Decennial Census Data -- South Carolina

Population of Counties -- South Carolina: 1890-1990
County	1990	1980	1970	1960	1950	1940	1930	1920	1910	1900	1890
SOUTH CAROLINA	3,486,703	3,121,820	2,590,516	2,382,594	2,117,027	1,899,804	1,738,765	1,683,724	1,515,400	1,340,316	1,151,149
Abbeville	23,862	22,627	21,112	21,417	22,456	22,931	23,323	27,139	34,804	33,400	46,854
Aiken	120,940	105,625	91,023	81,038	53,137	49,916	47,403	45,574	41,849	39,032	31,822
Allendale	11,722	10,700	9,692	11,362	11,773	13,040	13,294	16,098	---	---	---
Anderson	145,196	133,235	105,474	98,478	90,664	88,712	80,949	76,349	69,568	55,728	43,696
Bamberg	16,902	18,118	15,950	16,274	17,533	18,643	19,410	20,962	18,544	17,296	---
Barnwell	20,293	19,868	17,176	17,659	17,266	20,138	21,221	23,081	34,209	35,504	44,613
Beaufort	86,425	65,364	51,136	44,187	26,993	22,037	21,815	22,269	30,355	35,495	34,119
Berkeley	128,776	94,727	56,199	38,196	30,251	27,128	22,236	22,558	23,487	30,454	55,428
Calhoun	12,753	12,206	10,780	12,256	14,753	16,229	16,707	18,384	16,634	---	---
Charleston	295,039	276,974	247,650	216,382	164,856	121,105	101,050	108,450	88,594	88,006	59,903
Cherokee	44,506	40,983	36,791	35,205	34,992	33,290	32,201	27,570	26,179	21,359	---
Chester	32,170	30,148	29,811	30,888	32,597	32,579	31,803	33,389	29,425	28,616	26,660
Chesterfield	38,577	38,161	33,667	33,717	36,236	35,963	34,334	31,969	26,301	20,401	18,468
Clarendon	28,450	27,464	25,604	29,490	32,215	31,500	30,036	34,878	32,188	28,184	23,233
Colleton	34,377	31,776	27,622	27,816	28,242	26,268	25,821	29,897	35,390	33,452	40,293
Darlington	61,851	62,717	53,442	52,928	50,016	45,198	41,427	39,126	36,027	32,388	29,134
Dillon	29,114	31,083	28,838	30,584	30,930	29,625	25,733	25,278	22,615	---	---
Dorchester	83,060	58,761	32,276	24,383	22,601	19,928	18,956	19,459	17,891	16,294	---
Edgefield	18,375	17,528	15,692	15,735	16,591	17,894	19,326	23,928	28,281	25,478	49,259
Fairfield	22,295	20,700	19,999	20,713	21,780	24,187	23,287	27,159	29,442	29,425	28,599
Florence	114,344	110,163	89,636	84,438	79,710	70,582	61,027	50,406	35,671	28,474	25,027
Georgetown	46,302	42,461	33,500	34,798	31,762	26,352	21,738	21,716	22,270	22,846	20,857
Greenville	320,167	287,913	240,546	209,776	168,152	136,580	117,009	88,498	68,377	53,490	44,310
Greenwood	59,567	57,847	49,686	44,346	41,628	40,083	36,078	35,791	34,225	28,343	---
Hampton	18,191	18,159	15,878	17,425	18,027	17,465	17,243	19,550	25,126	23,738	20,544
Horry	144,053	101,419	69,992	68,247	59,820	51,951	39,376	32,077	26,995	23,364	19,256
Jasper	15,487	14,504	11,885	12,237	10,995	11,011	9,988	9,868	---	---	---
Kershaw	43,599	39,015	34,727	33,585	32,287	32,913	32,070	29,398	27,094	24,696	22,361
Lancaster	54,516	53,361	43,328	39,352	37,071	33,542	27,980	28,628	26,650	24,311	20,761
Laurens	58,092	52,214	49,713	47,609	46,974	44,185	42,094	42,560	41,550	37,382	31,610
Lee	18,437	18,929	18,323	21,832	23,173	24,908	24,096	26,827	25,318	---	---
Lexington	167,611	140,353	89,012	60,726	44,279	35,994	36,494	35,676	32,040	27,264	22,181
McCormick	8,868	7,797	7,955	8,629	9,577	10,367	11,471	16,444	---	---	---
Marion	33,899	34,179	30,270	32,014	33,110	30,107	27,221	23,721	20,596	35,181	29,976
Marlboro	29,361	31,634	27,151	28,529	31,766	33,281	31,634	33,180	31,189	27,639	23,500
Newberry	33,172	31,242	29,273	29,416	31,771	33,577	34,681	35,552	34,586	30,182	26,434
Oconee	57,494	48,611	40,728	40,204	39,050	36,512	33,368	30,117	27,337	23,634	18,687
Orangeburg	84,803	82,276	69,789	68,559	68,726	63,707	63,864	64,907	55,893	59,663	49,393
Pendleton	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Pickens	93,894	79,292	58,956	46,030	40,058	37,111	33,709	28,329	25,422	19,375	16,389
Richland	285,720	269,735	233,868	200,102	142,565	104,843	87,667	78,122	55,143	45,589	36,821
Saluda	16,357	16,150	14,528	14,554	15,924	17,192	18,148	22,088	20,943	18,966	---
Spartanburg	226,800	201,861	173,724	156,830	150,349	127,733	116,323	94,265	83,465	65,560	55,385
Sumter	102,637	88,243	79,425	74,941	57,634	52,463	45,902	43,040	38,472	51,237	43,605
Union	30,337	30,751	29,230	30,015	31,334	31,360	30,920	30,372	29,911	25,501	25,363
Williamsburg	36,815	38,226	34,243	40,932	43,807	41,011	34,914	38,539	37,626	31,685	27,777
York	131,497	106,720	85,216	78,760	71,596	58,663	53,418	50,536	47,718	41,684	38,831

Population of Counties -- South Carolina: 1790-1880

County 1880 1870 1860 1850 1840 1830 1820 1810 1800 1790 Notes

SOUTH CAROLINA 995,577 705,606 703,708 668,507 594,398 581,185 502,741 415,115 345,591 249,073 See note 1

Abbeville 40,815 31,129 32,385 32,318 29,351 28,149 23,167 21,156 13,553 9,197

Aiken 28,112 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- See note 2

Allendale --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- See note 3

Anderson 33,612 24,049 22,873 21,475 18,493 17,169 --- --- --- --- *Pendleton

Bamberg --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- *Barnwell

Barnwell 39,857 35,724 30,743 26,608 21,471 19,236 14,750 12,280 7,376 --- *Orangeburg

Beaufort 30,176 34,359 40,053 38,805 35,794 37,032 32,199 25,887 20,428 18,753 See note 4

Berkeley --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- *Charleston

Calhoun --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- See note 5

Charleston 102,800 88,863 70,100 72,805 82,661 86,338 80,212 63,179 57,480 66,985 See note 6

Cherokee --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- See note 7

Chester 24,153 18,805 18,122 18,038 17,747 17,182 14,189 11,479 8,185 6,866

Chesterfield 16,345 10,584 11,834 10,790 8,574 8,472 6,645 5,564 5,216 --- See note 8

Clarendon 19,190 14,038 13,095 --- --- --- --- --- --- 2,392 See note 9

Colleton 36,386 25,410 41,916 39,505 25,548 27,256 26,404 26,359 24,903 --- See note 10

Darlington 34,485 26,243 20,361 16,830 14,822 13,728 10,949 9,047 7,631 --- See note 11

Dillon --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- *Marion

Dorchester --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- *Colleton

Edgefield 45,844 42,486 39,887 39,262 32,852 30,509 25,119 23,160 18,130 13,289

Fairfield 27,765 19,888 22,111 21,404 20,165 21,546 17,174 11,857 10,087 7,623

Florence --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- See note 12

Georgetown 19,613 16,161 21,305 20,647 18,274 19,943 17,603 15,679 22,938 22,122 See note 13

Greenville 37,496 22,262 21,892 20,156 17,839 16,476 14,530 13,133 11,504 6,503

Greenwood --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- See note 14

Hampton 18,741 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- *Beaufort

Horry 15,574 10,721 7,962 7,646 5,755 5,245 5,025 4,349 --- --- *Georgetown

Jasper --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- See note 15

Kershaw 21,538 11,754 13,086 14,473 12,281 13,545 12,432 9,867 7,340 --- See note 16

Lancaster 16,903 12,087 11,797 10,988 9,907 10,361 8,716 6,318 6,012 6,302

Laurens 29,444 22,536 23,858 23,407 21,584 20,863 17,682 14,982 12,809 9,337

Lee --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- See note 17

Lexington 18,564 12,988 15,579 12,930 12,111 9,065 8,083 6,641 --- --- *Orangeburg

McCormick --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- See note 18

Marion 34,107 22,160 21,190 17,407 13,932 11,208 10,201 8,884 6,914 --- *Georgetown

Marlboro 20,598 11,814 12,434 10,789 8,408 8,582 6,425 4,966 5,452 10,706 See note 19

Newberry 26,497 20,775 20,879 20,143 18,350 17,441 16,104 13,964 12,006 9,342

Oconee 16,256 10,536 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- *Pickens

Orangeburg 41,395 16,865 24,896 23,582 18,519 18,453 15,653 13,229 15,766 18,513 See note 20

Pendleton --- --- --- --- --- --- 27,022 22,897 20,052 9,568 See note 21

Pickens 14,389 10,269 19,639 16,904 14,356 14,473 --- --- --- --- *Pendleton

Richland 28,573 23,025 18,307 20,243 16,397 14,772 12,321 9,027 6,097 3,930

Saluda --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- *Edgefield

Spartanburg 40,409 25,784 26,919 26,400 23,669 21,150 16,989 14,259 12,122 8,800

Sumter 37,037 25,268 23,859 33,220 27,892 28,277 25,369 19,054 13,103 4,548 See note 22

Union 24,080 19,248 19,635 19,852 18,936 17,906 14,126 10,995 10,237 7,693

Williamsburg 24,110 15,489 15,489 12,447 10,327 9,018 8,716 6,871 --- --- *Georgetown

York 30,713 24,286 21,502 19,433 18,383 17,790 14,936 10,032 10,250 6,604

Population of Counties -- South Carolina: 1790-1880
County	1880	1870	1860	1850	1840	1830	1820	1810	1800	1790	Notes
SOUTH CAROLINA	995,577	705,606	703,708	668,507	594,398	581,185	502,741	415,115	345,591	249,073	See note 1
Abbeville	40,815	31,129	32,385	32,318	29,351	28,149	23,167	21,156	13,553	9,197
Aiken	28,112	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	See note 2
Allendale	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	See note 3
Anderson	33,612	24,049	22,873	21,475	18,493	17,169	---	---	---	---	*Pendleton
Bamberg	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	*Barnwell
Barnwell	39,857	35,724	30,743	26,608	21,471	19,236	14,750	12,280	7,376	---	*Orangeburg
Beaufort	30,176	34,359	40,053	38,805	35,794	37,032	32,199	25,887	20,428	18,753	See note 4
Berkeley	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	*Charleston
Calhoun	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	See note 5
Charleston	102,800	88,863	70,100	72,805	82,661	86,338	80,212	63,179	57,480	66,985	See note 6
Cherokee	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	See note 7
Chester	24,153	18,805	18,122	18,038	17,747	17,182	14,189	11,479	8,185	6,866
Chesterfield	16,345	10,584	11,834	10,790	8,574	8,472	6,645	5,564	5,216	---	See note 8
Clarendon	19,190	14,038	13,095	---	---	---	---	---	---	2,392	See note 9
Colleton	36,386	25,410	41,916	39,505	25,548	27,256	26,404	26,359	24,903	---	See note 10
Darlington	34,485	26,243	20,361	16,830	14,822	13,728	10,949	9,047	7,631	---	See note 11
Dillon	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	*Marion
Dorchester	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	*Colleton
Edgefield	45,844	42,486	39,887	39,262	32,852	30,509	25,119	23,160	18,130	13,289
Fairfield	27,765	19,888	22,111	21,404	20,165	21,546	17,174	11,857	10,087	7,623
Florence	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	See note 12
Georgetown	19,613	16,161	21,305	20,647	18,274	19,943	17,603	15,679	22,938	22,122	See note 13
Greenville	37,496	22,262	21,892	20,156	17,839	16,476	14,530	13,133	11,504	6,503
Greenwood	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	See note 14
Hampton	18,741	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	*Beaufort
Horry	15,574	10,721	7,962	7,646	5,755	5,245	5,025	4,349	---	---	*Georgetown
Jasper	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	See note 15
Kershaw	21,538	11,754	13,086	14,473	12,281	13,545	12,432	9,867	7,340	---	See note 16
Lancaster	16,903	12,087	11,797	10,988	9,907	10,361	8,716	6,318	6,012	6,302
Laurens	29,444	22,536	23,858	23,407	21,584	20,863	17,682	14,982	12,809	9,337
Lee	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	See note 17
Lexington	18,564	12,988	15,579	12,930	12,111	9,065	8,083	6,641	---	---	*Orangeburg
McCormick	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	See note 18
Marion	34,107	22,160	21,190	17,407	13,932	11,208	10,201	8,884	6,914	---	*Georgetown
Marlboro	20,598	11,814	12,434	10,789	8,408	8,582	6,425	4,966	5,452	10,706	See note 19
Newberry	26,497	20,775	20,879	20,143	18,350	17,441	16,104	13,964	12,006	9,342
Oconee	16,256	10,536	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	*Pickens
Orangeburg	41,395	16,865	24,896	23,582	18,519	18,453	15,653	13,229	15,766	18,513	See note 20
Pendleton	---	---	---	---	---	---	27,022	22,897	20,052	9,568	See note 21
Pickens	14,389	10,269	19,639	16,904	14,356	14,473	---	---	---	---	*Pendleton
Richland	28,573	23,025	18,307	20,243	16,397	14,772	12,321	9,027	6,097	3,930
Saluda	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	*Edgefield
Spartanburg	40,409	25,784	26,919	26,400	23,669	21,150	16,989	14,259	12,122	8,800
Sumter	37,037	25,268	23,859	33,220	27,892	28,277	25,369	19,054	13,103	4,548	See note 22
Union	24,080	19,248	19,635	19,852	18,936	17,906	14,126	10,995	10,237	7,693
Williamsburg	24,110	15,489	15,489	12,447	10,327	9,018	8,716	6,871	---	---	*Georgetown
York	30,713	24,286	21,502	19,433	18,383	17,790	14,936	10,032	10,250	6,604

South Carolina Notes

South Carolina was one of the 13 original States. By the time of the 1790 census it had essentially its current boundaries, with some later adjustments following improved surveys.

The census has covered all of the State ever since 1790, except for a narrow strip of Indian lands on the northwestern border, first enumerated in 1820. The 1790 census was not completed in South Carolina until early 1792.

County Notes:
Note 1: In 1790 South Carolina was divided into seven districts, two of which were reported by subdivisions termed counties. The populations of four of the other five districts (Beaufort, Charleston, Georgetown, Orangeburg) are shown in the table in Part III for the counties of the same names; the population of Cheraws District is shown for Marlboro County. For 1800, the populations reported for Chesterfield, Darlington, and Marlboro subdivisions of Cheraw District are shown in the table for the counties of the same names; all three became separate districts by 1810. Otherwise, the populations shown for 1800 through 1860 are those reported for districts; besides Cheraw, a few other districts contained subdivisions called counties, but these are not shown in the table. All districts were redesignated counties in 1868.

Note 2: Aiken: *Barnwell, Edgefield, Lexington, Orangeburg.

Note 3: Allendale: *Barnwell, Hampton.

Note 4: Beaufort: 1790: Beaufort District.

Note 5: Calhoun: *Orangeburg, Lexington.

Note 6: Charleston: 1790: Charleston District.

Note 7: Cherokee: *Spartanburg, Union, York.

Note 8: Chesterfield: *Cheraws (Marlboro); see also note 1.

Note 9: Clarendon: Reported as part of Sumter District from 1810 through 1850.

Note 10: Colleton: *Charleston District.

Note 11: Darlington: *Cheraws (Marlboro) District; see also note 1.

Note 12: Florence: *Marion, Darlington, Williamsburg, Clarendon.

Note 13: Georgetown: 1790: Georgetown District.

Note 14: Greenwood: *Abbeville, Edgefield.

Note 15: Jasper: *Beaufort, Hampton.

Note 16: Kershaw: *Lancaster, Richland, Claremont (Sumter), Fairfield.

Note 17: Lee: *Sumter, Kershaw, Darlington.

Note 18: McCormick: *Abbeville, Edgefield, Greenwood.

Note 19: Marlboro: 1790: Cheraws District; see also note 1.

Note 20: Orangeburg: 1790: Orangeburg District.

Note 21: Pendleton: To Anderson and Pickens.

Note 22: Sumter: 1790: Claremont.

Population of Counties -- South Carolina: 1890-1990

Population of Counties -- South Carolina: 1790-1880

South Carolina Notes