LIST OF COUNTIES IN SOUTH CAROLINA

The U.S. state of South Carolina 'is made up of 46 counties.' They range in size from 392 sqaure miles (1,016 square kilometers) in the case of Calhoun County to 1,358 square miles (3,517 square kilometers) in the case of Charleston County. The least populous county is McCormick County, with only 9,958 residents, while the most populous county is Greenville County, with a population of 395,357, despite the state's most populous city, Columbia, being located in Richland County.

The 46 counties of South Carolina County County Seat Area Population (2000) Map Abbeville County Abbeville 511 mi2 (1,324 km2) 26,167 Aiken County Aiken 1,080 mi2 (2,798 km2) 142,552 Allendale County Allendale 413 mi2 (1,069 km2) 11,211 Anderson County Anderson 757 mi2 (1,962 km2) 165,740 Bamberg County Bamberg 395 mi2 (1,024 km2) 16,658 Barnwell County Barnwell 557 mi2 (1,557 km2) 23,478 Beaufort County Beaufort 923 mi2 (2,390 km2) 120,937 Berkeley County Moncks Corner 1,228 mi2 (2,843 km2) 142,651 Calhoun County St. Matthews 392 mi2 (1,016 km2) 15,185 Charleston County Charleston 1,358 mi2 (3,517 km2) 309,969 Cherokee County Gaffney 397 mi2 (1,029 km2) 52,327 Chester County Chester 586 mi2 (1,518 km2) 34,068 Chesterfield County Chesterfield 806 mi2 (2,087 km2) 42,768 Clarendon County Manning 696 mi2 (1,802 km2) 32,502 Colleton County Walterboro 1,133 mi2 (2,935 km2) 38,264 Darlington County Darlington 567 mi2 (1,468 km2) 67,394 Dillon County Dillon 407 mi2 (1,053 km2) 30,722 Dorchester County St. George 577 mi2 (1,494 km2) 96,413 Edgefield County Edgefield 507 mi2 (1,312 km2) 24,595 Fairfield County Winnsboro 710 mi2 (1,839 km2) 23,454 Florence County Florence 804 mi2 (2,082 km2) 125,761 Georgetown County Georgetown 1,035 mi2 (2,681 km2) 55,797 Greenville County Greenville 795 mi2 (2,059 km2) 395,357