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South Carolina – 2005 County Population Growth Rank
Population Trend Charts for All SC Counties | Learn More about SC Counties
Note: The growth rate in our table (in the columns "Change by ...") is expressed as a multiplier. For example, the population of Horry County grew 9.72 times from 1900 to 2005. In a theoretical example, this would mean that if there were 10 people in Horry County in 1900, there would be 97.2 people in 2005.
| County |
Beginning Year |
Change
by 2000 |
Change by 2005 |
2000 Growth Ranking |
2005 Growth Ranking |
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| Horry |
1900 |
8.42 |
9.72 |
1 |
1 |
| Greenville |
1900 |
7.1 |
7.62 |
2 |
2 |
| Richland |
1900 |
7.03 |
7.46 |
3 |
3 |
| Dorchester |
1900 |
5.92 |
6.93 |
5 |
4 |
| Lexington |
1910 |
6.74 |
6.59 |
4 |
5 |
| Beaufort |
1920 |
5.43 |
6.19 |
7 |
6 |
| Pickens |
1900 |
5.72 |
5.86 |
6 |
7 |
| Berkeley |
1900 |
4.68 |
4.98 |
8 |
8 |
| Florence |
1900 |
4.42 |
4.6 |
9 |
9 |
| York |
1900 |
3.95 |
4.56 |
10 |
10 |
| Spartanburg |
1900 |
3.87 |
4.07 |
11 |
11 |
| Aiken |
1900 |
3.65 |
3.85 |
12 |
12 |
| Charleston |
1900 |
3.52 |
3.75 |
13 |
13 |
| Anderson |
1900 |
2.97 |
3.15 |
14 |
14 |
| Oconee |
1900 |
2.8 |
2.94 |
15 |
15 |
| Georgetown |
1900 |
2.44 |
2.67 |
19 |
16 |
| Lancaster |
1900 |
2.52 |
2.6 |
17 |
17 |
| Cherokee |
1900 |
2.46 |
2.52 |
18 |
18 |
| Sumter |
1910 |
2.72 |
2.45 |
16 |
19 |
| Jasper |
1920 |
2.1 |
2.17 |
21 |
20 |
| Chesterfield |
1900 |
2.1 |
2.13 |
20 |
21 |
| Kershaw |
1910 |
1.94 |
1.92 |
22 |
22 |
| Greenwood |
1920 |
1.85 |
1.9 |
25 |
23 |
| Laurens |
1900 |
1.86 |
1.88 |
24 |
24 |
| Darlington |
1910 |
1.87 |
1.72 |
23 |
25 |
| Marion |
1910 |
1.72 |
1.47 |
26 |
26 |
| Orangeburg |
1910 |
1.64 |
1.42 |
27 |
27 |
| Dillon |
1910 |
1.36 |
1.23 |
28 |
28 |
| Newberry |
1900 |
1.2 |
1.23 |
29 |
29 |
| Clarendon |
1900 |
1.15 |
1.18 |
33 |
30 |
| Colleton |
1900 |
1.14 |
1.18 |
34 |
31 |
| Chester |
1900 |
1.19 |
1.16 |
30 |
32 |
| Williamsburg |
1900 |
1.17 |
1.12 |
31 |
33 |
| Union |
1900 |
1.17 |
1.12 |
32 |
34 |
| Hampton |
1920 |
1.09 |
1.09 |
35 |
35 |
| Edgefield |
1920 |
1.03 |
1.07 |
37 |
36 |
| Marlboro |
1900 |
1.04 |
1.01 |
36 |
37 |
| Barnwell |
1920 |
1.02 |
1.01 |
38 |
38 |
| Saluda |
1900 |
1.01 |
1 |
39 |
39 |
| Abbeville |
1920 |
0.96 |
0.96 |
40 |
40 |
| Bamberg |
1900 |
0.96 |
0.92 |
41 |
41 |
| Calhoun |
1910 |
0.91 |
0.82 |
42 |
42 |
| Fairfield |
1900 |
0.8 |
0.82 |
43 |
43 |
| Lee |
1910 |
0.79 |
0.77 |
44 |
44 |
| Allendale |
1920 |
0.7 |
0.68 |
45 |
45 |
| McCormick |
1920 |
0.61 |
0.61 |
46 |
46 |
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| South Carolina |
1900 |
2.99 |
3.18 |
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Data sources: US Census Bureau, 1900-1990, 2000, and 2005 estimates (2005 data opens in Excel)
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