- State:South CarolinaCounty:Beaufort CountyZips:29905,29925,29914,29905,29903,29931,29905,29925,29941,29901,29904,29938,29907,29915,29940,29909,29909,29935,29920,29907,29906,29902,29926,29928,29910Coordinates:32.35704825563427, -80.69219893401178Area total:923.48 sq. mi., 2391.80 sq. km, 591027.20 acresArea land:576.15 sq. mi., 1492.22 sq. km, 368736.00 acresArea water:347.33 sq. mi., 899.58 sq. km, 222291.20 acresEstablished:1764Capital seat:
Beaufort
Address: PO BOX 1228
County Courthouse
Beaufort, SC 29901-1228
Governing Body: County Council with 11 board size
Governing Authority: Home Rule
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Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States
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- Population:187,117; Population change: 15.34% (2010 - 2020)Population density:325 persons per square mileHousehold income:$55,984Households:60,620Unemployment rate:5.40% per 77,127 county labor force
- Sales taxes:7.00%Income taxes:7.00%GDP:$6.89 B, gross domestic product (GDP)
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Beaufort County's population of South Carolina of 21,274 residents in 1930 has increased 8,8-fold to 187,117 residents after 90 years, according to the official 2020 census. U.S. Bureau of the Census beginning in 1900. Data for 1870-1890 are on a de facto or unspecified basis; data for 1900 and later years are resident totals.
Approximately 50.74% female residents and 49.26% male residents live in as of 2020, 64.41% in Beaufort County, South Carolina are married and the remaining 35.59% are single population.
As of 2020, 64.41% in Beaufort County, South Carolina are married and the remaining 35.59% are single population.
- Housing units:98,068 residential units of which 77.88% share occupied residential units.
24.8 minutes is the average time that residents in Beaufort County require for a one-way commute to work. A long commute can have different effects on health. A Gallup poll in the US found that in terms of mental health, long haul commuters are up to 12 percent more likely to experience worry, and ten percent less likely to feel well rested. The Gallup poll also found that of people who commute 61–90 minutes each day, a whopping one third complained of neck and back pain, compared to less than a quarter of people who only spend ten minutes getting to work.
72.77% of the working population which commute to work alone in their car, 14.12% of the working population which commutes to work in a carpool, 1.13% of the population that commutes using mass transit, including bus, light rail, subway, and ferry. 4.57% of the population that has their home as their principal place of work.
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Of the total residential buildings in Beaufort County, South Carolina 55.00% are owner-occupied homes, another 17.80% are rented apartments, and the remaining 27.21% are vacant.
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The 31.61% of the population in Beaufort County, South Carolina who identify themselves as belonging to a religion are distributed among the following most diverse religions.
Since the 1860s, the two main parties have been the Republican Party (here in 2022 = 54.920%) and the Democratic Party (here in 2022 = 44.140%) of those eligible to vote in Beaufort County, South Carolina.
