South Carolina: Cities and towns · July 1, 2025 PEP estimate
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Cities and towns · July 1, 2025 PEP estimate
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Cities and towns · July 1, 2025 PEP estimate (271)
| Name | Type | State rank | July 1, 2025 population |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charleston cityBerkeley County; Charleston County | City | 1 | 159,423 |
| Columbia cityKershaw County; Lexington County; Richland County | City | 2 | 147,035 |
| North Charleston cityBerkeley County; Charleston County; Dorchester County | City | 3 | 129,245 |
| Mount Pleasant townCharleston County | Town | 4 | 95,469 |
| Rock Hill cityYork County | City | 5 | 75,911 |
| Greenville cityGreenville County | City | 6 | 75,310 |
| Summerville townBerkeley County; Charleston County; Dorchester County | Town | 7 | 53,177 |
| Goose Creek cityBerkeley County | City | 8 | 52,010 |
| Greer cityGreenville County; Spartanburg County | City | 9 | 50,007 |
| Sumter citySumter County | City | 10 | 43,094 |
| Florence cityDarlington County; Florence County | City | 11 | 41,231 |
| Myrtle Beach cityHorry County | City | 12 | 40,937 |
| Spartanburg citySpartanburg County | City | 13 | 39,978 |
| Fort Mill townYork County | Town | 14 | 38,673 |
| Hilton Head Island townBeaufort County | Town | 15 | 38,196 |
| Bluffton townBeaufort County | Town | 16 | 36,807 |
| Aiken cityAiken County | City | 17 | 33,808 |
| Mauldin cityGreenville County | City | 18 | 31,465 |
| Anderson cityAnderson County | City | 19 | 31,323 |
| Conway cityHorry County | City | 20 | 30,627 |
| Simpsonville cityGreenville County | City | 21 | 28,459 |
| Easley cityAnderson County; Pickens County | City | 22 | 27,319 |
| North Augusta cityAiken County; Edgefield County | City | 23 | 26,982 |
| Lexington townLexington County | Town | 24 | 25,729 |
| Greenwood cityGreenwood County | City | 25 | 22,745 |
| Hanahan cityBerkeley County | City | 26 | 22,415 |
| North Myrtle Beach cityHorry County | City | 27 | 21,346 |
| Moncks Corner townBerkeley County | Town | 28 | 20,612 |
| Clemson cityAnderson County; Pickens County | City | 29 | 18,941 |
| West Columbia cityLexington County; Richland County | City | 30 | 18,489 |
| Port Royal townBeaufort County | Town | 31 | 16,648 |
| Hardeeville cityBeaufort County; Jasper County | City | 32 | 16,459 |
| Beaufort cityBeaufort County | City | 33 | 15,775 |
| Fountain Inn cityGreenville County; Laurens County | City | 34 | 14,722 |
| Tega Cay cityYork County | City | 35 | 14,457 |
| Cayce cityLexington County; Richland County | City | 36 | 13,680 |
| Orangeburg cityOrangeburg County | City | 37 | 13,383 |
| James Island townCharleston County | Town | 38 | 12,660 |
| Gaffney cityCherokee County | City | 39 | 12,583 |
| Irmo townLexington County; Richland County | Town | 40 | 12,204 |
| Newberry cityNewberry County | City | 41 | 10,891 |
| York cityYork County | City | 42 | 10,620 |
| Forest Acres cityRichland County | City | 43 | 10,390 |
| Lancaster cityLancaster County | City | 44 | 9,623 |
| Seneca cityOconee County | City | 45 | 9,424 |
| Laurens cityLaurens County | City | 46 | 9,327 |
| Camden cityKershaw County | City | 47 | 9,201 |
| Travelers Rest cityGreenville County | City | 48 | 9,135 |
| Georgetown cityGeorgetown County | City | 49 | 8,869 |
| Union cityUnion County | City | 50 | 8,077 |
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