Beaufort County, South Carolina Basics:
Beaufort County South Carolina - Government Site
Population: 168,016
Area: 576 square miles
County seat: Beaufort
Area code(s) in use: 843
Time zone: EST
High school graduate or higher: 90.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 37.0%
Median household income: $56,581
Persons in poverty: 11.6%
Home ownership rate: 71.9%
Mean travel time to work: 20.6 minutes
Adjacent counties:
Chatham (GA) Colleton Hampton Jasper