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  The population of Lancaster county is estimated at 89,855. In 2017 there were 1,086 births and 915 deaths in Lancaster county. Lancaster county has 14,792 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 7,648 that are owned free and clear and 7,257 that are renter occupied.


  The gracious residents of Lancaster County filed 38,990 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 1.8% of all South Carolina filings and 0.026% of the entire nation. Lancaster had a combined total federal tax liability of $334,605,000 on earned income of $2,323,212,000. Other notable statistics from Lancaster County were 1,020 unemployment claims which collected a total of $3,228,000 and 11,240 charitable contributions valued at $59,440,000. 11,810 filings from Lancaster County paid a combined total of $26,220,000 in property taxes and 10,370 filings paid $76,428,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Lancaster county had 166 religious congregations with an estimated 39,704 members.

25.1% of the Lancaster population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 14.4% have less than a highschool diploma level education.


About 43% of Lancaster County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This is an increase from the 2012 election by 5,707 votes.

At $57,667 the median income is 113.8% of the South Carolina average. An estimated 1,819 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Lancaster, the equivalant of around 4.6% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 5.3%.


Top 15 Industries in Lancaster County.
Total # EmployedIndustry Job Type
2,673Retail trade
2,266Health care and social assistance
1,916Manufacturing
1,491Accommodation and food services
1,456Food services and drinking places
1,106Wholesale trade
1,055Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
937Finance and insurance
917Limited-service restaurants
586Food and beverage stores
559Professional, scientific, and technical services
513Supermarkets and other grocery (except convenience) stores
512Depository credit intermediation
501Fabricated metal product manufacturing
495Other services (except public administration)


In 2018 the average price reduction was 2.85% in Lancaster County.

In 2018 21.03% of listings in Lancaster County.


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