Ranking of South Carolina Counties By Total Population from Census 2020

Updated on February 21, 2026.

According to the data from the US 2020 Census, the most populated South Carolina county as at April 2020 was Greenville County (525.53K), followed by Richland County (416.15K), and Charleston County (408.24K).

The chart below shows the top 10 most populated counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all the counties in the state of South Carolina.

You can also see the ranking of counties by population for other states as well as for the whole United States.

Ranking of South Carolina Counties By Total Population from Census 2020
Greenville
Richland
Charleston
Horry
Spartanburg
Lexington
York
Berkeley
Anderson
Beaufort
Ranking of South Carolina Counties By Total Population from Census 2020
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Rank County Population
1 Greenville County 525534
2 Richland County 416147
3 Charleston County 408235
4 Horry County 351029
5 Spartanburg County 327997
6 Lexington County 293991
7 York County 282090
8 Berkeley County 229861
9 Anderson County 203718
10 Beaufort County 187117
11 Aiken County 168808
12 Dorchester County 161540
13 Florence County 137059
14 Pickens County 131404
15 Sumter County 105556
16 Lancaster County 96016
17 Orangeburg County 84223
18 Oconee County 78607
19 Greenwood County 69351
20 Laurens County 67539
21 Kershaw County 65403
22 Georgetown County 63404
23 Darlington County 62905
24 Cherokee County 56216
25 Chesterfield County 43273
26 Colleton County 38604
27 Newberry County 37719
28 Chester County 32294
29 Clarendon County 31144
30 Williamsburg County 31026
31 Marion County 29183
32 Jasper County 28791
33 Dillon County 28292
34 Union County 27244
35 Marlboro County 26667
36 Edgefield County 25657
37 Abbeville County 24295
38 Fairfield County 20948
39 Barnwell County 20589
40 Saluda County 18862
41 Hampton County 18561
42 Lee County 16531
43 Calhoun County 14119
44 Bamberg County 13311
45 McCormick County 9526
46 Allendale County 8039