Table 1.  The Most Populous Counties and Incorporated Places in 2010 in South Carolina:  2000 and 2010
(For information on confidentiality protection, nonsampling error, and definitions, see http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/pl94-171.pdf)
Population rank				Population		Change, 2000 to 2010
2010	2000		Geographic area	2000 1	2010	Number	Percent
			South Carolina………...……………………………………………….	4 012 012	4 625 364	613 352	15.3
			COUNTY
1	1		Greenville County………………………………………………	379 616	451 225	71 609	18.9
2	2		Richland County……………………………………………..	320 677	384 504	63 827	19.9
3	3		Charleston County…………………………………………….	309 969	350 209	40 240	13.0
4	4		Spartanburg County…………………………………………..	253 791	284 307	30 516	12.0
5	6		Horry County………………………………………………….	196 629	269 291	72 662	37.0
6	5		Lexington County……………………………………………	216 014	262 391	46 377	21.5
7	8		York County…………………………………………………..	164 614	226 073	61 459	37.3
8	7		Anderson County………………………………………….	165 740	187 126	21 386	12.9
9	9		Berkeley County……………………………………………..	142 651	177 843	35 192	24.7
10	12		Beaufort County……………………………………………	120 937	162 233	41 296	34.1
11	10		Aiken County………………………………………………	142 552	160 099	17 547	12.3
12	11		Florence County………………………………………………..	125 761	136 885	11 124	8.8
13	15		Dorchester County……………………………………………..	96 413	136 555	40 142	41.6
14	13		Pickens County……………………………………………….	110 757	119 224	8 467	7.6
15	14		Sumter County……………………………………………….	104 646	107 456	2 810	2.7
16	16		Orangeburg County……………………………………………………………………………	91 582	92 501	919	1.0
17	21		Lancaster County………………………………………………..	61 351	76 652	15 301	24.9
18	20		Oconee County…………………………………………………..	66 215	74 273	8 058	12.2
19	19		Greenwood County…………………………………………….	66 271	69 661	3 390	5.1
20	18		Darlington County……………………………………………….	67 394	68 681	1 287	1.9
			INCORPORATED PLACE
1	1		Columbia city……………………………………………..…	116 278	129 272	12 994	11.2
2	2		Charleston city………………………………………………	96 650	120 083	23 433	24.2
3	3		North Charleston city……………………………………….	79 641	97 471	17 830	22.4
4	6		Mount Pleasant town……………………………………………	47 609	67 843	20 234	42.5
5	5		Rock Hill city……………………………………………….	49 765	66 154	16 389	32.9
6	4		Greenville city…………………………………………………	56 002	58 409	2 407	4.3
7	12		Summerville town……………………………………………..	27 752	43 392	15 640	56.4
8	8		Sumter city………………………………………………….	39 643	40 524	881	2.2
9	9		Hilton Head Island town…………………………………….	33 862	37 099	3 237	9.6
10	10		Florence city………………………………………………	30 248	37 056	6 808	22.5
11	7		Spartanburg city……………………………..………………	39 673	37 013	- 2 660	-6.7
12	11		Goose Creek city…………………………………………….	29 208	35 938	6 730	23.0
13	14		Aiken city……………………………………………………	25 337	29 524	4 187	16.5
14	15		Myrtle Beach city…………………………………………….	22 759	27 109	4 350	19.1
15	13		Anderson city………………………………………………..	25 514	26 686	1 172	4.6
16	19		Greer city……………………………………………………	16 843	25 515	8 672	51.5
17	16		Greenwood city………………………………………………..	22 071	23 222	1 151	5.2
18	20		Mauldin city…………………………………………………	15 224	22 889	7 665	50.3
19	18		North Augusta city……………………………………………	17 574	21 348	3 774	21.5
20	17		Easley city……………………………………………………	17 754	19 993	2 239	12.6
1 Census 2000 counts are as published in Census 2000 reports and thus do not include any changes published subsequently due to boundary changes or to the Count Question Resolution program.
Source:  U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File, Table PL1, and 2010 Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File, Table P1.