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Cities in South Carolina by adult cigarette smoking rate, local model estimate

York, SC had the highest adult cigarette smoking rate, local model estimate of 43 cities in 2022, at 19%. Mount Pleasant, SC had the lowest, at 9.1%. The median was 15.1%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest19York, SC
Lowest9.1Mount Pleasant, SC
Median15.143 cities

All cities, 2022

York, SC: 19 %York, SC19Gaffney, SC: 18.9 %Gaffney, SC18.9Greenwood, SC: 18.3 %Greenwood, SC18.3Myrtle Beach, SC: 17.8 %Myrtle Beach, SC17.8Anderson, SC: 17.4 %Anderson, SC17.4Sumter, SC: 17.4 %Sumter, SC17.4Spartanburg, SC: 17.3 %Spartanburg, SC17.3Orangeburg, SC: 17.1 %Orangeburg, SC17.1Florence, SC: 16.7 %Florence, SC16.7North Charleston, SC: 16.5 %North Charleston, SC16.5Newberry, SC: 16.3 %Newberry, SC16.3Rock Hill, SC: 16.1 %Rock Hill, SC16.1Summerville, SC: 16 %Summerville, SC16Moncks Corner, SC: 15.9 %Moncks Corner, SC15.9Conway, SC: 15.7 %Conway, SC15.7West Columbia, SC: 15.6 %West Columbia, SC15.6Fountain Inn, SC: 15.5 %Fountain Inn, SC15.5Goose Creek, SC: 15.4 %Goose Creek, SC15.4Cayce, SC: 15.3 %Cayce, SC15.3Hanahan, SC: 15.2 %Hanahan, SC15.2Columbia, SC: 15.1 %Columbia, SC15.1Greer, SC: 15.1 %Greer, SC15.1Easley, SC: 14.8 %Easley, SC14.8Hardeeville, SC: 14.3 %Hardeeville, SC14.3North Augusta, SC: 13.5 %North Augusta, SC13.5Irmo, SC: 13.4 %Irmo, SC13.4Beaufort, SC: 13.2 %Beaufort, SC13.2Aiken, SC: 13.1 %Aiken, SC13.1Bluffton, SC: 13 %Bluffton, SC13Port Royal, SC: 12.6 %Port Royal, SC12.6Simpsonville, SC: 12.6 %Simpsonville, SC12.6Fort Mill, SC: 12.3 %Fort Mill, SC12.3North Myrtle Beach, SC: 12.2 %North Myrtle Beach, SC12.2Mauldin, SC: 11.9 %Mauldin, SC11.9Clemson, SC: 11.8 %Clemson, SC11.8Lexington, SC: 11.7 %Lexington, SC11.7Greenville, SC: 11.6 %Greenville, SC11.6Charleston, SC: 11.2 %Charleston, SC11.2Forest Acres, SC: 10.9 %Forest Acres, SC10.9Tega Cay, SC: 10.7 %Tega Cay, SC10.7Hilton Head Island, SC: 10.1 %Hilton Head Island, SC10.1James Island, SC: 9.6 %James Island, SC9.6Mount Pleasant, SC: 9.1 %Mount Pleasant, SC9.1York, SC: 19 %York, SC19Gaffney, SC: 18.9 %Gaffney, SC18.9Greenwood, SC: 18.3 %Greenwood, SC18.3Myrtle Beach, SC: 17.8 %Myrtle Beach, SC17.8Anderson, SC: 17.4 %Anderson, SC17.4Sumter, SC: 17.4 %Sumter, SC17.4Spartanburg, SC: 17.3 %Spartanburg, SC17.3Orangeburg, SC: 17.1 %Orangeburg, SC17.1Florence, SC: 16.7 %Florence, SC16.7North Charleston, SC: 16.5 %North Charleston, SC16.5Newberry, SC: 16.3 %Newberry, SC16.3Rock Hill, SC: 16.1 %Rock Hill, SC16.1Summerville, SC: 16 %Summerville, SC16Moncks Corner, SC: 15.9 %Moncks Corner, SC15.9Conway, SC: 15.7 %Conway, SC15.7West Columbia, SC: 15.6 %West Columbia, SC15.6Fountain Inn, SC: 15.5 %Fountain Inn, SC15.5Goose Creek, SC: 15.4 %Goose Creek, SC15.4Cayce, SC: 15.3 %Cayce, SC15.3Hanahan, SC: 15.2 %Hanahan, SC15.2Columbia, SC: 15.1 %Columbia, SC15.1Greer, SC: 15.1 %Greer, SC15.1Easley, SC: 14.8 %Easley, SC14.8Hardeeville, SC: 14.3 %Hardeeville, SC14.3North Augusta, SC: 13.5 %North Augusta, SC13.5Irmo, SC: 13.4 %Irmo, SC13.4Beaufort, SC: 13.2 %Beaufort, SC13.2Aiken, SC: 13.1 %Aiken, SC13.1Bluffton, SC: 13 %Bluffton, SC13Port Royal, SC: 12.6 %Port Royal, SC12.6Simpsonville, SC: 12.6 %Simpsonville, SC12.6Fort Mill, SC: 12.3 %Fort Mill, SC12.3North Myrtle Beach, SC: 12.2 %North Myrtle Beach, SC12.2Mauldin, SC: 11.9 %Mauldin, SC11.9Clemson, SC: 11.8 %Clemson, SC11.8Lexington, SC: 11.7 %Lexington, SC11.7Greenville, SC: 11.6 %Greenville, SC11.6Charleston, SC: 11.2 %Charleston, SC11.2Forest Acres, SC: 10.9 %Forest Acres, SC10.9Tega Cay, SC: 10.7 %Tega Cay, SC10.7Hilton Head Island, SC: 10.1 %Hilton Head Island, SC10.1James Island, SC: 9.6 %James Island, SC9.6Mount Pleasant, SC: 9.1 %Mount Pleasant, SC9.1
%. Source: CDC, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), adult cigarette smoking rate, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2022 (%)Change on 2021
1York, SC19+0.7 pts
2Gaffney, SC18.9-1.8 pts
3Greenwood, SC18.3-0.4 pts
4Myrtle Beach, SC17.8-2.9 pts
5Anderson, SC17.4-2.1 pts
5Sumter, SC17.4-2.9 pts
7Spartanburg, SC17.3-1.4 pts
8Orangeburg, SC17.1+0.5 pts
9Florence, SC16.7-2.6 pts
10North Charleston, SC16.5-3.5 pts
11Newberry, SC16.3-4.3 pts
12Rock Hill, SC16.1-0.2 pts
13Summerville, SC16-1.7 pts
14Moncks Corner, SC15.9-2.7 pts
15Conway, SC15.7-2.6 pts
16West Columbia, SC15.6-2.3 pts
17Fountain Inn, SC15.5-2.7 pts
18Goose Creek, SC15.40 pts
19Cayce, SC15.3-1.5 pts
20Hanahan, SC15.2-1.4 pts
21Columbia, SC15.1-1.9 pts
21Greer, SC15.1-1.7 pts
23Easley, SC14.8-4.1 pts
24Hardeeville, SC14.3-6.9 pts
25North Augusta, SC13.5-2.4 pts
26Irmo, SC13.4-1.3 pts
27Beaufort, SC13.2-3.2 pts
28Aiken, SC13.1-0.9 pts
29Bluffton, SC13-1.6 pts
30Port Royal, SC12.6-1.1 pts
30Simpsonville, SC12.6-1.3 pts
32Fort Mill, SC12.3-0.7 pts
33North Myrtle Beach, SC12.2-2.5 pts
34Mauldin, SC11.9-2.1 pts
35Clemson, SC11.8-2.4 pts
36Lexington, SC11.7-2.9 pts
37Greenville, SC11.6-1.8 pts
38Charleston, SC11.2-1 pts
39Forest Acres, SC10.9+0.1 pts
40Tega Cay, SC10.7+0.7 pts
41Hilton Head Island, SC10.1-0.4 pts
42James Island, SC9.6-1.6 pts
43Mount Pleasant, SC9.1-1 pts

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About this ranking

Percentage of adults who have smoked at least 100 cigarettes in their lifetime and now smoke every day or on some days. Model-based estimate for adults aged 18 and over from CDC PLACES. Crude prevalence, not age-adjusted.

US counties and cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). CDC PLACES combines Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) answers with local population data through multilevel regression and poststratification, so a county or city value is a model estimate, not a survey count. The year is the BRFSS survey year, not the release year. CDC says the method does not support tracking change in a place over time, and each annual release can change the model, so values for different years are not strictly comparable. A state is missing in a year when its BRFSS data did not meet standards (Kentucky and Pennsylvania in 2023, Florida in 2021). Connecticut counties appear as its nine planning regions from 2022; its eight former counties are not served. City values for 2021 come from the 2023 release, built on 2010 Census place boundaries; later years use 2020 boundaries. State and national values come from direct BRFSS estimates under adult_smoking_rate.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), adult cigarette smoking rate, crude prevalence. https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Retrieved 2026-10-12. These data are available free from CDC. Use does not imply endorsement by CDC, ATSDR, HHS or the United States Government.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2025). PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), adult cigarette smoking rate, crude prevalence (Cities in South Carolina by adult cigarette smoking rate, local model estimate, 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.cdc.gov/places/

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PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), adult cigarette smoking rate, crude prevalence, Cities in South Carolina by adult cigarette smoking rate, local model estimate, 2022. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 12 Dec. 2025, https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-smoking-rate-county-estimate/south-carolina-cities?period=2022. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2025. PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), adult cigarette smoking rate, crude prevalence. Cities in South Carolina by adult cigarette smoking rate, local model estimate, 2022. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-smoking-rate-county-estimate/south-carolina-cities?period=2022.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2025) PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), adult cigarette smoking rate, crude prevalence, Cities in South Carolina by adult cigarette smoking rate, local model estimate, 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/places/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-smoking-rate-county-estimate/south-carolina-cities?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest adult cigarette smoking rate, local model estimate?

York, SC, with 19% in 2022, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Which city has the lowest adult cigarette smoking rate, local model estimate?

Mount Pleasant, SC, with 9.1% in 2022.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, Place Data (eav7-hnsx, sd8v-uq83, krqc-563j and later releases), adult cigarette smoking rate, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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