Compare Columbia Metro Area, SC vs South Carolina (SC) vs United States

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Metric	Columbia Metro Area, SC Metro Area	South Carolina (SC) State	United States Country
Overview
Total population	849,181	5,296,225	334,922,499
Rent	$1,193	$1,180	$1,413
Year built	1991	1992	1980
Household income	$68,359	$69,324	$80,734
Per capita income	$37,960	$39,236	$44,673
Poverty rate	14.5%	14.1%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	4.2%	4.0%
Household size	2.4	2.4	2.5
Rent over 30% of income	50.4%	46.3%	47.6%
Demographics
Total population	849,181	5,296,225	334,922,499
Adults over 25	567,254	3,677,078	230,807,303
Total households	339,601	2,117,989	129,227,496
Household size	2.4	2.4	2.5
Income & Poverty
Household income	$68,359	$69,324	$80,734
Per capita income	$37,960	$39,236	$44,673
Poverty rate	14.5%	14.1%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	4.2%	4.0%
Rent over 30% of income	50.4%	46.3%	47.6%
Housing
Rent	$1,193	$1,180	$1,413
Year built	1991	1992	1980
Households that rent	30.6%	28.1%	34.8%
Households that own	69.4%	71.9%	65.2%
Rooms per home (all homes)	5.9	5.7	5.5
Race
White	54.5%	63.3%	61%
Black	33.4%	24.8%	12.2%
Asian	2.4%	1.8%	6%
Two or more races	6.5%	6.8%	12.6%
Ethnicity
Hispanic or Latino	7%	7.4%	19.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	93%	92.6%	80.7%
Commute
Commute rate	88.2%	88.5%	84.9%
Commute time to work	25.0 min	26.0 min	26.0 min
Work from home	11.8%	11.5%	15.1%
Education
Less than high school	27.8%	27.8%	27.5%
High school graduate or GED	25.6%	28.2%	26%
Some college or associate degree	11.2%	11.9%	10.7%
Bachelor’s degree or higher	35.4%	32.1%	35.7%