Beaufort County is the wealthiest county in South Carolina. Hilton Head Island is the largest city located within this county.
  The population of Beaufort county is estimated at 183,497. In 2017 there were 1,998 births and 1,600 deaths in Beaufort county. Beaufort county has 30,906 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 14,962 that are owned free and clear and 19,077 that are renter occupied.

  The good residents of Beaufort County filed 84,950 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 3.9% of all South Carolina filings and 0.057% of the entire nation. Beaufort had a combined total federal tax liability of $1,152,287,000 on earned income of $6,723,285,000. Other notable statistics from Beaufort County were 1,490 unemployment claims which collected a total of $4,960,000 and 27,520 charitable contributions valued at $181,377,000. 28,310 filings from Beaufort County paid a combined total of $107,677,000 in property taxes and 22,930 filings paid $221,728,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Beaufort county had 140 religious congregations with an estimated 60,862 members.
39.8% of the Beaufort population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 7.3% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

About 40% of Beaufort County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This is a decrease from the 2012 election by 345 votes.
At $60,319 the median income is 119.0% of the South Carolina average. An estimated 2,991 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Beaufort, the equivalant of around 4.0% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 4.8%.

Top 15 Industries in Beaufort County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
10,502	Accommodation and food services
9,080	Retail trade
8,260	Food services and drinking places
5,819	Health care and social assistance
5,398	Full-service restaurants
3,968	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
2,876	Professional, scientific, and technical services
2,700	Other services (except public administration)
2,433	Finance and insurance
2,387	Services to buildings and dwellings
2,242	Accommodation
2,039	Food and beverage stores
1,916	Grocery stores
1,769	Clothing and clothing accessories stores
1,718	Real estate and rental and leasing

In 2018 the average price reduction was 2.61% in Beaufort County (averaging across 8 zip codes a sample of which are; 29920, 29910, 29928, 29906 and 29907).

In 2018 14.22% of listings in Beaufort County (averaging across 8 zip codes a sample of which are; 29907, 29909, 29902, 29910 and 29906) dropped their price.

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