South Carolina Counties by Population

Below are the 46 South Carolina counties sorted by population from largest to smallest. The population data are from the 2022 Population Estimates Program and 2021 American Community Survey.

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Rank County Population
1 Greenville County 547,950
2 Richland County 421,566
3 Charleston County 419,279
4 Horry County 383,101
5 Spartanburg County 345,831
6 Lexington County 304,797
7 York County 294,248
8 Berkeley County 245,117
9 Anderson County 209,581
10 Beaufort County 196,371
11 Aiken County 174,150
12 Dorchester County 166,133
13 Florence County 136,721
14 Pickens County 133,462
15 Lancaster County 104,577
16 Sumter County 104,012
17 Orangeburg County 83,094
18 Oconee County 80,180
19 Greenwood County 69,267
20 Laurens County 67,965
21 Kershaw County 67,751
22 Georgetown County 64,722
23 Darlington County 62,398
24 Cherokee County 56,121
25 Chesterfield County 43,683
26 Colleton County 38,599
27 Newberry County 38,247
28 Jasper County 32,039
29 Chester County 31,931
30 Clarendon County 30,913
31 Williamsburg County 30,058
32 Marion County 28,450
33 Dillon County 27,738
34 Edgefield County 26,932
35 Union County 26,752
36 Marlboro County 26,039
37 Abbeville County 24,356
38 Fairfield County 20,455
39 Barnwell County 20,414
40 Saluda County 18,938
41 Hampton County 18,113
42 Lee County 16,153
43 Calhoun County 14,179
44 Bamberg County 12,908
45 McCormick County 9,764
46 Allendale County 7,579

United States Census Bureau. B01001 SEX BY AGE, 2021 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey Office. Web. 8 December 2022. http://www.census.gov/.

United States Census Bureau. Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2022. U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division. Web. May 2023. http://www.census.gov/.

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