14-5. Population of SC Counties: 1930-1990 Censuses

                         1930          1940          1950          1960          1970          1980          1990
 COUNTY                 CENSUS        CENSUS        CENSUS        CENSUS        CENSUS        CENSUS        CENSUS

 Abbeville              23,323        22,931        22,456        21,417        21,112        22,627        23,862   
 Aiken                  47,403        49,916        53,137        81,038        91,023       105,625       120,940
 Allendale              13,294        13,040        11,773        11,362         9,783        10,700        11,722
 Anderson               80,949        88,712        90,664        98,478       105,474       133,235       145,196
 Bamberg                19,410        18,643        17,533        16,274        15,950        18,118        16,902

 Barnwell               21,221        20,138        17,266        17,659        17,176        19,868        20,293
 Beaufort               21,815        22,037        26,993        44,187        51,136        65,364        86,425
 Berkeley               22,236        27,128        30,251        38,196        56,199        94,727       128,776
 Calhoun                16,707        16,229        14,753        12,256        10,780        12,206        12,753
 Charleston            101,050       121,105       164,856       216,382       247,650       276,974       295,039

 Cherokee               32,201        33,290        34,992        35,205        36,669        40,983        44,506
 Chester                31,803        32,579        32,597        30,888        29,811        30,148        32,170
 Chesterfield           34,334        35,963        36,236        33,717        33,667        38,161        38,577
 Clarendon              30,036        31,500        32,215        29,490        25,604        27,464        28,450
 Colleton               25,821        26,268        28,242        27,816        27,622        31,776        34,377

 Darlington             41,427        45,198        50,016        52,928        53,442        62,717        61,851
 Dillon                 25,733        29,625        30,930        30,584        28,838        31,083        29,114
 Dorchester             18,956        19,928        22,601        24,383        32,276        58,761        83,060
 Edgefield              19,326        17,894        16,591        15,735        15,692        17,528        18,375
 Fairfield              23,287        24,187        21,780        20,713        19,999        20,700        22,295

 Florence               61,027        70,582        79,710        84,438        89,636       110,163       114,344
 Georgetown             21,738        26,352        31,762        34,798        33,500        42,461        46,302
 Greenville            117,009       136,580       168,152       209,776       240,774       287,913       320,167
 Greenwood              36,078        40,083        41,628        44,346        49,686        57,847        59,567
 Hampton                17,243        17,465        18,027        17,425        15,878        18,159        18,191

 Horry                  39,376        51,951        59,820        68,247        69,992       101,419       144,053
 Jasper                  9,988        11,011        10,995        12,237        11,885        14,504        15,487
 Kershaw                32,070        32,913        32,287        33,585        34,727        39,015        43,599
 Lancaster              27,980        33,542        37,071        39,352        43,328        53,361        54,516
 Laurens                42,094        44,185        46,974        47,609        49,713        52,214        58,092

 Lee                    24,096        24,908        23,173        21,832        18,323        18,929        18,437
 Lexington              36,494        35,994        44,279        60,726        89,012       140,353       167,611
 McCormick              11,471        10,367         9,577         8,629         7,955         7,797         8,868
 Marion                 27,221        30,107        33,110        32,014        30,270        34,179        33,899
 Marlboro               31,634        33,281        31,766        28,529        27,151        31,634        29,361

 Newberry               34,681        33,577        31,771        29,416        29,273        31,242        33,172
 Oconee                 33,368        36,512        39,050        40,204        40,728        48,611        57,494
 Orangeburg             63,864        63,707        68,726        68,559        69,789        82,276        84,803
 Pickens                33,709        37,111        40,058        46,030        58,956        79,292        93,894
 Richland               87,667       104,843       142,565       200,102       233,868       269,735       285,720

 Saluda                 18,148        17,192        15,924        14,554        14,528        16,150        16,357
 Spartanburg           116,323       127,733       150,349       156,830       173,724       201,861       226,800
 Sumter                 45,902        52,463        57,634        74,941        79,425        88,243       102,637
 Union                  30,920        31,360        31,334        30,015        29,230        30,751        30,337
 Williamsburg           34,914        41,011        43,807        40,932        34,243        38,226        36,815
 York                   53,418        58,663        71,596        78,760        85,216       106,720       131,497

 SOUTH CAROLINA      1,738,765     1,899,804     2,117,027     2,382,594     2,590,713     3,121,820     3,486,703

 UNITED STATES     123,202,624   132,164,569   151,325,798   179,323,175   203,302,031   226,545,805   248,709,873

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