South Carolina

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Background • Federal Census Summary • Counties • Links to State ResourcesBackground

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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.

Federal Census Summary

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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.

1790: 249,073	1800: 345,591	1810: 415,115	1820: 502,741	1830: 581,185	1840: 594,398	1850: 668,507	1860: 703,708
1870: 705,606	1880: 995,577	1890: 1,151,149	1900: 1,340,316	1910: 1,515,400	1920: 1,683,724	1930: 1,738,765	1940: 1,899,804
1950: 2,117,027	1960: 2,382,594	1970: 2,590,516	1980: 3,121,820	1990: 3,486,703	2000: 4,012,012

Counties
Abbeville Aiken Allendale Anderson Bamberg Barnwell Beaufort Berkeley Calhoun Charleston Cherokee Chester	Chesterfield Clarendon Colleton Darlington Dillon Dorchester Edgefield Fairfield Florence Georgetown Greenville Greenwood	Hampton Horry Jasper Kershaw Lancaster Laurens Lee Lexington McCormick Marion Marlboro	Newberry Oconee Orangeburg Pendleton Pickens Richland Saluda Spartanburg Sumter Union Williamsburg York

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References

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Forstall, Richard L., Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790 to 1990, U.S. Bureau of the Census, Washington, DC, 1996.

Perry, Marc J., et. al., Population Change and Distribution: Census 2000 Brief, U.S. Bureau of the Census, Washington, DC, 2001.