Marital Status in Beaufort County, South Carolina (County)

Marital Status#1

Percentage of population aged 15 and older.
Scope: population of South Carolina and Beaufort County
Female Male
South Carolina
Beaufort County
Shaded bar tips show excess over facing bar.
50%0%50%FMNever MarriedMarriedSeparated/DivorcedWidowed-22.977390%-29.368284%-22.977390%23%22.977390%6.707039%29.368284%5.446700%29.684429%30%17,08317.1k21,14621.1k-52.762048%-44.943048%-52.762048%53%52.762048%3.532522%44.943048%4.553840%56.294570%56%39,22739.2k40,10240.1k-10.758605%-3.619917%-12.628332%-2.796445%-14.378522%14%10.758605%12.628332%10.758605%11%10,69010.7k7,664-3.262395%-6.619644%-3.059795%-7.204096%-9.882040%10%3.262395%3.059795%3.262395%3%7,3472,324
F number of females of given marital status
M number of males of given marital status

Detailed Marital Status#2

Percentage of population aged 15 and older.
Scope: population of South Carolina and Beaufort County
Female Male
South Carolina
Beaufort County
Shaded bar tips show excess over facing bar.
40%20%0%20%40%FMNever MarriedNow MarriedSeparatedAbsent SpouseWidowedDivorced-22.977390%-29.368284%-22.977390%23%22.977390%6.707039%29.368284%5.446700%29.684429%30%17,08317.1k21,14621.1k-49.796226%-42.822558%-49.796226%50%49.796226%3.122242%42.822558%4.129980%52.918468%53%37,02237.0k37,69737.7k-2.234825%-0.428362%-2.775978%-0.806340%-2.663187%3%2.234825%2.775978%2.234825%2%1,9801,592-2.965822%-2.120491%-2.965822%3%2.965822%0.410280%2.120491%0.423861%3.376102%3%2,2052,405-3.262395%-6.619644%-3.059795%-7.204096%-9.882040%10%3.262395%3.059795%3.262395%3%7,3472,324-8.523780%-3.191555%-9.852354%-1.990104%-11.715335%12%8.523780%9.852354%8.523780%9%8,7106,072
F number of females of given marital status
M number of males of given marital status

The Married by Sex and Age#4

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of South Carolina and Beaufort County
Female
Male
0%20%40%60%80%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 1719.897%19.9%64.873%64.9%58.319%58.3%83.637%83.6%68.444%68.4%81.027%81.0%69.213%69.2%72.657%72.7%66.484%66.5%63.426%63.4%56.530%56.5%60.994%61.0%53.089%53.1%59.007%59.0%55.877%55.9%65.029%65.0%56.676%56.7%62.815%62.8%52.940%52.9%47.288%47.3%37.938%37.9%40.973%41.0%28.550%28.5%17.746%17.7%3.728%3.73%1.169%1.17%1.141%1.14%0.038%0.04%
F percentage of married females in age cohort
M percentage of married males in age cohort

The Divorced1 by Sex and Age#5

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of South Carolina and Beaufort County
Female
Male
0%5%10%15%20%25%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 173.464%3.46%2.550%2.55%11.949%11.9%5.105%5.10%11.176%11.2%11.014%11.0%17.705%17.7%15.592%15.6%21.422%21.4%20.599%20.6%26.769%26.8%25.739%25.7%29.037%29.0%22.955%23.0%24.428%24.4%14.185%14.2%13.991%14.0%10.915%10.9%12.062%12.1%9.486%9.49%6.407%6.41%3.835%3.83%4.552%4.55%1.479%1.48%0.000%0%0.496%0.50%0.000%0%0.000%0%
F percentage of divorced females in age cohort
M percentage of divorced males in age cohort
1and Separated

The Never Married by Sex and Age#6

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of South Carolina and Beaufort County
Female
Male
0%20%40%60%80%100%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 173.021%3.02%0.340%0.34%2.588%2.59%0.894%0.89%3.066%3.07%2.171%2.17%2.843%2.84%8.415%8.41%7.800%7.80%14.138%14.1%12.985%13.0%11.680%11.7%14.955%15.0%15.917%15.9%18.971%19.0%20.786%20.8%28.989%29.0%26.270%26.3%34.938%34.9%43.225%43.2%55.494%55.5%55.193%55.2%66.898%66.9%80.775%80.8%96.272%96.3%98.335%98.3%98.859%98.9%99.962%100.0%
F percentage of never married females in age cohort
M percentage of never married males in age cohort

The Widowed by Sex and Age#7

Percentage of age and sex cohort.
Scope: population of South Carolina and Beaufort County
Female
Male
0%20%40%60%FM85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 1773.618%73.6%32.238%32.2%27.145%27.1%10.364%10.4%17.314%17.3%5.788%5.79%10.238%10.2%3.336%3.34%4.294%4.29%1.837%1.84%3.715%3.72%1.586%1.59%2.919%2.92%2.121%2.12%0.724%0.72%0.000%0%0.344%0.34%0.000%0%0.060%0.06%0.000%0%0.161%0.16%0.000%0%0.000%0%0.000%0%0.000%0%0.000%0%0.000%0%0.000%0%
F percentage of widowed females in age cohort
M percentage of widowed males in age cohort

The Married by Age#8

Percentage of age cohort. Gray areas represent percentile bands from the counties in South Carolina.
Scope: population of South Carolina and Beaufort County
Beaufort County
South Carolina
Percentile:
0th - 100th
10th - 90th
20th - 80th
30th - 70th
40th - 60th
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%Count85+75 - 8465 - 7460 - 6455 - 5950 - 5445 - 4940 - 4435 - 3930 - 3425 - 2920 - 2418 - 1915 - 171,6858,22419,59019.6k8,6977,2075,8895,0245,9015,0544,9224,4282,57710130
Count number of married in age cohort in Beaufort County

Marital Status by Race#9

Percentage of each ethno-racial group.
Scope: population of South Carolina and Beaufort County
Beaufort County
South Carolina
Divorced
Widowed
Separated
Married
Never Married
50%0%50%CountAsian2White1Other2White HispanicMixed2Black2-17.889663%-1.339047%-8.194965%-28.722553%-1.825940%-6.334785%-27.423674%27%65.773969%6.802357%58.129612%4.987110%72.576326%73%1,867-20.565814%-1.498429%-9.772278%-24.930636%-2.370183%-11.415833%-31.836521%32%60.788688%7.374791%54.256562%7.026785%68.163479%68%103,108103k-24.198132%-4.100690%-7.998376%-38.928046%-4.844406%-8.153335%-36.297199%36%62.545676%1.157125%45.477695%2.596517%63.702801%64%4,926-40.439452%-3.777311%-8.332305%-37.813168%-3.084777%-6.551769%-52.549068%53%45.796815%1.654117%50.043196%2.507090%47.450932%47%8,101-44.727105%-1.387604%-12.210916%-50.637039%-2.776207%-12.467488%-58.325624%58%39.639223%2.035153%30.551472%3.567794%41.674376%42%2,162-44.277902%-5.759471%-12.667690%-47.641451%-5.243492%-10.383560%-62.705063%63%30.587356%6.707581%29.490056%7.241441%37.294937%37%25,41925.4k
Count number of people of given race
1non-Hispanic 2including Hispanic

Map of Marital Status by County Subdivision in Beaufort County

Married Marital Status by County Subdivision#10

Married as a percentage of the population (%):
32%38%44%49%55%61%

Separated/Divorced Marital Status by County Subdivision#11

Separated/Divorced as a percentage of the population (%):
10.4%12.2%14.1%15.9%17.7%19.6%

Widowed Marital Status by County Subdivision#12

Widowed as a percentage of the population (%):
4.5%6.3%8.1%9.9%11.6%13.4%

Never Married Marital Status by County Subdivision#13

Never Married as a percentage of the population (%):
20.3%23.5%26.6%29.8%32.9%36.1%
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Map of Marital Status by Tract in Beaufort County

Married Marital Status by Tract#14

Married as a percentage of the population (%):
7%26%44%62%80%99%

Separated/Divorced Marital Status by Tract#15

Separated/Divorced as a percentage of the population (%):
0.0%4.5%8.9%13.4%17.8%22.4%

Widowed Marital Status by Tract#16

Widowed as a percentage of the population (%):
0.0%3.0%6.0%9.0%12.1%15.1%

Never Married Marital Status by Tract#17

Never Married as a percentage of the population (%):
0%17%35%52%69%87%
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Map of Marital Status by Block Group in Beaufort County

Married Marital Status by Block Group#18

Married as a percentage of the population (%):
7%26%44%62%80%99%

Separated/Divorced Marital Status by Block Group#19

Separated/Divorced as a percentage of the population (%):
0%7%15%22%29%37%

Widowed Marital Status by Block Group#20

Widowed as a percentage of the population (%):
0.0%4.0%8.0%12.0%16.0%20.0%

Never Married Marital Status by Block Group#21

Never Married as a percentage of the population (%):
0%17%35%52%70%88%
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Marital Status by Place in Beaufort County

There are 10 places that are fully or partially contained within Beaufort County (7 fully and 3 partially). This section compares all 10 of those to each other, Beaufort County, and other entities that contain or substantially overlap with Beaufort County.

Married by Place#22

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Beaufort County, selected places in Beaufort County, and entities that contain Beaufort County
0%20%40%60%Count#Laurel BayHilton Head IsBlufftonBeaufortHilton Head IslandHardeevilleUnited StatesSouthSouth AtlanticS CarolinaBeaufortShell PointBurtonYemasseeRidgelandPort Royal70.325581%70.325581%70%3,024160.752735%60.752735%61%20,93620.9k256.146759%56.146759%56%6,764354.490566%54.490566%54%79,32979.3k53.218644%53.218644%53%89,27889.3k51.795650%51.795650%52%2,048448.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.893501%47.893501%48%46,160,11846.2M47.295823%47.295823%47%24,135,51924.1M47.131400%47.131400%47%1,852,9301.85M45.564755%45.564755%46%4,623544.278607%44.278607%44%890643.344209%43.344209%43%2,657739.034483%39.034483%39%283835.475896%35.475896%35%1,148935.177506%35.177506%35%3,47810
Count number of this marital status
# rank of place out of 10 by percentage of this marital status

Marital Status by County Subdivision in Beaufort County

There are 5 county subdivisions in Beaufort County. This section compares all 5 of those to each other, Beaufort County, and other entities that contain or substantially overlap with Beaufort County.

Married by County Subdivision#26

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Beaufort County, selected county subdivisions in Beaufort County, and entities that contain Beaufort County
0%20%40%60%Count#Hilton Head IsBlufftonSt. Helena IsBeaufortHilton Head IslandUnited StatesSouthSouth AtlanticS CarolinaBeaufort-Port RoyalSheldon60.569359%60.569359%61%21,40421.4k159.551431%59.551431%60%29,26029.3k254.692459%54.692459%55%10,85710.9k354.490566%54.490566%54%79,32979.3k53.218644%53.218644%53%89,27889.3k48.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.893501%47.893501%48%46,160,11846.2M47.295823%47.295823%47%24,135,51924.1M47.131400%47.131400%47%1,852,9301.85M44.142525%44.142525%44%16,70016.7k432.322054%32.322054%32%1,1085
Count number of this marital status
# rank of county subdivision out of 5 by percentage of this marital status

Marital Status by County in the Hilton Head Island Area

There are 2 counties in the Hilton Head Island Area. This section compares Beaufort County to all of the counties in the Hilton Head Island Area and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Beaufort County.

Married by County#30

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Beaufort County, selected other counties in the Hilton Head Island Area, and entities that contain Beaufort County
0%10%20%30%40%50%Count#BeaufortHilton Head IslandUnited StatesSouthSouth AtlanticS CarolinaJasper54.490566%54.490566%54%79,32979.3k153.218644%53.218644%53%89,27889.3k48.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.893501%47.893501%48%46,160,11846.2M47.295823%47.295823%47%24,135,51924.1M47.131400%47.131400%47%1,852,9301.85M44.867863%44.867863%45%9,9492
Count number of this marital status
# rank of county out of 2 by percentage of this marital status

Marital Status by County in South Carolina

There are 46 counties in South Carolina. This section compares Beaufort County to all of the counties in South Carolina and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Beaufort County.

Married by County#34

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Beaufort County, selected other counties in South Carolina, and entities that contain Beaufort County
0%10%20%30%40%50%Count#BeaufortHilton Head IslandYorkOconeeAndersonLexingtonGeorgetownAikenKershawDorchesterGreenvilleCalhounSaludaHorryChesterfieldMcCormickBerkeleySpartanburgUnited StatesSouthSouth AtlanticS CarolinaLancasterPickensCherokeeLaurensEdgefieldUnionNewberryAbbevilleFlorenceJasperSumterClarendonFairfieldDarlingtonChesterColletonCharlestonGreenwoodBarnwellDillonHamptonMarionWilliamsburgMarlboroRichlandBambergOrangeburgLeeAllendale54.490566%54.490566%54%79,32979.3k153.218644%53.218644%53%89,27889.3k52.704039%52.704039%53%102,902103k252.338658%52.338658%52%32,76432.8k351.729498%51.729498%52%80,53380.5k451.343907%51.343907%51%114,634115k550.895397%50.895397%51%25,94825.9k650.499619%50.499619%50%68,17668.2k750.344434%50.344434%50%25,57925.6k850.261673%50.261673%50%58,87258.9k950.153396%50.153396%50%194,210194k1049.963812%49.963812%50%6,2131149.963226%49.963226%50%8,1521249.633376%49.633376%50%125,226125k1349.565032%49.565032%50%18,57418.6k1448.730159%48.730159%49%4,2981548.358807%48.358807%48%76,53776.5k1648.334749%48.334749%48%114,346114k1748.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.893501%47.893501%48%46,160,11846.2M47.295823%47.295823%47%24,135,51924.1M47.131400%47.131400%47%1,852,9301.85M47.093126%47.093126%47%32,06132.1k1846.994968%46.994968%47%47,53447.5k1946.845730%46.845730%47%21,15621.2k2046.527187%46.527187%47%25,17425.2k2146.309657%46.309657%46%10,33410.3k2245.897291%45.897291%46%10,55510.6k2345.802795%45.802795%46%14,06114.1k2445.510234%45.510234%46%9,3612545.268126%45.268126%45%50,06750.1k2644.867863%44.867863%45%9,9492744.526624%44.526624%45%38,04838.0k2843.875931%43.875931%44%12,43412.4k2943.358461%43.358461%43%8,3403043.324097%43.324097%43%23,76523.8k3143.066473%43.066473%43%11,28611.3k3243.057180%43.057180%43%13,25313.3k3343.003872%43.003872%43%135,614136k3442.415969%42.415969%42%23,92623.9k3542.035398%42.035398%42%7,3153639.842378%39.842378%40%9,7573739.840878%39.840878%40%6,6103839.339726%39.339726%39%10,09310.1k3938.981416%38.981416%39%10,50910.5k4038.685247%38.685247%39%8,9394138.557204%38.557204%39%126,741127k4238.452353%38.452353%38%4,8304337.319109%37.319109%37%27,18127.2k4435.947450%35.947450%36%5,3634529.792292%29.792292%30%2,38146
Count number of this marital status
# rank of county out of 46 by percentage of this marital status

Marital Status by County in the United States

There are 3,142 counties in the United States. This section compares Beaufort County to the 50 most populous counties in the United States and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Beaufort County. The least populous of the compared counties has a population of 941,618.

Married by County#38

Percentage of population.
Scope: population of Beaufort County, selected other counties in the United States, and entities that contain Beaufort County
0%20%40%Count#FairfaxBeaufortSanta ClaraMontgomeryNassauHilton Head IslandOaklandSalt LakeContra CostaWakeSuffolkFairfieldOrangeHonoluluMiddlesexWestchesterKingTarrantAlamedaSt. LouisRiversideUnited StatesSouthSouth AtlanticSan DiegoHarrisHennepinS CarolinaPalm BeachMaricopaQueensAlleghenySan BernardinoMecklenburgSacramentoPimaDallasHillsboroughBexarClarkFresnoTravisBrowardOrangeLos AngelesFranklinCookMiami-DadeCuyahogaKingsWayneFultonMilwaukeeNew YorkBronxPhiladelphia55.728918%55.728918%56%505,225505k154.490566%54.490566%54%79,32979.3k53.294394%53.294394%53%809,423809k253.282824%53.282824%53%439,757440k353.245234%53.245234%53%593,014593k453.218644%53.218644%53%89,27889.3k52.141990%52.141990%52%528,360528k551.927590%51.927590%52%431,457431k651.731163%51.731163%52%462,130462k751.579426%51.579426%52%407,446407k851.112208%51.112208%51%627,478627k950.910406%50.910406%51%387,194387k1050.294014%50.294014%50%1,277,3881.28M1150.234299%50.234299%50%405,114405k1249.887583%49.887583%50%649,460649k1349.779598%49.779598%50%392,203392k1449.697098%49.697098%50%851,934852k1549.287172%49.287172%49%742,044742k1648.279556%48.279556%48%635,456635k1748.178006%48.178006%48%393,649394k1848.085207%48.085207%48%875,082875k1948.062966%48.062966%48%123,770,934124M47.893501%47.893501%48%46,160,11846.2M47.295823%47.295823%47%24,135,51924.1M47.276963%47.276963%47%1,251,0951.25M2047.227045%47.227045%47%1,613,8101.61M2147.204219%47.204219%47%463,578464k2247.131400%47.131400%47%1,852,9301.85M47.008209%47.008209%47%551,403551k2346.897917%46.897917%47%1,517,5651.52M2445.377673%45.377673%45%868,275868k2545.369877%45.369877%45%470,384470k2645.337491%45.337491%45%739,678740k2745.335632%45.335632%45%363,609364k2845.220904%45.220904%45%533,102533k2945.056972%45.056972%45%370,125370k3044.988475%44.988475%45%873,606874k3144.942383%44.942383%45%479,986480k3244.529699%44.529699%45%646,276646k3344.195458%44.195458%44%732,568733k3443.786151%43.786151%44%319,610320k3543.621650%43.621650%44%402,654403k3643.023143%43.023143%43%659,232659k3742.666240%42.666240%43%434,574435k3842.518919%42.518919%43%3,471,3473.47M3942.460539%42.460539%42%418,331418k4041.889718%41.889718%42%1,776,1191.78M4140.824687%40.824687%41%901,939902k4240.298035%40.298035%40%417,644418k4340.197400%40.197400%40%840,930841k4438.194735%38.194735%38%540,737541k4537.957569%37.957569%38%305,782306k4637.805425%37.805425%38%286,798287k4733.355074%33.355074%33%477,149477k4831.190048%31.190048%31%352,504353k4929.523746%29.523746%30%374,491374k50
Count number of this marital status
# rank of county out of 50 by percentage of this marital status

Definitions

This page reports on the marital status of the residents of Beaufort County aged 15 and older. The following definitions are used in this page:

  • Never Married: a person over the age of 15 that has never been married
  • Married: married and not separated at the time of the survey, including cases where one spouse is absent for reasons other than a separation
  • Separated: including legal and de-facto separations for reasons of marital discord
  • Divorced: and not remarried at the time of the survey
  • Widowed: and not remarried at the time of the survey

These definition were taken directly from the US Census Bureau, and reflect the marital status at the time of the survey.

For additional information about the data presented on this site, including our sources, please see the About Page.

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Principal City:
Beaufort
Principal Towns:
Hilton Head Island, Bluffton
Cities:
Beaufort, Hardeeville
Towns:
Bluffton, Hilton Head Island, Port Royal, Ridgeland, Yemassee
Unincorporated Places:
Burton, Laurel Bay, Shell Point
ZIP Codes:
29902, 29904, 29905, 29906, 29907, 29909, 29910, 29915, 29920, 29926, 29927, 29928, 29935, 29940, 29941, 29945
Unified School District:
Beaufort County
Elementary School District:
Beaufort Marine Corps Air Station
Congressional Districts:
SC-1, SC-6
State Senate Districts:
SC-43, SC-45, SC-46
State House Districts:
SC-HD-118, SC-HD-120, SC-HD-121, SC-HD-122, SC-HD-123, SC-HD-124
Neighboring Counties:
Colleton, Hampton, Jasper
Nearby Counties:
Allendale, Bamberg, Bryan, Charleston, Chatham, Dorchester, Effingham, Liberty