32,874,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $11,534,000 ($261,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $1,233,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $117,472,000
Federal Government insurance: $241,780,000

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

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 13.16 millions of gallons per day (9% from ground, 91% from surface)

• Year house built in Dorchester County, South Carolina
• 4,2532014 or later
• 4,3212010 to 2013
• 20,1352000 to 2009
• 9,6801990 to 1999
• 10,4741980 to 1989
• 5,6571970 to 1979
• 3,2531960 to 1969
• 1,1891950 to 1959
• 1,0681940 to 1949
• 8741939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Dorchester County, South Carolina

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Dorchester County, South Carolina
• 01 room
• 02 rooms
• 2053 rooms
• 2,8614 rooms
• 9,3435 rooms
• 8,1576 rooms
• 6,2457 rooms
• 6,7388 rooms
• 6,4139+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Dorchester County, South Carolina
• 01 room
• 6362 rooms
• 2,6463 rooms
• 5,4664 rooms
• 3,6675 rooms
• 1,8616 rooms
• 9647 rooms
• 4098 rooms
• 3929+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Dorchester County, South Carolina

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Dorchester County, South Carolina
• 107no bedroom
• 01 bedroom
• 2,6872 bedrooms
• 22,5723 bedrooms
• 11,7444 bedrooms
• 2,8525+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Dorchester County, South Carolina
• 0no bedroom
• 2,2901 bedroom
• 6,1952 bedrooms
• 6,0523 bedrooms
• 1,4204 bedrooms
• 845+ bedrooms

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

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Dorchester County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 993no vehicle
• 9,1721 vehicle
• 19,2162 vehicles
• 7,3903 vehicles
• 1,7144 vehicles
• 1,4775+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Dorchester County in renter-occupied apartments
• 1,077no vehicle
• 9,3891 vehicle
• 4,8252 vehicles
• 7503 vehicles
• 04 vehicles
• 05+ vehicles

84.7% of Dorchester 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, 63% lived in South Carolina.

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

• This state: 76,991
• Other state: 70,777
• Northeast: 19,641
• Midwest: 12,444
• South: 30,642
• West: 8,050

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 2,226
• Number of aged recipients: 207
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 2,019
• Number of recipients under 18: 417
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 1,381
• Number of recipients older than 64: 428
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 771
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 936

Dorchester County on our top lists:

• #42 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest decrease in the number of deaths per 1000 residents 2000-2006 to 2007-2013 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #44 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating from other counties between 2010 and 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #46 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the smallest number of people without health insurance coverage in 2000 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #66 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating to other counties in 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #85 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest number of people moving in compared to moving out (pop. 50,000+)"
• #91 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating from foreign countries between 2010 and 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #96 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating from other counties between 2010 and 2011"
• #98 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating to foreign countries in 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"