Ranking of South Carolina Counties By Population Density from Census 2020
According to the data from the US 2020 Census, as at April 2020, among all South Carolina counties, Greenville County had the highest population density per square mile (668.68 people per sqr mile), followed by Richland County (549.53 people per sqr mile), and Charleston County (444.71 people per sqr mile).
On the other hand, Allendale County had the lowest population density (19.70 people per sqr mile), followed by McCormick County (26.55 people per sqr mile), and Fairfield County (30.52 people per sqr mile).
The chart below shows the top 10 counties with high population density, and the table below shows the ranking of all South Carolina counties.
You can also see similar ranking of counties information for other states as well as for all counties in the United States.
Rank | County | Population Density |
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1 | Greenville County | 668.68 |
2 | Richland County | 549.53 |
3 | Charleston County | 444.71 |
4 | Lexington County | 420.59 |
5 | York County | 414.21 |
6 | Spartanburg County | 405.75 |
7 | Beaufort County | 324.83 |
8 | Horry County | 309.74 |
9 | Anderson County | 285.38 |
10 | Dorchester County | 284.10 |
11 | Pickens County | 264.43 |
12 | Berkeley County | 208.28 |
13 | Lancaster County | 174.87 |
14 | Florence County | 171.22 |
15 | Sumter County | 158.71 |
16 | Aiken County | 157.66 |
17 | Greenwood County | 152.22 |
18 | Cherokee County | 143.06 |
19 | Oconee County | 125.46 |
20 | Darlington County | 112.21 |
21 | Laurens County | 94.74 |
22 | Kershaw County | 90.01 |
23 | Georgetown County | 77.93 |
24 | Orangeburg County | 76.13 |
25 | Dillon County | 69.85 |
26 | Newberry County | 59.84 |
27 | Marion County | 59.63 |
28 | Chester County | 55.62 |
29 | Marlboro County | 55.57 |
30 | Chesterfield County | 54.16 |
31 | Union County | 53.05 |
32 | Clarendon County | 51.29 |
33 | Edgefield County | 51.24 |
34 | Abbeville County | 49.46 |
35 | Jasper County | 43.95 |
36 | Saluda County | 41.66 |
37 | Lee County | 40.30 |
38 | Barnwell County | 37.55 |
39 | Calhoun County | 37.04 |
40 | Colleton County | 36.54 |
41 | Bamberg County | 33.84 |
42 | Williamsburg County | 33.21 |
43 | Hampton County | 33.15 |
44 | Fairfield County | 30.52 |
45 | McCormick County | 26.55 |
46 | Allendale County | 19.70 |