# Cities in South Carolina by foreign-born share of the population, 2024

All 43 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `foreign_born_share`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People born outside the country where they live, as a percentage of the total population. United States: people who were not US citizens at birth, including naturalized citizens, lawful permanent residents, temporary migrants and unauthorized immigrants; American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span. EU countries: residents on 1 January whose country of birth is not the reporting country (Eurostat). England and Wales: usual residents born outside the United Kingdom, Census 2021.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B05002: foreign-born population as a percentage of the total population, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b05002.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B05002: foreign-born population as a percentage of the total population, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b05002.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/foreign-born-population/south-carolina-cities

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Tega Cay, SC | 16.8 |
| 2 | Hilton Head Island, SC | 13.8 |
| 3 | Greer, SC | 12.6 |
| 4 | Hardeeville, SC | 11.9 |
| 5 | Newberry, SC | 11.7 |
| 6 | Hanahan, SC | 11 |
| 6 | North Charleston, SC | 11 |
| 8 | Myrtle Beach, SC | 10.8 |
| 9 | West Columbia, SC | 10.3 |
| 10 | Lexington, SC | 10.1 |
| 11 | Simpsonville, SC | 8.8 |
| 12 | Goose Creek, SC | 8.3 |
| 13 | Fort Mill, SC | 8.3 |
| 14 | Greenville, SC | 7.3 |
| 15 | Mauldin, SC | 6.9 |
| 16 | Clemson, SC | 6.9 |
| 17 | Gaffney, SC | 6.4 |
| 18 | Spartanburg, SC | 6.1 |
| 19 | Anderson, SC | 6 |
| 20 | Charleston, SC | 6 |
| 21 | Cayce, SC | 5.9 |
| 22 | Summerville, SC | 5.9 |
| 23 | Columbia, SC | 5.8 |
| 24 | Bluffton, SC | 5.7 |
| 25 | Irmo, SC | 5.7 |
| 26 | Rock Hill, SC | 5.5 |
| 27 | North Myrtle Beach, SC | 5.3 |
| 28 | Port Royal, SC | 5.2 |
| 29 | Florence, SC | 5.2 |
| 30 | Easley, SC | 5.1 |
| 31 | Sumter, SC | 4.9 |
| 32 | Mount Pleasant, SC | 4.7 |
| 33 | Moncks Corner, SC | 4.6 |
| 34 | Fountain Inn, SC | 4.5 |
| 35 | Conway, SC | 4.3 |
| 36 | Greenwood, SC | 4.2 |
| 37 | Beaufort, SC | 3.9 |
| 38 | North Augusta, SC | 3.6 |
| 39 | Aiken, SC | 3.3 |
| 40 | Forest Acres, SC | 3 |
| 41 | James Island, SC | 2.9 |
| 42 | York, SC | 2.9 |
| 43 | Orangeburg, SC | 1.5 |