South Carolina County Map With Cities
By Marko Visic · Updated Oct 5, 2026
South Carolina has 46 counties, covering 30,064 square miles of land. The Census Bureau estimates its population at 5,570,274 as of July 1, 2025. The largest county by land area is Horry County; the most populous is Greenville County; the least populous is Allendale County.
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All 46 South Carolina counties
| County | FIPS code | Population (July 1, 2025) ▼ | Change since April 2020 | Land area (sq mi) | People per sq mi | Median household income (2020–2024) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenville County | 45045 | 583,125 | +11.0% | 786 | 742 | $76,932 |
| Charleston County | 45019 | 436,200 | +6.8% | 918 | 475 | $88,494 |
| Richland County | 45079 | 434,956 | +4.5% | 757 | 574 | $63,784 |
| Horry County | 45051 | 427,551 | +21.8% | 1,133 | 377 | $66,880 |
| Spartanburg County | 45083 | 380,857 | +16.1% | 808 | 471 | $66,234 |
| Lexington County | 45063 | 317,588 | +8.1% | 699 | 455 | $77,408 |
| York County | 45091 | 306,887 | +8.9% | 681 | 451 | $89,095 |
| Berkeley County | 45015 | 274,666 | +19.5% | 1,104 | 249 | $84,358 |
| Anderson County | 45007 | 219,930 | +8.0% | 714 | 308 | $66,651 |
| Beaufort County | 45013 | 204,433 | +9.3% | 576 | 355 | $86,573 |
| Aiken County | 45003 | 181,515 | +7.5% | 1,071 | 170 | $70,609 |
| Dorchester County | 45035 | 178,397 | +10.6% | 568 | 314 | $78,198 |
| Pickens County | 45077 | 139,198 | +5.9% | 497 | 280 | $61,064 |
| Florence County | 45041 | 138,504 | +1.0% | 800 | 173 | $58,305 |
| Lancaster County | 45057 | 114,296 | +19.0% | 549 | 208 | $78,869 |
| Sumter County | 45085 | 105,067 | -0.5% | 665 | 158 | $56,693 |
| Oconee County | 45073 | 83,775 | +6.6% | 627 | 134 | $62,388 |
| Orangeburg County | 45075 | 83,177 | -1.2% | 1,106 | 75 | $45,675 |
| Kershaw County | 45055 | 73,166 | +11.9% | 727 | 101 | $68,231 |
| Laurens County | 45059 | 71,848 | +6.4% | 713 | 101 | $57,623 |
| Greenwood County | 45047 | 70,379 | +1.5% | 456 | 154 | $52,830 |
| Georgetown County | 45043 | 65,912 | +4.0% | 814 | 81 | $68,713 |
| Darlington County | 45031 | 62,888 | 0.0% | 561 | 112 | $48,581 |
| Cherokee County | 45021 | 58,275 | +3.6% | 393 | 148 | $50,288 |
| Chesterfield County | 45025 | 44,740 | +3.4% | 799 | 56 | $49,235 |
| Newberry County | 45071 | 39,561 | +4.9% | 630 | 63 | $61,780 |
| Colleton County | 45029 | 39,382 | +2.0% | 1,057 | 37 | $51,114 |
| Jasper County | 45053 | 38,533 | +33.7% | 655 | 59 | $65,613 |
| Chester County | 45023 | 33,001 | +2.2% | 581 | 57 | $52,458 |
| Clarendon County | 45027 | 31,043 | -0.3% | 607 | 51 | $52,401 |
| Edgefield County | 45037 | 29,808 | +16.2% | 501 | 60 | $73,029 |
| Williamsburg County | 45089 | 29,662 | -4.4% | 934 | 32 | $46,213 |
| Marion County | 45067 | 28,242 | -3.2% | 489 | 58 | $36,301 |
| Dillon County | 45033 | 27,458 | -3.0% | 405 | 68 | $46,605 |
| Union County | 45087 | 26,799 | -1.6% | 514 | 52 | $41,621 |
| Marlboro County | 45069 | 25,488 | -4.4% | 480 | 53 | $34,301 |
| Abbeville County | 45001 | 24,836 | +2.2% | 491 | 51 | $52,935 |
| Barnwell County | 45011 | 20,653 | +0.3% | 548 | 38 | $46,626 |
| Fairfield County | 45039 | 20,340 | -3.0% | 686 | 30 | $47,885 |
| Saluda County | 45081 | 19,680 | +3.9% | 453 | 43 | $51,009 |
| Hampton County | 45049 | 18,174 | -2.1% | 560 | 32 | $44,711 |
| Lee County | 45061 | 15,730 | -4.9% | 410 | 38 | $44,760 |
| Calhoun County | 45017 | 14,188 | +0.5% | 381 | 37 | $58,682 |
| Bamberg County | 45009 | 12,796 | -3.9% | 393 | 33 | $44,370 |
| McCormick County | 45065 | 10,215 | +7.2% | 359 | 28 | $55,798 |
| Allendale County | 45005 | 7,355 | -8.5% | 408 | 18 | $32,328 |
FIPS code: the Census Bureau’s five-digit county ID, a two-digit state code plus a three-digit county code. It is not a ZIP code.
How many counties does South Carolina have?
South Carolina has 46 counties covering 30,064 square miles. The state was admitted to the Union in 1788 as the 8th state.
The largest county by land area is Horry County at 1,133 square miles, home to 427,551 residents. The most populous is Greenville County with 583,125 residents — a density of 742 people per square mile. At the other end of the scale, Allendale County has 7,355 residents.
South Carolina’s capital is Columbia, while the largest city is Charleston.
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
- County Population Totals, Vintage 2025: estimates for July 1, 2025, released March 2026
- Gazetteer Files, 2026: county land and water area
- American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, 2020–2024: median household income (table B19013)
- County boundaries on the map: US Atlas TopoJSON build of the US Census Bureau’s TIGER/Line shapefiles. All figures are US Census Bureau data in the public domain.