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5-6. Area and Density of South Carolina Counties Based on
April 1, 1990 and July 1, 1995 Census
POPULATION
1990 CENSUS 1995 PER SQUARE
AREA TOTAL LAND AREA WATER AREA POPULATION MILE OF RANK
COUNTY (SQUARE MILES) (SQUARE MILES) (SQUARE MILES) 1/ LAND AREA 2/
Abbeville 511.10 508.05 3.05 24,700 48.6 33
Aiken 1,080.53 1,073.08 7.46 131,900 122.9 16
Allendale 412.59 408.23 4.36 12,000 29.4 44
Anderson 757.48 718.04 39.43 152,600 212.5 6
Bamberg 395.49 393.28 2.22 17,000 43.2 35
Barnwell 557.29 548.50 8.79 21,600 39.4 37
Beaufort 923.00 587.03 335.98 103,600 176.5 9
Berkeley 1,229.23 1,099.55 129.68 152,500 138.7 14
Calhoun 392.36 380.32 12.04 13,200 34.7 41
Charleston 1,357.14 917.42 439.72 312,000 340.1 3
Cherokee 397.30 392.71 4.59 46,800 119.2 17
Chester 586.19 580.56 5.63 32,600 56.2 29
Chesterfield 805.84 798.78 7.06 39,700 49.7 32
Clarendon 695.71 607.25 88.46 30,200 49.7 31
Colleton 1,132.05 1,056.48 75.57 36,900 34.9 40
Darlington 567.55 562.06 5.49 63,400 112.8 18
Dillon 406.55 404.88 1.67 30,600 75.6 23
Dorchester 576.74 574.79 1.96 100,500 174.8 10
Edgefield 506.56 501.91 4.64 19,700 39.3 38
Fairfield 709.98 686.56 23.42 23,100 33.6 43
Florence 803.05 799.21 3.84 120,200 150.4 13
Georgetown 1,035.09 814.86 220.23 52,000 63.8 26
Greenville 797.01 792.09 4.92 333,600 421.2 1
Greenwood 462.95 455.53 7.42 62,400 137.0 15
Hampton 562.72 559.93 2.78 19,000 33.9 42
Horry 1,255.00 1,133.71 121.29 172,000 151.7 12
Jasper 685.84 654.33 31.51 16,800 25.7 45
Kershaw 740.31 726.30 14.01 47,000 64.7 25
Lancaster 555.32 549.02 6.30 57,200 104.2 19
Laurens 722.02 713.16 8.86 59,700 83.7 21
Lee 411.33 410.33 1.00 18,600 45.3 34
Lexington 759.49 700.82 58.67 185,500 264.7 5
McCormick 393.89 359.59 34.29 8,900 24.8 46
Marion 494.11 489.10 5.00 34,800 71.2 24
Marlboro 485.30 479.72 5.58 30,400 63.4 27
Newberry 647.32 630.81 16.51 34,200 54.2 30
Oconee 673.63 625.10 48.53 61,200 97.9 20
Orangeburg 1,127.83 1,105.99 21.84 89,000 80.5 22
Pickens 511.87 496.92 14.95 101,000 203.3 8
Richland 771.74 756.54 15.21 300,700 397.5 2
Saluda 460.64 451.37 9.27 16,800 37.2 39
Spartanburg 819.21 810.99 8.22 234,800 289.5 4
Sumter 682.08 665.46 16.62 109,500 164.5 11
Union 515.96 514.22 1.75 30,700 59.7 28
Williamsburg 936.97 934.00 2.97 37,400 40.0 36
York 695.77 682.55 13.22 143,700 210.5 7
STATE TOTAL 32,007.13 30,111.13 1,896.00 3,741,700 124.3 -
1/: As of July 1, 1995.
2/: Rank of Population Per Square Mile of Land Area.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census Tape PL 94-171, April 1, 1990 and
July 1, 1995.
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