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South Carolina counties

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South Carolina has 46 counties and county equivalents holding 5,212,774 residents. The statewide sales tax base rate is 6%, before county and city add-ons.

All 46 counties

Ranked by population, Census 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates.

CountyPopulationMedian incomeMedian home valueMedian rent
Greenville County537,575$74,624$273,900$1,198
Richland County418,725$61,699$224,200$1,185
Charleston County414,711$84,320$450,800$1,506
Horry County368,937$64,623$260,500$1,181
Spartanburg County338,096$64,195$216,000$1,019
Lexington County300,370$75,014$217,700$1,115
York County288,559$83,060$322,700$1,304
Berkeley County238,723$82,327$280,300$1,518
Anderson County207,218$64,683$212,500$952
Beaufort County192,123$84,819$407,600$1,484
Aiken County171,949$67,940$199,500$1,031
Dorchester County164,322$76,896$294,400$1,381
Florence County136,921$56,650$165,500$908
Pickens County132,604$59,411$216,000$936
Sumter County104,853$55,990$159,500$1,006
Lancaster County100,905$74,751$298,100$892
Orangeburg County83,531$43,214$109,700$804
Oconee County79,566$60,193$217,200$876
Greenwood County69,329$50,635$166,400$880
Laurens County67,904$55,517$153,500$847
Kershaw County66,924$64,343$191,900$872
Georgetown County64,200$66,734$262,300$1,166
Darlington County62,754$47,419$141,400$876
Cherokee County56,299$49,047$135,200$813
Chesterfield County43,575$47,620$101,400$776
Colleton County38,623$48,779$145,900$905
Newberry County38,121$59,670$158,200$854
Chester County32,177$51,216$143,800$918
Clarendon County31,037$48,887$147,300$728
Jasper County30,658$63,503$269,400$1,307
Williamsburg County30,517$43,471$95,100$769
Marion County28,900$34,501$86,800$663
Dillon County28,031$44,038$84,400$692
Union County26,990$41,200$100,000$770
Edgefield County26,508$67,092$194,300$854
Marlboro County26,285$36,293$74,500$686
Abbeville County24,352$52,112$147,200$634
Fairfield County20,741$46,972$129,100$910
Barnwell County20,565$41,800$97,200$695
Saluda County18,958$52,957$123,200$814
Hampton County18,555$43,059$102,400$815
Lee County16,330$44,145$101,900$806
Calhoun County14,150$56,690$148,800$994
Bamberg County13,164$43,206$96,000$794
McCormick County9,701$55,344$159,000$666
Allendale County7,738$31,603$61,600$691

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

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