Lamar, SC
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N/A of the households in Lamar, SC reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.
In N/A, there were N/A times more N/A residents (N/A people) in Lamar, SC than any other race or ethnicity. There were N/A N/A and N/A N/A residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.
In 2022, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of Lamar, SC was Mexico, the natal country of 58,419 Lamar, SC residents, followed by India with 18,341 and Honduras with 13,844.
The economy of Lamar, SC employs N/A people. The largest industries in Lamar, SC are N/A, and the highest paying industries are N/A.
The most common job groups, by number of people living in Lamar, SC, are N/A. This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Lamar, SC.
This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in South Carolina (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.
The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.
The most common employment sectors for those who live in Lamar, SC, are N/A. This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Lamar, SC, though some of these residents may live in Lamar, SC and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.
The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2023 are Construction ($143,438), Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($56,875), and Manufacturing ($48,750).
The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2023 are Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($178,438), Public Administration ($53,929), and Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($24,053).
As of February 2023, there are 2.26M people employed in South Carolina. This represents a 2.54% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.
Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 13.4%.
The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in South Carolina.
The graph shows the evolution of awarded degrees by degrees. Under the paragraphs, the average number of awarded degrees by university in each degree is shown.
In N/A, N/A% of men over 25 years of age had not completed any academic degree (no schooling), while N/A% of women were in the same situation.
This visualization shows the gender distribution of the population according to the academic level reached.
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This visualization illustrates the percentage distribution of the population according to the highest educational level reached. You can filter the data by race by using the selector above.
The following map shows all of the places in Lamar, SC colored by their Median Household Income (N/A).
The following chart displays the households in Lamar, SC distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the N/A range.
In N/A, the income inequality in N/A was N/A according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a N/A N/A from N/A to N/A, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat N/A even. The GINI for N/A was N/A than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed N/A evenly in N/A in comparison to the national average.
This chart shows the number of workers in Lamar, SC across various wage buckets compared to the national average.
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The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.
Using averages, employees in Lamar, SC have a N/A commute time (N/A minutes) than the normal US worker (N/A minutes). Additionally, N/A% of the workforce in Lamar, SC have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.
The chart below shows how the median household income in Lamar, SC compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.
The following chart displays the households in Lamar, SC distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Lamar, SC have 3 cars.
31.3% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Lamar, SC (453 out of 1.45k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 12.4%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 6 - 11, followed by Males 6 - 11 and then Males 25 - 34.
The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Lamar, SC is N/A, followed by N/A and N/A.
The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.
93.2% of the population of Lamar, SC has health coverage, with 52.7% on employee plans, 19.4% on Medicaid, 14.3% on Medicare, 5.12% on non-group plans, and 1.59% on military or VA plans.
In N/A, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in N/A.
By gender, of the total number of insured persons, N/A were men and N/A were women.
The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.
The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in Lamar, SC changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.
