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Principle Cities of South Carolina

Counties of South Carolina

South Carolina, often called the Palmetto State, is a charming and historically rich state located in the southeastern region of the United States. Bordered by North Carolina to the north, Georgia to the south and west, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, South Carolina is known for its stunning coastline, historic landmarks, and Southern hospitality.

One of South Carolina's most iconic features is its beautiful coastline, stretching over 180 miles along the Atlantic Ocean. The state's coastal region is dotted with picturesque beaches, charming seaside towns, and historic lighthouses. Popular destinations include Myrtle Beach, known for its sandy shores, vibrant boardwalk, and family-friendly attractions, and Hilton Head Island, famous for its world-class golf courses, upscale resorts, and pristine natural beauty.

Inland, South Carolina offers a wealth of historic landmarks and cultural attractions. Charleston, the state's oldest and largest city, is renowned for its well-preserved antebellum architecture, cobblestone streets, and historic plantations. Visitors can explore attractions such as the Battery, Rainbow Row, and Fort Sumter, or take a carriage ride through the city's historic district to learn about its rich history and heritage.

South Carolina's vibrant cities and towns offer a mix of cultural attractions, dining options, and entertainment venues. Columbia, the state capital, is known for its thriving arts scene, with galleries, theaters, and museums such as the Columbia Museum of Art and the South Carolina State Museum. Greenville, located in the Upstate region, offers a vibrant downtown area with shops, restaurants, and events, as well as outdoor recreational opportunities along the scenic Reedy River.

Throughout South Carolina, visitors will encounter warm hospitality, friendly locals, and a strong sense of tradition. Whether exploring its historic landmarks, enjoying its coastal beauty, or experiencing its vibrant cities, visitors to the Palmetto State will be charmed by its timeless charm and Southern hospitality.

County Statistics: STI: PopStats

City Name↑↓	Population↑↓	Density↑↓	White↑↓	Black↑↓	Asian↑↓	Hispanic↑↓	Education↑↓	Income↑↓	SSA↑↓	Poverty↑↓	Land Area↑↓
Aiken	32,014	1,492.4	56.92	35.9	2.06	2.64	51.41	65,712	43.46	15.98	21.4513
Anderson	29,345	1,853.86	60.97	28.63	2.36	3.66	36.4	40,445	32.38	25.12	15.8292
Berea	16,184	2,102.43	45.13	20.9	1.54	27.43	27.99	46,393	34.42	19.92	7.6978
Bluffton	29,375	565.25	73.46	8.51	0.78	13.06	56.94	99,575	34.19	5.46	51.9681
Carolina Forest	24,823	1,476.23	77.44	8.39	2.39	7.62	44.17	66,955	32.33	14.09	16.8152
Charleston	149,960	1,303.65	71.56	18.13	2.11	4.83	64.47	83,891	26.95	12.6	115.031
Clemson	17,557	2,282.61	79.06	8.38	6.43	3.01	71.98	50,263	23.68	36.04	7.6916
Columbia	136,754	992.34	47.89	40.16	2.27	5.17	52.78	54,095	23.52	24.25	137.81
Conway	25,121	1,025.06	59.3	33.03	1.26	2.4	28.51	48,161	37.98	20.24	24.5068
Dentsville	16,399	2,450.99	12.3	75.34	4.24	3.52	32.82	37,590	27.62	20.81	6.6908
Easley	23,135	1,772.69	81.11	9.92	0.6	5.65	42.61	62,551	31.43	12.66	13.0508
Five Forks	18,592	2,455.78	75.65	6.56	6.44	6.46	71.57	133,750	26.84	2.23	7.5707
Florence	39,931	1,706.79	42.64	50.34	2.65	2.43	42.49	56,031	32.84	18.84	23.3954
Fort Mill	26,022	1,320.49	76.61	11.09	3.11	5.66	64.92	128,125	22.43	4.55	19.7064
Goose Creek	45,858	1,082.94	61.29	20.57	3.62	8.39	39.29	84,041	23.52	7.25	42.3457
Greenville	70,838	2,377.36	65.82	22.59	1.91	6.18	60.2	65,519	24.51	14.37	29.797
Greenwood	22,528	1,355.32	40.25	47.73	1.07	9.73	30.22	38,884	34.01	24.67	16.6219
Greer	37,010	1,579.0	58.44	16.61	6.31	15.75	47.26	73,534	27.77	10.59	23.4389
Hanahan	20,731	1,970.9	72	10	2.89	12.57	47.57	79,305	27.61	12.98	10.5185
Hilton Head Island	37,708	911.86	75.37	7.09	0.78	13.76	59.71	93,694	54.16	7.63	41.3529
Ladson	15,298	2,175.62	50.78	28.49	4.41	9.28	32.56	74,020	30.71	12.99	7.0316
Lexington	23,665	1,976.98	76.43	10.29	5.52	4.79	54.81	78,164	30.96	8.27	11.9703
Mauldin	25,267	2,093.69	59.86	24.42	2.61	10.88	48.44	75,565	26.07	7.74	12.0682
Mount Pleasant	90,945	1,835.59	90.25	3.66	1.66	2.33	74.08	115,167	27.42	5.81	49.5453
Myrtle Beach	36,064	1,540.06	68.64	15.3	0.94	11.4	42.64	50,558	37.09	15.28	23.4173
North Augusta	24,425	1,147.21	76.41	13.85	0.52	6.38	46.73	85,093	32.74	8.1	21.2908
North Charleston	115,755	1,491.13	37.26	44.08	3.33	10.3	37.41	58,534	23.12	16.47	77.6289
North Myrtle Beach	18,850	867.16	87.48	0.94	2.44	6.89	48.72	69,792	56.37	6.97	21.7375
Red Hill	15,585	1,415.55	70.77	11.57	1.48	10.25	32.8	56,204	44.36	20.63	11.0098
Rock Hill	74,170	1,697.49	50.99	38.11	1.58	6.01	43.85	60,807	27.81	12.96	43.694
St Andrews	21,909	3,563.48	22.2	67.31	2.16	3.44	32.73	43,273	24.11	24.27	6.1482
Seven Oaks	15,826	2,068.25	59.74	30.72	2.05	3.27	53.5	61,615	33.64	10.33	7.6519
Simpsonville	24,133	2,560.13	63.48	22.64	1.35	8	47	79,937	25.81	6.41	9.4265
Socastee	24,464	1,830.25	71.47	5.13	1.27	14.8	29.49	54,405	43.82	13.8	13.3665
Spartanburg	38,301	1,891.08	45.63	44.72	2.08	5.08	40.82	49,140	37.46	25.67	20.2535
Summerville	50,839	2,255.87	69.42	19.73	1.64	5.87	43.52	73,712	31.23	10.78	22.5363
Sumter	43,046	1,309.92	39.47	47.05	2.08	7.32	37.75	48,900	31.37	17.5	32.8616
Taylors	23,005	2,178.31	70.79	10.28	4.59	11.61	50.17	70,234	30.03	8.15	10.561
Wade Hampton	21,029	2,367.18	75.61	9.01	3.03	9.36	55.47	71,564	34.05	9.41	8.8836
West Columbia	17,459	1,878.18	64.98	17.74	3.4	11.2	46.13	52,648	34.27	14.18	9.2957

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Population

County Name↑↓	Population↑↓	Density↑↓	White↑↓	Black↑↓	Asian↑↓	Hispanic↑↓	Education↑↓	Income↑↓	SSA↑↓	Poverty↑↓	Land Area↑↓
Abbeville	25,077	51.05	68.43	26.1	0.26	1.77	31.35	53,211	27.97	16.49	491.193
Aiken	181,130	169.17	65	23.41	1.05	6.44	38.37	67,027	24.28	14.1	1070.69
Allendale	8,203	20.1	23.13	71.34	0.32	3.13	18.61	37,467	27.98	29.98	408.095
Anderson	217,823	305.14	75.88	14.63	1.12	4.37	38.15	65,198	23.24	13.96	713.854
Bamberg	13,517	34.36	37.95	58.41	0.31	1.28	30.27	45,152	28.22	23.46	393.367
Barnwell	20,794	37.92	50.16	43.28	0.53	2.67	26.65	47,317	24.94	23.8	548.379
Beaufort	202,881	352.2	68.22	14.88	1.22	12.03	52.35	86,425	27.82	9.62	576.037
Berkeley	265,620	240.68	61.51	22.42	2.31	7.99	39.91	82,081	16.98	10.55	1103.62
Calhoun	14,535	38.13	54.36	38.77	0.17	3.84	31.37	58,761	29.49	19.6	381.152
Charleston	432,360	470.99	64.89	23.41	1.79	6.34	56.23	85,580	18.57	11.54	917.979
Cherokee	57,953	147.48	70.97	19.52	0.4	4.82	27.75	51,552	24.16	18.6	392.964
Chester	32,981	56.8	58.4	34.99	0.44	2.37	23.43	52,573	26.03	19.59	580.661
Chesterfield	45,111	56.46	59.41	30.63	0.47	4.84	21.86	50,143	25	19.32	798.986
Clarendon	31,535	51.93	48.89	44.83	0.74	3.12	24.53	50,911	31.54	22.02	607.206
Colleton	39,885	37.75	57.15	34.39	0.52	3.6	27.78	51,483	27.45	14.89	1056.5
Darlington	63,716	113.66	54.05	40.23	0.47	2.31	29.96	48,468	27.11	19.33	560.588
Dillon	28,192	69.6	44.94	46.22	0.15	3.11	19.65	43,709	26.39	30.17	405.067
Dorchester	174,333	306.6	62.24	23.95	2.02	6.42	41.04	78,811	18.05	10.61	568.594
Edgefield	27,859	55.64	58.31	31.64	0.34	5.84	30.39	65,111	23.89	17.04	500.71
Fairfield	21,182	30.86	39.16	55.32	0.32	2.13	23.14	46,278	29.85	19.43	686.305
Florence	138,863	173.47	50.79	41.55	1.65	3.1	35.45	58,934	23.41	17.9	800.505
Georgetown	67,150	82.53	66.09	27.94	0.47	3.49	42.26	64,714	34.33	15.1	813.612
Greenville	571,195	726.77	66.07	17.08	2.43	10.34	48.23	75,427	19.36	10.97	785.933
Greenwood	70,688	155.15	59.39	30.35	0.84	6.31	37.89	51,652	25.17	16.14	455.604
Hampton	19,010	33.95	40.74	52	0.74	4.35	19.54	43,107	26.16	18.93	559.975
Horry	412,637	364.1	76.55	11.53	1.3	6.45	36.23	65,570	30.12	11.82	1133.31
Jasper	35,059	53.51	46.01	33.99	0.66	16.42	34.5	67,105	26.36	18.92	655.16
Kershaw	71,214	98.01	67.08	23.13	0.55	4.91	32.42	66,025	23.89	14.38	726.612
Lancaster	112,085	204.14	69.09	18.44	2.21	6.75	43.54	80,294	23.62	11.34	549.068
Laurens	70,651	99.11	66.2	23.5	0.51	5.75	28.3	55,691	25.45	20.22	712.87
Lee	16,740	40.81	34.28	61.06	0.15	2.17	21.05	41,237	28.58	26.01	410.184
Lexington	313,847	449.0	72.09	14.5	2.13	6.95	43.22	73,617	20.37	11.32	698.998
McCormick	10,598	29.53	55.2	40.36	0.33	0.97	35.06	61,491	41.6	16.35	358.866
Marion	29,557	60.4	39.25	54.75	0.36	3	22.23	39,607	29.16	25.64	489.372
Marlboro	26,690	55.62	38.92	49.72	0.35	2.74	15.28	36,799	26.52	27.77	479.874
Newberry	39,425	62.55	60.1	28.75	0.29	8.4	35.26	60,489	26.1	14.23	630.293
Oconee	82,958	132.4	83.32	6.52	0.75	5.46	39.09	60,739	29.1	15.68	626.556
Orangeburg	85,597	77.37	33.55	60.33	0.9	2.3	32.44	43,989	26.64	24.91	1106.38
Pickens	138,281	278.26	83.13	6.32	1.96	4.57	38.72	60,852	21.17	17.39	496.94
Richland	431,774	570.17	41.4	45.73	2.84	5.82	49.68	63,997	17.69	16.33	757.279
Saluda	19,447	42.96	59.43	21.84	0.24	15.95	29.74	55,342	25.57	19.39	452.715
Spartanburg	368,534	455.9	66.48	19.48	2.39	7.95	35.99	65,073	19.94	14.36	808.373
Sumter	106,894	160.72	44.78	45.3	1.23	4.2	33.86	55,909	23.31	17.23	665.078
Union	27,213	52.99	64.01	29.88	0.22	1.68	24.64	44,870	30.09	19.66	513.585
Williamsburg	31,170	33.37	32.39	62.82	0.62	2.37	24.27	43,976	28.82	27.19	934.166
York	301,697	443.0	67.48	18.5	2.93	6.51	47.11	85,111	18.29	9.29	681.034

City Statistics: American Community Survey 2022,
County Statistics: STI: PopStats