# Counties in South Carolina by average household size, 2024

All 46 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `average_household_size`
- Unit: persons per household
- Definition: Average number of persons per private household. EU countries: EU-SILC. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate of people in households divided by occupied housing units, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25010: average household size of occupied housing units (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25010.dat)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25010: average household size of occupied housing units. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25010.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/average-household-size/south-carolina-counties

| Rank | Place | persons per household |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Bamberg County | 2.6 |
| 1 | Dorchester County | 2.6 |
| 3 | Berkeley County | 2.6 |
| 4 | Spartanburg County | 2.6 |
| 5 | Edgefield County | 2.6 |
| 5 | Lancaster County | 2.6 |
| 7 | York County | 2.6 |
| 8 | Dillon County | 2.5 |
| 9 | Florence County | 2.5 |
| 9 | Kershaw County | 2.5 |
| 11 | Cherokee County | 2.5 |
| 12 | Barnwell County | 2.5 |
| 12 | Lexington County | 2.5 |
| 12 | Sumter County | 2.5 |
| 15 | Anderson County | 2.5 |
| 15 | Hampton County | 2.5 |
| 17 | Laurens County | 2.5 |
| 18 | Aiken County | 2.5 |
| 18 | Chesterfield County | 2.5 |
| 18 | Saluda County | 2.5 |
| 21 | Chester County | 2.4 |
| 21 | Greenville County | 2.4 |
| 23 | Newberry County | 2.4 |
| 24 | Abbeville County | 2.4 |
| 24 | Pickens County | 2.4 |
| 26 | Clarendon County | 2.4 |
| 26 | Darlington County | 2.4 |
| 26 | Marlboro County | 2.4 |
| 26 | Orangeburg County | 2.4 |
| 30 | Georgetown County | 2.4 |
| 30 | Greenwood County | 2.4 |
| 30 | Horry County | 2.4 |
| 33 | Jasper County | 2.4 |
| 34 | Lee County | 2.4 |
| 34 | Richland County | 2.4 |
| 36 | Marion County | 2.3 |
| 37 | Colleton County | 2.3 |
| 37 | Williamsburg County | 2.3 |
| 39 | Oconee County | 2.3 |
| 40 | Charleston County | 2.3 |
| 41 | Beaufort County | 2.3 |
| 41 | Union County | 2.3 |
| 43 | Calhoun County | 2.3 |
| 43 | Fairfield County | 2.3 |
| 45 | McCormick County | 2.1 |
| 46 | Allendale County | 2.1 |