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Most population gained, South Carolina counties · 2000

South Carolina counties that added the most residents from the 1990 census to 2000, by raw count of people rather than percentage. This list covers the 46 counties in South Carolina that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 46 is +6,220.

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YEAR2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION CHANGEVS –

01Greenville County, SCSC583,125+59,449–

02Horry County, SCSC427,551+52,576–

03Lexington County, SCSC317,588+48,403–

04Richland County, SCSC434,956+34,957–

05Beaufort County, SCSC204,433+34,512–

06York County, SCSC306,887+33,117–

07Spartanburg County, SCSC380,857+26,991–

08Aiken County, SCSC181,515+21,612–

09Anderson County, SCSC219,930+20,544–

10Pickens County, SCSC139,198+16,863–

11Charleston County, SCSC436,200+14,930–

12Berkeley County, SCSC274,666+13,875–

13Dorchester County, SCSC178,397+13,353–

14Laurens County, SCSC71,848+11,475–

15Florence County, SCSC138,504+11,417–

16Georgetown County, SCSC65,912+9,495–

17Kershaw County, SCSC73,166+9,048–

18Oconee County, SCSC83,775+8,721–

19Cherokee County, SCSC58,275+8,031–

20Lancaster County, SCSC114,296+6,835–

21Orangeburg County, SCSC83,177+6,779–

22Greenwood County, SCSC70,379+6,704–

23Edgefield County, SCSC29,808+6,220–

24Darlington County, SCSC62,888+5,543–

25Jasper County, SCSC38,533+5,191–

26Chesterfield County, SCSC44,740+4,191–

27Clarendon County, SCSC31,043+4,052–

28Colleton County, SCSC39,382+3,887–

29Hampton County, SCSC18,174+3,195–

30Barnwell County, SCSC20,653+3,185–

31Newberry County, SCSC39,561+2,936–

32Saluda County, SCSC19,680+2,824–

33Calhoun County, SCSC14,188+2,432–

34Abbeville County, SCSC24,836+2,305–

35Sumter County, SCSC105,067+2,009–

36Chester County, SCSC33,001+1,898–

37Lee County, SCSC15,730+1,682–

38Dillon County, SCSC27,458+1,608–

39Marion County, SCSC28,242+1,567–

40Fairfield County, SCSC20,340+1,159–

41McCormick County, SCSC10,215+1,090–

42Williamsburg County, SCSC29,662+402–

43Bamberg County, SCSC12,796-244–

44Union County, SCSC26,799-456–

45Allendale County, SCSC7,355-511–

46Marlboro County, SCSC25,488-543–

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS