Percent Distribution and Percent Change of South Carolina Urban and Rural Population (1990-2000)
| County | April 1, 2000 | Percent Change 1990-2000 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Urban | Rural | |||||
| Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Urban | Rural | ||
| Abbeville | 26,167 | 6,130 | 23.4 | 20,037 | 76.6 | 2.5 | 12.0 |
| Aiken | 142,552 | 86,786 | 60.9 | 55,766 | 39.1 | 20.5 | 14.1 |
| Allendale | 11,211 | 6,616 | 59.0 | 4,595 | 41.0 | 50.0 | -37.2 |
| Anderson | 165,740 | 96,680 | 58.3 | 69,060 | 41.7 | 36.9 | -7.4 |
| Bamberg | 16,658 | 7,614 | 45.7 | 9,044 | 54.3 | 0.1 | -2.7 |
| Barnwell | 23,478 | 3,496 | 14.9 | 19,982 | 85.1 | -68.3 | 116.0 |
| Beaufort | 120,937 | 86,383 | 71.4 | 34,554 | 28.6 | 48.4 | 22.4 |
| Berkeley | 142,651 | 94,157 | 66.0 | 48,494 | 34.0 | 12.2 | 8.1 |
| Calhoun | 15,185 | 0 | - | 15,185 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 19.1 |
| Charleston | 309,969 | 267,629 | 86.3 | 42,340 | 13.7 | 3.1 | 19.8 |
| Cherokee | 52,537 | 20,307 | 38.7 | 32,230 | 61.3 | 23.6 | 14.8 |
| Chester | 34,068 | 11,140 | 32.7 | 22,928 | 67.3 | 55.6 | -8.3 |
| Chesterfield | 42,768 | 11,732 | 27.4 | 31,036 | 72.6 | 43.6 | 2.1 |
| Clarendon | 32,502 | 4,772 | 14.7 | 27,730 | 85.3 | 7.8 | 15.4 |
| Colleton | 38,264 | 10,034 | 26.2 | 28,230 | 73.8 | 82.7 | -2.3 |
| Darlington | 67,394 | 30,579 | 45.4 | 36,815 | 54.6 | 49.9 | -11.2 |
| Dillon | 30,722 | 10,544 | 34.3 | 20,178 | 65.7 | 54.4 | -9.5 |
| Dorchester | 96,413 | 70,344 | 73.0 | 26,069 | 27.0 | 25.7 | -3.8 |
| Edgefield | 24,595 | 5,218 | 21.2 | 19,377 | 78.8 | -0.8 | 47.7 |
| Fairfield | 23,454 | 5,955 | 25.4 | 17,499 | 74.6 | 71.4 | -7.0 |
| Florence | 125,761 | 72,929 | 58.0 | 52,832 | 42.0 | 21.5 | -2.8 |
| Georgetown | 55,797 | 30,514 | 54.7 | 25,283 | 45.3 | 92.0 | -16.9 |
| Greenville | 379,616 | 315,095 | 83.0 | 64,521 | 17.0 | 28.4 | -13.7 |
| Greenwood | 66,271 | 37,623 | 56.8 | 28,648 | 43.2 | 80.8 | -26.1 |
| Hampton | 21,386 | 7,648 | 35.8 | 13,738 | 64.2 | 155.2 | -9.6 |
| Horry | 196,629 | 118,817 | 60.4 | 77,812 | 39.6 | 38.8 | 33.1 |
| Jasper | 20,678 | 3,616 | - | 17,062 | 82.5 | 0.0 | 10.2 |
| Kershaw | 52,647 | 19,969 | 37.9 | 32,678 | 62.1 | 101.6 | -3.0 |
| Lancaster | 61,351 | 23,705 | 38.6 | 37,646 | 61.4 | 105.1 | -12.4 |
| Laurens | 69,567 | 23,895 | 34.3 | 45,672 | 65.7 | 29.6 | 15.2 |
| Lee | 20,119 | 3,767 | 18.7 | 16,352 | 81.3 | 5.8 | 9.9 |
| Lexington | 216,014 | 143,177 | 66.3 | 72,837 | 33.7 | 44.0 | 6.9 |
| McCormick | 9,958 | 0 | - | 9,958 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 12.3 |
| Marion | 35,466 | 14,065 | 39.7 | 21,401 | 60.3 | 3.7 | 5.3 |
| Marlboro | 28,818 | 15,214 | 52.8 | 13,604 | 47.2 | 26.5 | -21.5 |
| Newberry | 36,108 | 11,962 | 33.1 | 24,146 | 66.9 | 13.5 | 6.7 |
| Oconee | 66,215 | 19,490 | 29.4 | 46,725 | 70.6 | 33.5 | 8.9 |
| Orangeburg | 91,582 | 30,300 | 33.1 | 61,282 | 66.9 | 19.8 | 3.0 |
| Pickens | 110,757 | 64,579 | 58.3 | 46,178 | 41.7 | 77.7 | -19.8 |
| Richland | 320,677 | 279,512 | 87.2 | 41,165 | 12.8 | 15.6 | -6.2 |
| Saluda | 19,181 | 3,580 | 18.7 | 15,601 | 81.3 | 12.5 | 18.4 |
| Spartanburg | 253,791 | 164,341 | 64.8 | 89,450 | 35.2 | 38.8 | -17.4 |
| Sumter | 104,646 | 64,956 | 62.1 | 39,690 | 37.9 | 7.0 | -5.4 |
| Union | 29,881 | 10,667 | 35.7 | 19,214 | 64.3 | 8.4 | -6.3 |
| Williamsburg | 37,217 | 5,638 | 15.1 | 31,579 | 84.9 | 45.7 | -4.1 |
| York | 164,614 | 105,846 | 64.3 | 58,768 | 35.7 | 42.1 | 3.1 |
| South Carolina | 4,012,012 | 2,427,021 | 60.5 | 1,584,991 | 39.5 | 27.4 | 0.2 |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census of Population and Housing 1990 and 2000.