| Annual Estimates of the Population for Counties of South Carolina: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 | |||||||||
| Geographic Area | Population Estimates | April 1, 2000 | |||||||
| July 1, 2006 | July 1, 2005 | July 1, 2004 | July 1, 2003 | July 1, 2002 | July 1, 2001 | July 1, 2000 | Estimates Base | Census | |
| South Carolina | 4,321,249 | 4,246,933 | 4,194,694 | 4,142,356 | 4,101,122 | 4,060,728 | 4,023,565 | 4,011,816 | 4,012,012 |
| Abbeville County | 25,935 | 26,051 | 26,265 | 26,289 | 26,347 | 26,344 | 26,222 | 26,167 | 26,167 |
| Aiken County | 151,800 | 150,053 | 148,592 | 146,586 | 145,197 | 143,673 | 142,818 | 142,556 | 142,552 |
| Allendale County | 10,748 | 10,873 | 10,937 | 11,006 | 11,048 | 10,975 | 11,185 | 11,211 | 11,211 |
| Anderson County | 177,963 | 175,258 | 173,249 | 171,580 | 170,119 | 168,756 | 166,342 | 165,740 | 165,740 |
| Bamberg County | 15,678 | 15,787 | 15,883 | 15,962 | 16,285 | 16,392 | 16,625 | 16,658 | 16,658 |
| Barnwell County | 23,265 | 23,289 | 23,255 | 23,344 | 23,326 | 23,425 | 23,468 | 23,478 | 23,478 |
| Beaufort County | 142,045 | 138,037 | 133,795 | 130,279 | 128,033 | 124,503 | 122,021 | 120,948 | 120,937 |
| Berkeley County | 152,282 | 149,526 | 148,728 | 146,302 | 144,955 | 143,964 | 143,092 | 142,653 | 142,651 |
| Calhoun County | 15,026 | 15,059 | 15,192 | 15,276 | 15,186 | 15,284 | 15,233 | 15,180 | 15,185 |
| Charleston County | 331,917 | 329,482 | 326,497 | 320,586 | 316,540 | 312,449 | 310,715 | 309,978 | 309,969 |
| Cherokee County | 53,886 | 53,620 | 53,544 | 53,429 | 53,496 | 53,094 | 52,682 | 52,537 | 52,537 |
| Chester County | 32,875 | 33,093 | 33,456 | 33,752 | 34,046 | 34,044 | 34,129 | 34,068 | 34,068 |
| Chesterfield County | 43,191 | 43,191 | 43,074 | 43,110 | 43,144 | 43,107 | 42,913 | 42,768 | 42,768 |
| Clarendon County | 33,339 | 33,127 | 32,974 | 32,800 | 32,870 | 32,792 | 32,549 | 32,502 | 32,502 |
| Colleton County | 39,467 | 39,430 | 39,358 | 39,047 | 38,874 | 38,592 | 38,352 | 38,264 | 38,264 |
| Darlington County | 67,551 | 67,369 | 67,388 | 67,699 | 67,813 | 67,599 | 67,486 | 67,394 | 67,394 |
| Dillon County | 30,984 | 30,851 | 30,996 | 30,998 | 31,022 | 31,021 | 30,714 | 30,722 | 30,722 |
| Dorchester County | 118,979 | 112,784 | 107,067 | 104,046 | 101,084 | 98,533 | 96,708 | 96,341 | 96,413 |
| Edgefield County | 25,261 | 25,343 | 25,239 | 25,063 | 24,694 | 24,552 | 24,571 | 24,560 | 24,595 |
| Fairfield County | 23,810 | 23,844 | 24,009 | 23,745 | 23,835 | 23,666 | 23,543 | 23,454 | 23,454 |
| Florence County | 131,297 | 130,259 | 129,291 | 128,171 | 127,057 | 126,318 | 125,805 | 125,761 | 125,761 |
| Georgetown County | 60,860 | 60,215 | 59,676 | 58,695 | 57,991 | 56,892 | 56,103 | 55,793 | 55,797 |
| Greenville County | 417,166 | 407,154 | 400,775 | 395,526 | 391,212 | 386,490 | 381,135 | 379,632 | 379,616 |
| Greenwood County | 68,213 | 67,860 | 67,451 | 67,435 | 67,142 | 66,733 | 66,332 | 66,272 | 66,271 |
| Hampton County | 21,268 | 21,153 | 21,212 | 21,366 | 21,252 | 21,358 | 21,360 | 21,382 | 21,386 |
| Horry County | 238,493 | 227,520 | 217,411 | 210,676 | 205,932 | 201,607 | 198,042 | 196,629 | 196,629 |
| Jasper County | 21,809 | 21,409 | 21,228 | 20,957 | 20,935 | 20,865 | 20,731 | 20,671 | 20,678 |
| Kershaw County | 57,490 | 56,341 | 55,275 | 54,505 | 53,702 | 53,421 | 52,855 | 52,647 | 52,647 |
| Lancaster County | 63,628 | 63,060 | 62,818 | 62,538 | 62,158 | 61,659 | 61,404 | 61,351 | 61,351 |
| Laurens County | 70,374 | 70,247 | 69,966 | 70,167 | 70,016 | 70,011 | 69,666 | 69,533 | 69,567 |
| Lee County | 20,559 | 20,589 | 20,539 | 20,324 | 20,263 | 20,138 | 20,140 | 20,119 | 20,119 |
| Lexington County | 240,160 | 234,934 | 230,538 | 226,738 | 222,678 | 220,031 | 216,897 | 216,010 | 216,014 |
| McCormick County | 10,226 | 10,129 | 10,071 | 10,260 | 10,192 | 10,103 | 9,990 | 9,958 | 9,958 |
| Marion County | 34,684 | 34,798 | 34,889 | 35,001 | 35,027 | 35,275 | 35,462 | 35,466 | 35,466 |
| Marlboro County | 29,152 | 27,722 | 28,210 | 28,315 | 28,566 | 28,605 | 28,815 | 28,818 | 28,818 |
| Newberry County | 37,762 | 37,315 | 37,095 | 36,855 | 36,718 | 36,313 | 36,038 | 36,004 | 36,108 |
| Oconee County | 70,567 | 69,676 | 68,949 | 68,430 | 67,918 | 67,029 | 66,430 | 66,215 | 66,215 |
| Orangeburg County | 90,845 | 90,916 | 90,842 | 91,148 | 91,335 | 91,403 | 91,503 | 91,514 | 91,582 |
| Pickens County | 114,446 | 113,221 | 112,698 | 112,008 | 111,418 | 111,507 | 110,991 | 110,757 | 110,757 |
| Richland County | 348,226 | 341,813 | 340,751 | 333,558 | 328,701 | 325,834 | 321,392 | 320,781 | 320,677 |
| Saluda County | 19,059 | 18,968 | 18,799 | 19,018 | 19,104 | 19,171 | 19,184 | 19,181 | 19,181 |
| Spartanburg County | 271,087 | 266,764 | 263,661 | 261,509 | 259,327 | 256,936 | 254,459 | 253,782 | 253,791 |
| Sumter County | 104,430 | 104,909 | 105,364 | 105,265 | 105,023 | 104,287 | 104,697 | 104,636 | 104,646 |
| Union County | 28,306 | 28,511 | 28,605 | 29,066 | 29,306 | 29,571 | 29,878 | 29,881 | 29,881 |
| Williamsburg County | 36,105 | 35,272 | 35,712 | 35,702 | 36,367 | 36,802 | 37,158 | 37,221 | 37,217 |
| York County | 199,035 | 190,111 | 183,370 | 178,224 | 173,868 | 169,604 | 165,730 | 164,623 | 164,614 |
Source: Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau