South Carolina: cities and towns by population
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James Burfield , SEO consultant, Bath · Page updated
18 September 2026 · GeoNames
The largest of South Carolina's 306 recorded places, ranked by population — 2,323,184 people across the state's towns and cities.
The essentials
Columbia is the largest place we record in South Carolina, with 142,416 residents. The three largest together hold 17% of the 2,323,184 people counted across the state's recorded towns and cities. That total sums listed places rather than measuring the state itself, so treat it as coverage, never as an official population.
All 306 places, ranked
Figures are the latest available in
GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are
UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant) where the UN lists the country separately; the handful it reports under a parent state keep a GeoNames figure and are marked as such.
Sources & method .
# Place Population 1 Columbia 142,416 2 Charleston 132,609 3 North Charleston 108,304 4 Mount Pleasant 81,317 5 Rock Hill 71,548 6 Greenville 64,579 7 Summerville 48,848 8 Sumter 40,816 9 Goose Creek 40,633 10 Hilton Head Island 40,512 11 Florence 38,228 12 Spartanburg 37,867 13 Hilton Head 37,099 14 Myrtle Beach 31,035 15 Aiken 30,604 16 Greer 28,365 17 Anderson 27,335 18 Mauldin 25,135 19 Greenwood 23,260 20 North Augusta 22,522 21 Taylors 21,617 22 Saint Andrews 21,151 23 Conway 21,053 24 Easley 20,765 25 Simpsonville 20,736 26 Wade Hampton 20,622 27 Lexington 20,138 28 Socastee 19,952 29 Hanahan 17,997 30 Bluffton 16,728 31 West Columbia 16,060 32 North Myrtle Beach 15,579 33 Clemson 15,446 34 Seven Oaks 15,144 35 Berea 14,295 36 Gantt 14,229 37 Five Forks 14,140 38 Dentsville 14,062 39 Ladson 13,790 40 Fort Mill 13,662 41 Cayce 13,619 42 Orangeburg 13,460 43 Beaufort 13,306 44 Red Hill 13,223 45 Red Hill 13,223 46 Gaffney 12,566 47 Port Royal 12,122 48 Irmo 12,056 49 Parker 11,431 50 Forest Acres 10,615 51 Newberry 10,331 52 Oak Grove 10,291 53 Moncks Corner 9,873 54 Red Bank 9,617 55 Tega Cay 9,608 56 Woodfield 9,303 57 Garden City 9,209 58 Laurens 9,166 59 Georgetown 9,062 60 Little River 8,960 61 Lancaster 8,956 62 Lake Wylie 8,841 63 Clinton 8,637 64 Bennettsville 8,605 65 Fountain Inn 8,317 66 Seneca 8,279 67 Sangaree 8,220 68 Boiling Springs 8,219 69 Oak Grove 8,183 70 Union 8,045 71 York 8,009 72 Sans Souci 7,869 73 Hartsville 7,826 74 Powdersville 7,618 75 Murrells Inlet 7,547 76 Lugoff 7,434 77 Camden 7,085 78 Burton 6,976 79 Lake City 6,788 80 Marion 6,714 81 Dillon 6,677 82 Welcome 6,668 83 Centerville 6,586 84 Valley Falls 6,299 85 Homeland Park 6,296 86 Darlington 6,155 87 James Island 6,000 88 Laurel Bay 5,891 89 Belvedere 5,792 90 Cheraw 5,778 91 Clover 5,744 92 Chester 5,486 93 Lake Murray of Richland 5,484 94 Batesburg-Leesville 5,441 95 Hardeeville 5,301 96 Centerville 5,288 97 Walterboro 5,278 98 Abbeville 5,191 99 Central 5,167 100 Piedmont 5,103 101 Boiling Springs 5,076 102 Travelers Rest 4,994 103 Hollywood 4,962 104 Brookdale 4,873 105 Edgefield 4,760 106 Forestbrook 4,612 107 Barnwell 4,592 108 Mullins 4,519 109 Batesburg 4,380 110 Clearwater 4,370 111 Belton 4,336 112 Surfside Beach 4,280 113 Walhalla 4,251 114 Newport 4,136 115 Isle of Palms 4,133 116 Woodruff 4,129 117 Williamston 4,124 118 Manning 4,037 119 Ridgeland 3,999 120 Southern Shops 3,767 121 Northlake 3,745 122 Honea Path 3,707 123 Dunean 3,671 124 Saluda 3,596 125 Saxon 3,424 126 Lyman 3,423 127 Bamberg 3,383 128 Winnsboro 3,351 129 India Hook 3,328 130 Duncan 3,317 131 Denmark 3,315 132 Bishopville 3,274 133 North Hartsville 3,251 134 Liberty 3,246 135 Kingstree 3,183 136 Pickens 3,173 137 Pendleton 3,152 138 Allendale 3,126 139 Lesslie 3,112 140 East Gaffney 3,085 141 Dalzell 3,059 142 Lakewood 3,032 143 Williston 3,028 144 Andrews 2,888 145 Hopkins 2,882 146 Gloverville 2,831 147 Shell Point 2,817 148 Springdale 2,783 149 Blythewood 2,782 150 Folly Beach 2,774 151 Pageland 2,746 152 Burnettown 2,673 153 Hampton 2,664 154 Arcadia 2,634 155 Graniteville 2,614 156 Elgin 2,607 157 Ravenel 2,600 158 Loris 2,591 159 McCormick 2,578 160 Springdale 2,574 161 Edisto 2,559 162 Arial 2,543 163 Wellford 2,526 164 Cherryvale 2,496 165 Landrum 2,493 166 Wilkinson Heights 2,493 167 Westminster 2,484 168 Golden Grove 2,467 169 South Sumter 2,411 170 South Congaree 2,388 171 Timmonsville 2,378 172 Pacolet 2,352 173 Privateer 2,349 174 Johnston 2,348 175 Shell Point 2,336 176 Blackville 2,295 177 Inman 2,273 178 Cowpens 2,267 179 Leesville 2,235 180 Roebuck 2,200 181 Slater-Marietta 2,176 182 Ware Shoals 2,175 183 New Ellenton 2,121 184 Saint George 2,084 185 McColl 2,068 186 Varnville 2,067 187 Pineridge 2,064 188 Kershaw 2,052 189 Judson 2,050 190 Ninety Six 2,048 191 Saint Matthews 2,021 192 Lancaster Mill 1,978 193 Calhoun Falls 1,964 194 Estill 1,950 195 Great Falls 1,932 196 Bonneau Beach 1,929 197 Winnsboro Mills 1,898 198 Blacksburg 1,883 199 Seabrook Island 1,844 200 Ridgeville 1,836
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