South Carolina Population 2024

March 2, 2024 by Babji

South Carolina (U.S. state abbreviation is 'SC') is the south eastern state of the United States, borders North Carolina to the north, Atlantic Ocean to the southeast, Georgia to the southwest. South Carolina population in 2024 is estimated to be 5.41 million, ranks 23rd populous state in US, area is 32,030 sq miles (82,931 sq km), ranks 40th largest by area. South Carolina is gaining population and increase of 241,404 since last census of 2020. Its Capital city is Columbia and other top cities are Charleston, North Charleston, Mount Pleasant town and Rock Hill. Orangeburg, Darlington, Clinton, Cayce, Hartsville, Myrtle Beach are the most dangerous cities in South Carolina. The Carolina colony was established by British and was split in 1729 into North and South Carolina, and it was named after King Charles Carolus. At the end of Pre-Columbian era there were many Native tribes, Cherokee and Catawba being the largest tribal groups. The Hunting Island was named 'Isle of Palms' and then Long Island, believed to be more than 25,000 years old, and was first inhabitants by the indigenous Seewee Indians.

Contents
Population by Race
Top Cities of South Carolina
Population Pyramid
Languages
Education
Disablity
Counties of South Carolina

Population of South Carolina is projected 5.1 million in 2019 with change of 1.26%, compared to 1.25% in 2018. According to U.S. 2020 Census Results, SC population in 2020 is 5,118,425. South Carolina population in 2023 is estimated to be 5.35 million, population in 2022 is estimated to be 5.282 million, and in 2021 is estimated to be 5.19 million.

Year	Population	% Change
2010	4,635,656
2011	4,671,422	0.77
2012	4,717,112	0.98
2013	4,764,153	1.00
2014	4,823,793	1.25
2015	4,892,253	1.42
2016	4,958,235	1.35
2017	5,021,219	1.27
2018	5,084,127	1.25
2019	5,148,187	1.26
2020	5,118,425	census updated July 1, 2020
2021*	5,190,705	1.41
2022*	5,283,100	1.78
2023*	5,418,347	2.56

Source : Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2018, last census by July 1, 2020

South Carolina Population by Race

According to 2017 demographics estimates population of South Carolina by race are, 66.1% belongs to White Americans, 27% are African Americans, 5.4% are Hispanic/Latino's and 1.47% are Asians

White Population

White population in South Carolina are 3,292,598, percentage wise 67.29 percent are whites. Whites, also called White Americans or European American, having origins in the original peoples of Europe (numbers include hispanic whites).

Black Population

Black population in South Carolina are 1,332,110, percentage wise 27.22 percent are blacks. African American refers to black population in South Carolina, They are Black racial groups of Africa, includes Sub-Saharan African people, Kenyan, Nigerian, Caribbean such as Haitian and Jamaican.

Asian Population

Asian population in South Carolina are 71,994, percentage wise 1.47 percent are asians, out of these 16,893 are Asian Indians, 15,527 are Chinese, 11,652 are Filipinos, 2,091 are Japanese, 6,210 are Korean, 7,318 are Vietnamese and 12,303 are other Asian nationals.

Hispanic Population

Hispanic population in South Carolina are 267,398. Percentage wise 5.46 percent are hispanics, out of these 150,058 are Mexican people, 36,022 are Puerto Ricans, 7,444 are Cubans, and 73,874 are other Hispanic or Latinos. Hispanics may be of any race, included in applicable race categories.

14,992 belongs to Native Indians and Alaska Natives, 3,069 are Cherokee tribals, 324 are Chippewa tribals, 158 are Navajo's, 369 are Sioux tribal groups. 721 are Native Hawaiian's, 845 are Guamanian/Chamorro's, 295 are Somoan's, and 1,154 are other pacific Islanders.

Total Population	4,893,444	Percent
White	3,292,598	67.29%
Black or African American	1,332,110	27.22%
American Indian and Alaska Native	14,992	0.306%
Cherokee tribal grouping	3,069	0.063%
Chippewa tribal grouping	324	0.007%
Navajo tribal grouping	158	0.003%
Sioux tribal grouping	369	0.008%
Asian Population	71,994	1.47%
Asian Indian	16,893	0.35%
Chinese	15,527	0.32%
Filipino	11,652	0.24%
Japanese	2,091	0.04%
Korean	6,210	0.13%
Vietnamese	7,318	0.15%
Other Asian Population	12,303
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	3,015	0.06%
Native Hawaiian	721	0.015%
Guamanian or Chamorro	845	0.017%
Samoan	295	0.006%
Other Pacific Islander	1,154
Some other race	74,328
Hispanic or Latino	267,398	5.46%
Mexican	150,058	3.07%
Puerto Rican	36,022	0.74%
Cuban	7,444	0.15%
Other Hispanic or Latino	73,874

Source: US Census 2017(Table B03002)

Top Cities of South Carolina

Rank	Cities	Population(2018)
1	Charleston	136,208
2	Columbia	133,451
3	North Charleston	113,237
4	Mount Pleasant town	89,338
5	Rock Hill	74,309
6	Greenville	68,563
7	Summerville town	51,692

Population Pyramid

Source: 2021 US Census Estimates: Population In Five Year Age-Group

South Carolina Population by Age

According to 2019 US population estimates, population of South Carolina by age is 4,893,444, out of these 2,376,759 are male, 2,516,685 are female, The sex ratio of South Carolina is 944. The South Carolina population by age are, under 15 years is 905,499, 15 years and over is 3,987,945, 30 years and over is 2,994,878, 65 years and over is 795,256 and 85 years and over is 82,560. 48.57 percent are male, 51.43 percent are female, 18.50 percent are under 15 years old, 81.50 percent are 15 years and over, 61.20 percent are 30 years and over, 16.25 percent are 65 years and over, 1.69 percent are 85 years and over.

Languages spoken in SC

English is the official language in SC state, stats of people speak native language at home are, 93.1% speak English, 4.5% Spanish, 1.3% European languages, 0.9% Asian languges.
Out of 42,471 Asian language speakers, 3451 speak Hindi, 4358 Gujarati, 1312 Urdu, 603 Punjabi, 499 Bengali, 1191 Nepali/Marathi, 1348 speak Telugu, 1163 Tamil, 878 Malayalam/Kannada.
People from mid asia and east asia, 11735 speak Chinese Mandarin/Cantonese, 2216 Japanese, 4769 Korean, 1207 Hmong, 5509 Vietnamese, 1261 Khmer, 2135 Thai/lao, 6957 Tagalog.
1324 speak Ilocano/Samoan/Hawaiian languages, 5326 Arabic. 1862 Hebrew, 892 Persian.
People from African continent speak, 970 Amharic/Somali, 1625 Yoruba/Twi/Igbo, 935 Swahili.
People from the Europe continent speak, 10215 French, 2319 Italian, 4055 Portuguese, 11542 German, 1489 Yiddish/Pennsylvania Dutch, 2016 Greek, 5949 Russian, 1617 Polish, 892 Serbo-Croatian, 3548 Ukranian/Slavic, 28 Armenian.

Languages	Population	Percentage
Speak only English	4,283,646	93.05
Spanish Language	205,469	4.46
European Language	59,822	1.30
Asian Languages	42,471	0.92
Other Languages	12,072	0.26

Source: US Census 2017(Table S1601)

South Carolina Education

Below is the education stats of high scool and college:

Population 18 to 24 years		476,888	246,044	230,844
		Total	Male	Female
	Less than high school graduate	66,365	38,477	27,888
	High school graduate (includes equivalency)	152,601	87,461	65,140
	Some college or associates degree	215,921	103,022	112,899
	Bachelors degree or higher	42,001	17,084	24,917
Population 25 years and over		3,325,601	1,575,312	1,750,289
	Less than 9th grade	148,353	77,751	70,602
	9th to 12th grade, no diploma	299,123	156,170	142,953
	High school graduate (includes equivalency)	978,521	478,722	499,799
	Some college, no degree	692,360	316,251	376,109
	Associates degree	309,163	126,759	182,404
	Bachelors degree	571,099	274,254	296,845
	Graduate or professional degree	326,982	145,405	181,577

White		2,249,123	1,078,687	1,170,436
	High school graduate or higher	2,026,943	964,022	1,062,921
	Bachelors degree or higher	715,160	349,086	366,074
Black or African		846,563	378,606	467,957
	High school graduate or higher	685,503	296,419	389,084
	Bachelors degree or higher	129,303	44,866	84,437
American Indian or Alaska Native alone		10,079	4,811	5,268
	High school graduate or higher	7,846	3,672	4,174
	Bachelors degree or higher	1,419	754	665
Asian		48,667	21,376	27,291
	High school graduate or higher	41,775	18,926	22,849
	Bachelors degree or higher	23,294	11,493	11,801
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander		1,673	819	854
	High school graduate or higher	1,512	732	780
	Bachelors degree or higher	329	157	172
Hispanic or Latino Origin		140,625	77,233	63,392
	High school graduate or higher	89,159	46,024	43,135
	Bachelors degree or higher	20,860	9,604	11,256

Source: US Census 2017(Table S1501)

Disability

Disable population of South Carolina state as per table below.

Total civilian non-institutionalized population	706,323
Male	343,824
Female	362,499
	-
White	475,319
Black or African American	205,469
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	3,438
Asian	4,417
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	225
Some other race	4,547
DISABILITY TYPE
With a hearing difficulty	189,541
With a vision difficulty	142,385
With a cognitive difficulty	263,773
With an ambulatory difficulty	388,007
With a self-care difficulty	144,215
With an independent living difficulty	251,491

Counties of South Carolina

South Carolina was formed with 46 states, As on 2017, Greenville is the largest County with 514,213 inhabitants, followed by Richland County with 414,576, Charleston County wuth 405,905, Horry County with 344,147 and Spartanburg is the fifth largest with County 313,888.

County	Population 2017	Population 2018	% Change	Rank 2017	Rank 2018
Abbeville County	24,560	24,541	-0.1	37	37
Aiken County	168,256	169,401	0.7	11	11
Allendale County	9,001	8,903	-1.1	46	46
Anderson County	198,268	200,482	1.1	9	9
Bamberg County	14,397	14,275	-0.8	44	44
Barnwell County	21,356	21,112	-1.1	39	39
Beaufort County	186,492	188,715	1.2	10	10
Berkeley County	214,470	221,091	3.1	8	8
Calhoun County	14,693	14,520	-1.2	43	43
Charleston County	401,738	405,905	1	3	3
Cherokee County	56,925	57,078	0.3	24	24
Chester County	32,285	32,251	-0.1	29	29
Chesterfield County	45,920	45,754	-0.4	25	25
Clarendon County	34,000	33,700	-0.9	28	28
Colleton County	37,594	37,660	0.2	27	27
Darlington County	67,033	66,802	-0.3	20	21
Dillon County	30,551	30,599	0.2	32	32
Dorchester County	158,881	160,647	1.1	12	12
Edgefield County	26,772	27,052	1	35	35
Fairfield County	22,612	22,402	-0.9	38	38
Florence County	138,513	138,159	-0.3	13	13
Georgetown County	61,841	62,249	0.7	23	23
Greenville County	506,552	514,213	1.5	1	1
Greenwood County	70,587	70,741	0.2	19	19
Hampton County	19,501	19,351	-0.8	41	41
Horry County	332,651	344,147	3.5	4	4
Jasper County	28,398	28,971	2	33	33
Kershaw County	65,092	65,592	0.8	22	22
Lancaster County	92,624	95,380	3	16	16
Laurens County	66,915	66,994	0.1	21	20
Lee County	17,267	17,142	-0.7	42	42
Lexington County	290,818	295,032	1.4	6	6
McCormick County	9,567	9,410	-1.6	45	45
Marion County	31,292	31,039	-0.8	30	30
Marlboro County	26,702	26,398	-1.1	36	36
Newberry County	38,428	38,520	0.2	26	26
Oconee County	77,437	78,374	1.2	18	18
Orangeburg County	87,673	86,934	-0.8	17	17
Pickens County	123,687	124,937	1	14	14
Richland County	411,471	414,576	0.8	2	2
Saluda County	20,424	20,544	0.6	40	40
Spartanburg County	306,632	313,888	2.4	5	5
Sumter County	106,514	106,512	0	15	15
Union County	27,498	27,410	-0.3	34	34
Williamsburg County	31,185	30,606	-1.9	31	31
York County	266,146	274,118	3	7	7