The population of Colleton county is estimated at 37,599. In 2017 there were 464 births and 580 deaths in Colleton county. Colleton county has 6,161 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 5,188 that are owned free and clear and 3,782 that are renter occupied.

  The good residents of Colleton County filed 16,840 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.8% of all South Carolina filings and 0.011% of the entire nation. Colleton had a combined total federal tax liability of $96,764,000 on earned income of $687,193,000. Other notable statistics from Colleton County were 410 unemployment claims which collected a total of $1,178,000 and 2,590 charitable contributions valued at $14,458,000. 2,690 filings from Colleton County paid a combined total of $7,031,000 in property taxes and 2,200 filings paid $14,500,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Colleton county had 131 religious congregations with an estimated 20,999 members.
15.4% of the Colleton population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 14.2% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

About 46% of Colleton County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This is an increase from the 2012 election by 154 votes.
At $36,139 the median income is 71.3% of the South Carolina average. An estimated 808 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Colleton, the equivalant of around 4.8% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 5.6%.

Top 15 Industries in Colleton County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
1,635	Retail trade
1,443	Health care and social assistance
1,205	Accommodation and food services
907	Food services and drinking places
620	Manufacturing
422	Limited-service restaurants
416	General merchandise stores
392	Ambulatory health care services
361	Gasoline stations
332	Food and beverage stores
315	Supermarkets and other grocery (except convenience) stores
298	Accommodation
290	Finance and insurance
283	Gasoline stations with convenience stores
229	Professional, scientific, and technical services

In 2018 the average price reduction was 4.91% in Colleton County (averaging across 2 zip codes; 29438 and 29488).

In 2018 11.63% of listings in Colleton County (averaging across 2 zip codes; 29488 and 29438) dropped their price.

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