South Carolina County Map With Cities

Complete list of all 46 counties in South Carolina with population, area, and median income — plus a free printable blank map.

Counties

Population

5,296,225

Area

30,062 sq mi

Capital

Columbia

Time Zone

Eastern (ET)

Tap or click any county for details. Need a printable version? Blank South Carolina county map (PDF/PNG/SVG).

All 46 South Carolina counties

County	Largest City	Population ▼	Area	Median Income	Cities
Greenville	Greenville	611,336	785 mi²	$78,438	15
Charleston	Charleston	444,725	916 mi²	$92,769	16
Richland	Columbia	407,605	757 mi²	$65,059	9
Horry	Myrtle Beach	395,678	1,134 mi²	$67,208	11
Spartanburg	Spartanburg	313,991	808 mi²	$68,055	29
Lexington	Lexington	304,809	699 mi²	$82,096	10
York	Rock Hill	294,233	681 mi²	$93,110	10
Berkeley	Goose Creek	224,574	1,099 mi²	$84,024	14
Anderson	Anderson	202,776	715 mi²	$65,942	10
Beaufort	Beaufort	197,099	576 mi²	$88,849	12
Dorchester	Summerville	166,963	573 mi²	$79,927	8
Aiken	Aiken	163,752	1,071 mi²	$70,171	18
Florence	Florence	144,668	800 mi²	$58,288	9
Pickens	Easley	113,238	496 mi²	$61,230	8
Lancaster	Fort Mill	107,752	549 mi²	$80,633	6
Sumter	Sumter	103,547	665 mi²	$57,127	7
Orangeburg	Orangeburg	81,526	1,106 mi²	$46,728	14
Oconee	Seneca	80,896	626 mi²	$64,156	12
Kershaw	Elgin	78,506	727 mi²	$73,818	7
Greenwood	Greenwood	66,294	455 mi²	$52,958	4
Cherokee	Gaffney	63,304	393 mi²	$50,225	4
Laurens	Laurens	61,958	714 mi²	$56,123	8
Darlington	Hartsville	60,258	561 mi²	$48,746	5
Georgetown	Georgetown	52,966	814 mi²	$64,227	3
Chesterfield	Cheraw	41,650	799 mi²	$47,952	8
Newberry	Newberry	40,854	630 mi²	$61,266	9
Colleton	Walterboro	39,530	1,056 mi²	$51,105	12
Edgefield	Edgefield	38,589	500 mi²	$75,504	6
Chester	Chester	32,039	581 mi²	$53,014	7
Williamsburg	Kingstree	30,492	934 mi²	$46,767	7
Clarendon	Manning	30,005	607 mi²	$54,387	8
Jasper	Ridgeland	27,793	655 mi²	$60,587	5
Dillon	Dillon	27,697	405 mi²	$46,589	6
Abbeville	Abbeville	26,955	490 mi²	$52,897	6
Marion	Marion	26,686	489 mi²	$35,798	6
Marlboro	Bennettsville	25,875	480 mi²	$34,540	6
Union	Union	25,071	514 mi²	$43,164	4
Barnwell	Barnwell	21,456	548 mi²	$47,933	6
Fairfield	Winnsboro	21,437	686 mi²	$50,972	6
Saluda	Saluda	19,828	453 mi²	$47,303	3
Hampton	Hampton	17,387	560 mi²	$51,156	11
Lee	Bishopville	16,216	410 mi²	$44,894	4
Calhoun	Saint Matthews	13,876	381 mi²	$53,742	3
Bamberg	Bamberg	12,550	393 mi²	$45,591	4
McCormick	McCormick	9,695	359 mi²	$56,857	5
Allendale	Allendale	8,090	408 mi²	$35,513	6

How many counties does South Carolina have?

South Carolina has 46 counties covering 30,062 square miles and roughly 5,296,225 residents. The state was admitted to the Union in 1788 as the 8th state, and the current county boundaries reflect more than a century of administrative subdivision.

The largest county by land area is Horry County at 1,134 square miles, home to about 395,678 residents. The most populous is Greenville County with approximately 611,336 residents — a density of about 779 people per square mile.

At the other end of the scale, Allendale County has only about 8,090 residents.

South Carolina’s capital is Columbia, while the largest city is Charleston — a common pattern in the United States, where many states placed their capitals in smaller, more central towns rather than their largest commercial hubs.

Related resources

Download a printable outline of South Carolina’s county boundaries from our blank map of South Carolina page — available in SVG, PNG, and PDF.

Use the What County Am I In? tool to detect which South Carolina county a GPS location or address falls in, or the Address to County Lookup for batch input.

For demographic radius analysis, the Find ZIP Codes in Radius and Population Within Radius tools let you draw a circle around any South Carolina address and see every ZIP code and the total population inside.

Two SimpleMapLab studies cover South Carolina specifically: the 100-mile radius around Columbia measures how much of the state lives within 100 miles of its capitol, and the loneliest town in South Carolina ranks the state’s most isolated inhabited place. The county-counts blog post puts South Carolina’s 46 counties in national context.

Frequently asked questions

South Carolina has 46 counties. The state was admitted to the Union in 1788 as the 8th state. County boundaries have shifted over time as the population spread and new administrative units were carved from existing ones.

Horry County is the largest by land area at 1,134 square miles, with about 395,678 residents.

Greenville County is the most populous, with approximately 611,336 residents over 785 square miles.

Allendale County has the smallest population at about 8,090 residents.

Columbia is the state capital. The largest city is Charleston — a common pattern in the US, where many states placed their capitals in smaller, more central towns rather than their largest commercial hubs.

Population, area, and demographic figures are aggregated from ZIP-code-level US Census data (via the SimpleMaps dataset) and the US Census Gazetteer. County boundaries used to render the map are from the US Atlas TopoJSON build of the Census Bureau's TIGER/Line shapefiles. The data is public domain.

Data sources

Population and demographics are aggregated from ZIP-code-level US Census data via the SimpleMaps dataset. Countiesboundaries are from the US Atlas TopoJSON build of the Census Bureau’s TIGER/Line shapefiles. Land area is from the Census Gazetteer. State counts follow the US Census Bureau’s definition of counties and county-equivalents (50 states + DC = 3,144). All sources are public domain.

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