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Overview

Demographics are statistics that describe populations and their characteristics for a particular geography. Demographics offer detailed information on the social, economic and housing characteristics of communities. Demographic data here include basic features (the size of population, age, gender, race, ethnicity, disability, and migration) and social features (households and families, computer and internet use, and voting registration).

Population Growth: Census population, estimated population and the relative change in size between populations across a time period, estimated population and population density by census block group.
Age Composition: Estimated population distribution by age and the relative change in size between populations by age across a time period.
Sex Composition: Estimated population distribution by sex and the relative change in size between populations by age across a time period.
Race and Ethnicity: Estimated population distribution by race and ethnicity and the relative change in size between populations by race and ethnicity across a time period.
Disability: Estimated population distribution by disability.
Domestic Migration: Net domestic migration during a specified time period as a proportion of an area's population.
Households and Families: Households and family households and the relative change in size between households and family households across a time period.
Computer and Internet Use: Households with a computer or with a broadband internet subscription.
Voting Registration: Registered population eligible to vote.

Demographics provide communities with relevant information they need to understand the past and current status, to plan for future development, and to guide decision-making such as future infrastructure needs, resource allocation, and demand for community’s needs.

The data and analysis that are featured on “Demographics” use first-party data, where possible in order to minimize potential variations between data points, and to offer more reliable comparison across counties. The data sources are from U.S. Census Bureau and S.C. Election Commission. Wherever possible, we use first-party data in order to minimize potential variations between data points, and to offer more reliable comparison across counties.

Complete definitions for terms and data sources that are used for Demographics can be found in Glossary of Terms and Data Sources pages.