Who's moving to and from Dorchester County, South Carolina?

More arrived than left in 2022–23: 15,631 people in, 12,611 out. Most were moving between South Carolina counties.

See where they came from ↓
Net change
+3,020 people
+1,438 households
Arrivals' income
$63.9k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$57.7k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where Dorchester County's newcomers came from in South Carolina

Blue lines show arrivals · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other South Carolina counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves, like Mecklenburg County, NC, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

About 6 in 10 already lived in South Carolina. People, 2022–23.

  1. Charleston County4,144
  2. Berkeley County3,205
  3. Colleton County285
  4. Orangeburg County265
  5. Richland County175
  6. Greenville County132
  7. Horry County123
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)5,961

Where did people go?

About 6 in 10 who left stayed in South Carolina. People, 2022–23.

  1. Berkeley County3,559
  2. Charleston County2,637
  3. Colleton County318
  4. Orangeburg County288
  5. Richland County221
  6. Lexington County187
  7. Greenville County180
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)4,220

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
156 people
Left for abroad
123 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Dorchester usually growing from moves?

Yes. It has had more arriving than departing households every year since 2016–17.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22+1,43822–23††‡†
Net migration of Dorchester County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14+989
2014–15 †+476
2015–16−2,172
2016–17 †+1,141
2017–18+437
2018–19 ‡+722
2019–20+627
2020–21+728
2021–22+1,230
2022–23 †+1,438

The IRS changed its processing in 2014–15, 2016–17 and 2022–23. Compare years between the dotted lines. ‡ County disclosure-method change in 2018–19: small counts began being deleted rather than reassigned to similar categories. County figures across this break may not be comparable.

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Moved Where. “Who's moving to and from Dorchester County, South Carolina?” movedwhere.com/county/dorchester-county-sc. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.