County Census Records
South Carolina Counties
47 counties with population data from the decennial US Census, 1790 to 2020.
47 counties
Population as of 2020 census
Abbeville
24,295
Aiken
168,808
Allendale
8,039
Anderson
203,718
Bamberg
13,311
Barnwell
20,589
Beaufort
187,117
Berkeley
229,861
Calhoun
14,119
Charleston
408,235
Cherokee
56,216
Chester
32,294
Chesterfield
43,273
Clarendon
31,144
Colleton
38,604
Darlington
62,905
Dillon
28,292
Dorchester
161,540
Edgefield
25,657
Fairfield
20,948
Florence
137,059
Georgetown
63,404
Greenville
525,534
Greenwood
69,351
Hampton
18,561
Horry
351,029
Jasper
28,791
Kershaw
65,403
Lancaster
96,016
Laurens
67,539
Lee
16,531
Lexington
293,991
Marion
29,183
Marlboro
26,667
McCormick
9,526
Newberry
37,719
Oconee
78,607
Orangeburg
84,223
Pendleton
27,022
Pickens
131,404
Richland
416,147
Saluda
18,862
Spartanburg
327,997
Sumter
105,556
Union
27,244
Williamsburg
31,026
York
282,090
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