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Most sparsely populated, South Carolina counties · 2000

South Carolina counties with the fewest residents per square mile (2023). This list covers the 46 counties in South Carolina that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2025

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOPULATION DENSITYVS 2000

01Allendale County, SCSC7,35527+0%

02McCormick County, SCSC10,21528+0%

03Jasper County, SCSC38,53332+0%

04Fairfield County, SCSC20,34034+0%

05Colleton County, SCSC39,38236+0%

06Hampton County, SCSC18,17438+0%

07Calhoun County, SCSC14,18840+0%

08Williamsburg County, SCSC29,66240+0%

09Bamberg County, SCSC12,79642+0%

10Saluda County, SCSC19,68042+0%

11Barnwell County, SCSC20,65343+0%

12Lee County, SCSC15,73049+0%

13Edgefield County, SCSC29,80849+0%

14Abbeville County, SCSC24,83653+0%

15Clarendon County, SCSC31,04354+0%

16Chesterfield County, SCSC44,74054+0%

17Newberry County, SCSC39,56157+0%

18Union County, SCSC26,79958+0%

19Chester County, SCSC33,00159+0%

20Marlboro County, SCSC25,48860+0%

21Georgetown County, SCSC65,91269+0%

22Kershaw County, SCSC73,16672+0%

23Marion County, SCSC28,24272+0%

24Dillon County, SCSC27,45876+0%

25Orangeburg County, SCSC83,17783+0%

26Laurens County, SCSC71,84898+0%

27Oconee County, SCSC83,775106+0%

28Lancaster County, SCSC114,296112+0%

29Darlington County, SCSC62,888120+0%

30Berkeley County, SCSC274,666129+0%

31Aiken County, SCSC181,515133+0%

32Cherokee County, SCSC58,275134+0%

33Greenwood County, SCSC70,379145+0%

34Florence County, SCSC138,504157+0%

35Sumter County, SCSC105,067157+0%

36Dorchester County, SCSC178,397170+0%

37Horry County, SCSC427,551174+0%

38Beaufort County, SCSC204,433210+0%

39Pickens County, SCSC139,198223+0%

40Anderson County, SCSC219,930232+0%

41York County, SCSC306,887242+0%

42Lexington County, SCSC317,588309+0%

43Spartanburg County, SCSC380,857314+0%

44Charleston County, SCSC436,200338+0%

45Richland County, SCSC434,956423+0%

46Greenville County, SCSC583,125483+0%

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UPDATED 2026-06-02 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES