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Foreign-born
6.4%
of residents
USA: 14.8% · 33rd highest of 51
2024 · Source
What this does and doesn't say
Share of residents born outside the United States (American Community Survey, 1-year estimates).
A survey estimate with a margin of error, larger for small states. Says nothing about legal status or citizenship.
Speak a language other than English at home
9.0%
of residents
USA: 23.0% · 36th highest of 51
2024 · Source
What this does and doesn't say
Share of residents aged 5 and over who speak a language other than English at home.
Survey estimate. Mostly Spanish in many states, so it says little about other language communities.
Recorded crime
Read with care: Recorded crime depends on how often people report and how the police record it, and definitions differ from country to country. Compare regions within one country, not across countries.
Violent crime
390
per 100,000 residents
USA: 329.6 · 14th highest of 51
Police agencies covering 96% of residents reported to the FBI.
2025 · Source
What this does and doesn't say
Murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault reported to the FBI, per 100,000 residents covered by the police agencies that reported (12 monthly FBI rates added up).
Only agencies that sent data are included; each state page shows the share of residents they cover. These are reported figures, not FBI estimates for the whole state.
Property crime
1,717
per 100,000 residents
USA: 1,552 · 15th highest of 51
Police agencies covering 96% of residents reported to the FBI.
2025 · Source
What this does and doesn't say
Burglary, theft and motor vehicle theft reported to the FBI, per 100,000 residents covered by reporting agencies.
Same coverage limits as above.
Out and about? Our sister app Stay Safe uses official police data like this, area by area, in 40 countries.
The FBI publishes hate crime counts by state, but the share of police agencies that report differs widely between states, so a state comparison would mostly show who reports. We don't map it.
We don't rank regions as “friendly” or “unfriendly”. No single number can tell you that, and an area's figures don't describe the people you will meet. Use these figures as one input, next to jobs, housing and the people you know there.
People from your country in South Carolina
Most common here among the 37 countries we list:
- Mexico 66,138
- India 19,651
- Colombia 14,627
- Philippines 11,291
- China 8,420
- Ukraine 7,097
- Brazil 6,896
- Vietnam 6,320
Survey estimates averaged over 2020–2024 (the single-year table is published for only 30 states). Each count comes with a 90% margin of error, shown as ±; in small states it can be as large as the estimate itself. See all states on the map →
Compare South Carolina with another state
| Figure | South Carolina | USA | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Immigrant population | |||
| Foreign-born% of residents · 2024 | 6.4% | 14.8% | |
| Speak a language other than English at home% of residents · 2024 | 9.0% | 23.0% | |
| Recorded crime | |||
| Violent crimeper 100,000 residents · 2025 | 390 | 329.6 | |
| Property crimeper 100,000 residents · 2025 | 1,717 | 1,552 | |
Differences between two regions are not a verdict on either. Read each figure's notes above.
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Sources
- US Census Bureau – American Community Survey 2024 1-year, table B05002 Place of birth by nativity and citizenship status
- US Census Bureau – American Community Survey 2024 1-year, table C16001 Language spoken at home
- FBI Crime Data Explorer – reported crime by state, Jan–Dec 2025 (data refreshed 15 Oct 2026)
- FBI Crime Data Explorer – hate crime
Map outlines: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Checked 20 October 2026. Figures marked “calculated” are one official count divided by an official population; nothing here is estimated or scored by PassPeers.