South Carolina Counties (GeoWorld)

County Basics

The tables below feature information about every in . (Note: Louisiana is divided into parishes, Alaska into boroughs.) The first table lists each ’s name, the seat, area in square miles, area in square kilometers (km), population density (number of people per square mile), density per square kilometer (km) and population. County (or parish, borough) seats that also serve as state capitals are highlighted in yellow. The second table focuses on race.

You can see this information for all fifty states at Reference > North America > USA > Counties. Also, see the Counties home page.

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Name	Seat	Area	(km)	Density	(km)	Pop(2000)	Pop(1990)
Abbeville	Abbeville	508	1,316	47	18	26,167	23,862
Aiken	Aiken	1,073	2,779	113	44	142,552	120,940
Allendale	Allendale	408	1,057	29	11	11,211	11,722
Anderson	Anderson	718	1,860	202	78	165,740	145,196
Bamberg	Bamberg	393	1,019	43	17	16,658	16,902
Barnwell	Barnwell	549	1,421	37	14	23,478	20,293
Beaufort	Beaufort	587	1,520	147	57	120,937	86,425
Berkeley	Moncks Corner	1,100	2,848	117	45	142,651	128,776
Calhoun	St. Matthews	380	985	34	13	15,185	12,753
Charleston	Charleston	917	2,376	322	124	309,969	295,039
Cherokee	Gaffney	393	1,017	113	44	52,537	44,506
Chester	Chester	581	1,504	55	21	34,068	32,170
Chesterfield	Chesterfield	799	2,069	48	19	42,768	38,577
Clarendon	Manning	607	1,573	47	18	32,502	28,450
Colleton	Walterboro	1,057	2,736	33	13	38,264	34,377
Darlington	Darlington	562	1,456	110	43	67,394	61,851
Dillon	Dillon	405	1,049	72	28	30,722	29,114
Dorchester	St. George	575	1,489	145	56	96,413	83,060
Edgefield	Edgefield	502	1,300	37	14	24,595	18,375
Fairfield	Winnsboro	687	1,778	33	13	23,454	22,295
Florence	Florence	799	2,070	143	55	125,761	114,344
Georgetown	Georgetown	815	2,111	57	22	55,797	46,302
Greenville	Greenville	792	2,052	404	156	379,616	320,167
Greenwood	Greenwood	456	1,180	131	51	66,271	59,567
Hampton	Hampton	560	1,450	33	13	21,386	18,191
Horry	Conway	1,134	2,936	127	49	196,629	144,053
Jasper	Ridgeland	654	1,695	24	9	20,678	15,487
Kershaw	Camden	726	1,881	60	23	52,647	43,599
Lancaster	Lancaster	549	1,422	99	38	61,351	54,516
Laurens	Laurens	713	1,847	82	32	69,567	58,092
Lee	Bishopville	410	1,063	45	17	20,119	18,437
Lexington	Lexington	701	1,815	239	92	216,014	167,611
Marion	Marion	489	1,267	69	27	35,466	33,899
Marlboro	Bennettsville	480	1,243	61	24	28,818	29,361
McCormick	McCormick	360	931	25	10	9,958	8,868
Newberry	Newberry	631	1,634	53	20	36,108	33,172
Oconee	Walhalla	625	1,619	92	36	66,215	57,494
Orangeburg	Orangeburg	1,106	2,865	77	30	91,582	84,803
Pickens	Pickens	497	1,287	189	73	110,757	93,894
Richland	Columbia	757	1,959	378	146	320,677	285,720
Saluda	Saluda	451	1,169	36	14	19,181	16,357
Spartanburg	Spartanburg	811	2,101	280	108	253,791	226,800
Sumter	Sumter	666	1,724	154	60	104,646	102,637
Union	Union	514	1,332	59	23	29,881	30,337
Williamsburg	Kingstree	934	2,419	39	15	37,217	36,815
York	York	683	1,768	193	74	164,614	131,497

(Source: U.S. Census Bureau)

Race

The table below lists the population of various ethnic and cultural groups in : Native American (American Indian, Eskimo and Aleut), white (Caucasian), black (African American), Asian American, Pacific Islander, “Some Other Race,” people whose ancestry includes two or more races, and Hispanic.

County	Native	White	Black	Asian	PI	Other	Race2	Hisp
Abbeville	27	17,881	7,926	59	7	81	186	217
Aiken	566	101,745	36,442	905	36	1,181	1,677	3,025
Allendale	10	3,068	7,960	14	7	95	57	181
Anderson	362	135,177	27,491	703	27	670	1,310	1,832
Bamberg	27	6,075	10,411	32	1	23	89	118
Barnwell	81	12,956	9,990	91	8	182	170	327
Beaufort	321	85,451	29,005	953	63	3,438	1,706	8,208
Berkeley	748	96,997	37,985	2,671	114	1,718	2,418	3,935
Calhoun	29	7,597	7,393	21	4	36	105	212
Charleston	813	191,928	106,918	3,463	172	3,071	3,604	7,434
Cherokee	103	40,409	10,801	163	11	610	440	1,092
Chester	112	20,416	13,168	96	2	85	189	255
Chesterfield	145	27,515	14,206	128	9	443	322	971
Clarendon	78	14,602	17,273	84	10	286	169	560
Colleton	242	21,245	16,140	97	15	213	312	551
Darlington	127	38,402	28,104	142	6	260	353	658
Dillon	679	15,481	13,932	103	8	303	216	539
Dorchester	703	68,498	24,176	1,086	66	570	1,314	1,722
Edgefield	81	13,962	10,209	59	8	107	169	503
Fairfield	36	9,282	13,859	44	0	104	129	250
Florence	282	73,760	49,474	881	21	491	852	1,383
Georgetown	77	33,307	21,541	130	17	453	272	919
Greenville	726	294,324	69,455	5,242	171	5,387	4,311	14,283
Greenwood	116	43,455	21,036	470	24	681	489	1,902
Hampton	43	9,173	11,906	36	2	133	93	547
Horry	793	159,363	30,468	1,498	121	2,281	2,105	5,057
Jasper	76	8,766	10,895	92	10	700	139	1,190
Kershaw	154	37,701	13,840	164	18	328	442	886
Lancaster	133	43,577	16,479	164	12	548	438	978
Laurens	192	49,789	18,245	101	36	662	542	1,352
Lee	27	7,048	12,787	39	1	118	99	264
Lexington	725	181,844	27,274	2,259	83	1,706	2,123	4,146
Marion	90	14,787	19,984	99	2	320	184	634
Marlboro	968	12,820	14,618	70	1	68	273	205
McCormick	7	4,459	5,365	29	3	38	57	86
Newberry	102	23,115	11,958	106	33	470	324	1,533
Oconee	145	59,025	5,550	235	13	702	545	1,562
Orangeburg	423	34,045	55,736	396	15	330	637	875
Pickens	179	99,978	7,559	1,312	13	772	944	1,879
Richland	782	161,276	144,809	5,501	263	3,724	4,322	8,713
Saluda	44	12,622	5,753	7	1	631	123	1,401
Spartanburg	555	190,569	52,775	3,738	86	3,437	2,631	7,081
Sumter	282	52,462	48,850	944	58	833	1,217	1,918
Union	44	20,262	9,278	55	11	49	182	199
Williamsburg	60	12,184	24,660	73	0	61	179	273
York	1,403	127,162	31,532	1,459	39	1,527	1,492	3,220

(Source: U.S. Census Bureau)

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