# Cities in South Carolina by population, 2025

All 43 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `population`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Resident population. Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón). Norway: Statistics Norway, 1 January. Iceland and its municipalities: Statistics Iceland, 1 January. United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July. United Kingdom regions and local authorities: Office for National Statistics estimates for 30 June. Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. UN World Population Prospects estimates for 1 July cover the years before 1960 and the areas the World Bank does not publish, such as Taiwan.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual estimates of the resident population for incorporated places, 1 July (Population Estimates Program, subcounty totals) (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Annual estimates of the resident population for incorporated places, 1 July (Population Estimates Program, subcounty totals). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2025/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/population/south-carolina-cities

| Rank | Place | persons |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Charleston, SC | 159,423 |
| 2 | Columbia, SC | 147,035 |
| 3 | North Charleston, SC | 129,245 |
| 4 | Mount Pleasant, SC | 95,469 |
| 5 | Rock Hill, SC | 75,911 |
| 6 | Greenville, SC | 75,310 |
| 7 | Summerville, SC | 53,177 |
| 8 | Goose Creek, SC | 52,010 |
| 9 | Greer, SC | 50,007 |
| 10 | Sumter, SC | 43,094 |
| 11 | Florence, SC | 41,231 |
| 12 | Myrtle Beach, SC | 40,937 |
| 13 | Spartanburg, SC | 39,978 |
| 14 | Fort Mill, SC | 38,673 |
| 15 | Hilton Head Island, SC | 38,196 |
| 16 | Bluffton, SC | 36,807 |
| 17 | Aiken, SC | 33,808 |
| 18 | Mauldin, SC | 31,465 |
| 19 | Anderson, SC | 31,323 |
| 20 | Conway, SC | 30,627 |
| 21 | Simpsonville, SC | 28,459 |
| 22 | Easley, SC | 27,319 |
| 23 | North Augusta, SC | 26,982 |
| 24 | Lexington, SC | 25,729 |
| 25 | Greenwood, SC | 22,745 |
| 26 | Hanahan, SC | 22,415 |
| 27 | North Myrtle Beach, SC | 21,346 |
| 28 | Moncks Corner, SC | 20,612 |
| 29 | Clemson, SC | 18,941 |
| 30 | West Columbia, SC | 18,489 |
| 31 | Port Royal, SC | 16,648 |
| 32 | Hardeeville, SC | 16,459 |
| 33 | Beaufort, SC | 15,775 |
| 34 | Fountain Inn, SC | 14,722 |
| 35 | Tega Cay, SC | 14,457 |
| 36 | Cayce, SC | 13,680 |
| 37 | Orangeburg, SC | 13,383 |
| 38 | James Island, SC | 12,660 |
| 39 | Gaffney, SC | 12,583 |
| 40 | Irmo, SC | 12,204 |
| 41 | Newberry, SC | 10,891 |
| 42 | York, SC | 10,620 |
| 43 | Forest Acres, SC | 10,390 |