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Population 1790–2020: Total, Rank, Change, and Density | |||||
Year | Total SC | Rank | Change (%) | Density per square mile | |
SC | USA | ||||
1790 | 249,073 | 7 | n/a | n/a | 8.3 |
1800 | 345,591 | 6 | 38.8 | 35.1 | 11.3 |
1810 | 415,115 | 6 | 20.1 | 36.4 | 13.6 |
1820 | 502,741 | 8 | 21.1 | 33.1 | 16.5 |
1830 | 581,185 | 9 | 15.6 | 33.5 | 19.1 |
1840 | 594,398 | 11 | 2.3 | 32.7 | 19.5 |
1850 | 668,507 | 14 | 12.5 | 35.9 | 21.9 |
1860 | 703,708 | 18 | 5.3 | 35.6 | 23.1 |
1870 | 705,606 | 22 | 0.3 | 22.6 | 23.1 |
1880 | 995,577 | 21 | 41.1 | 30.2 | 32.6 |
1890 | 1,151,149 | 23 | 15.6 | 25.5 | 37.7 |
1900 | 1,340,316 | 24 | 16.4 | 21.0 | 44.0 |
1910 | 1,515,400 | 26 | 13.1 | 21.0 | 49.7 |
1920 | 1,683,724 | 26 | 11.1 | 14.9 | 55.2 |
1930 | 1,738,765 | 26 | 3.3 | 16.1 | 57.0 |
1940 | 1,899,804 | 26 | 9.3 | 7.2 | 62.1 |
1950 | 2,117,027 | 27 | 11.4 | 14.5 | 69.9 |
1960 | 2,382,594 | 26 | 12.5 | 19.0 | 78.7 |
1970 | 2,590,713 | 26 | 8.7 | 13.3 | 85.7 |
1980 | 3,122,814 | 24 | 20.5 | 11.5 | 103.4 |
1990 | 3,486,703 | 25 | 11.7 | 9.8 | 115.8 |
2000 | 4,012,012 | 26 | 15.1 | 13.2 | 133.2 |
2010 | 4,625,364 | 24 | 15.3 | 9.7 | 153.9 |
2020 | 5,118,425 | 23 | 10.7 | 7.4 | 170.3 |
Population and Rank of Largest Incorporated Places: 2020 | ||||
Place | Population | 2010–2020 change (%) | 2020 rank | 2010 rank |
Charleston | 150,227 | 25.1 | 1 | 2 |
Columbia | 136,632 | 5.7 | 2 | 1 |
North Charleston | 114,852 | 17.8 | 3 | 3 |
Mount Pleasant | 90,801 | 33.8 | 4 | 4 |
Rock Hill | 74,372 | 12.4 | 5 | 5 |
Greenville | 70,720 | 21.1 | 6 | 6 |
Summerville | 50,915 | 17.3 | 7 | 7 |
Goose Creek | 45,946 | 27.8 | 8 | 12 |
Sumter | 43,463 | 7.3 | 9 | 8 |
Florence | 39,899 | 7.7 | 10 | 10 |
Spartanburg | 38,732 | 4.6 | 11 | 11 |
Hilton Head Island | 37,661 | 1.5 | 12 | 9 |
Myrtle Beach | 35,682 | 31.6 | 13 | 14 |
Greer | 35,308 | 38.4 | 14 | 16 |
Aiken | 32,025 | 8.5 | 15 | 13 |
Anderson | 28,106 | 5.3 | 16 | 15 |
Bluffton | 27,716 | 121.2 | 17 | 40 |
Conway | 24,849 | 45.3 | 18 | 28 |
Mauldin | 24,724 | 8.0 | 19 | 18 |
Fort Mill | 24,521 | 126.8 | 20 | 41 |