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People Statistics · Region

Population density in South Carolina

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 19 of 51 · Regions of United States Updated Nov 12, 2026

Source: OECD Regional Database, 1990 – 2025

Population density, 1990 – 2025 per km² · South Carolina · United States · World
+14% since 2015
South Carolina United States World

Sources: OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2025

Compared with Population density · per km²
South Carolina
71.4
World
62.1 · 2023

Sources: OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators

The series at a glance South Carolina · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 71.4 · 2025
First value 44.9 · 1990
Highest 71.4 · 2025
Lowest 44.9 · 1990
Average change +1.3% a year on average
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearSouth CarolinaChange United StatesWorld
2025 71.4 +1.7% 37.3 —
2024 70.3 +1.7% 37.1 —
2023 69.1 +1.9% 36.8 62.1
2022 67.8 +1.8% 36.5 61.6
2021 66.6 +1.2% 36.2 61.0
2020 65.8 −0.3% 36.2 60.4
2019 66.0 +1.3% 35.8 59.8
2018 65.2 +1.3% 35.7 59.2
2017 64.4 +1.3% 35.5 58.6
2016 63.6 +1.4% 35.2 57.9
2015 62.7 +1.4% 35.0 57.3
2014 61.8 +1.2% 34.7 56.6
2013 61.1 +1.0% 34.5 55.9
2012 60.5 +1.0% 34.2 55.2
2011 59.9 +0.8% 34.0 55.6
2010 59.4 +1.0% 33.8 54.9
2009 58.9 +1.3% 33.5 54.3
2008 58.1 +1.9% 33.2 53.6
2007 57.0 +2.0% 32.9 52.9
2006 55.9 +2.0% 32.6 52.3
2005 54.8 +1.4% 32.2 51.6
2004 54.0 +1.5% 32.0 51.0
2003 53.2 +1.0% 31.7 50.4
2002 52.7 +1.1% 31.4 49.7
2001 52.1 +1.0% 31.1 49.1
2000 51.6 +1.2% 30.8 48.4
1999 51.0 +1.4% 30.5 47.8
1998 50.3 +1.6% 30.1 47.2
1997 49.5 +1.7% 29.8 46.5
1996 48.7 +1.3% 29.4 45.8
1995 48.1 +1.2% 29.1 45.1
1994 47.5 +1.1% 28.7 44.5
1993 47.0 +1.2% 28.4 43.8
1992 46.4 +1.4% 28.0 43.5
1991 45.8 +2.0% 27.6 51.7
1990 44.9 27.2 50.8

Sources: OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2025

Ranking · Regions of United States

2017 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryPopulation density
28 Alabama 37.1
51 Alaska 0.5
34 Arizona 23.9
35 Arkansas 22.3
12 California 97.4
38 Colorado 20.9
5 Connecticut 285
7 Delaware 189
1 District of Columbia 4,370
9 Florida 150
18 Georgia 69.4
14 Hawaii 85.6
45 Idaho 8.0
13 Illinois 88.8
17 Indiana 71.7
37 Iowa 21.7
42 Kansas 13.7
23 Kentucky 43.3
26 Louisiana 41.4
39 Maine 16.7
6 Maryland 238
4 Massachusetts 338
19 Michigan 67.8
31 Minnesota 27.0
33 Mississippi 24.6
29 Missouri 34.2
49 Montana 2.8
44 Nebraska 9.6
43 Nevada 10.4
22 New Hampshire 58.1
2 New Jersey 463
46 New Mexico 6.7
8 New York 160
16 North Carolina 81.4
48 North Dakota 4.2
11 Ohio 110
36 Oklahoma 22.1
40 Oregon 16.7
10 Pennsylvania 110
3 Rhode Island 390
20 South Carolina 64.4
47 South Dakota 4.4
21 Tennessee 62.8
25 Texas 41.7
41 Utah 14.6
32 Vermont 26.1
15 Virginia 82.5
24 Washington 43.1
30 West Virginia 29.1
27 Wisconsin 41.2
50 Wyoming 2.3

Source: OECD Regional Database, 2017

What it means

How crowded a place is: residents per square kilometre.

How it is calculated

Residents divided by land area in square kilometres.