POPULATION TRENDS I.
Sorted Alphabetically
			Census Population						Numeric		Percent		Avg. Annual
									Change		Change		Growth Rate
	County		1980		1990		2000		1980-2000		1980-2000		1980-2000
1.	Abbeville		22,627		23,862		26,167		3,540		15.6	%	0.78	%
2.	Aiken		105,625		120,940		142,552		36,927		35.0		1.74
3.	Allendale		10,700		11,722		11,211		511		4.8		0.23
4.	Anderson		133,235		145,196		165,740		32,505		24.4		1.21
5.	Bamberg		18,118		16,902		16,658		-1,460		-8.1		-0.40
6.	Barnwell		19,868		20,293		23,478		3,610		18.2		0.90
7.	Beaufort		65,364		86,425		120,937		55,573		85.0		4.25
8.	Berkeley		94,727		128,776		142,651		47,924		50.6		2.52
9.	Calhoun		12,206		12,753		15,185		2,979		24.4		1.22
10.	Charleston		276,974		295,039		309,969		32,995		11.9		0.59
11.	Cherokee		40,983		44,506		52,537		11,554		28.2		1.40
12.	Chester		30,148		32,170		34,068		3,920		13.0		0.65
13.	Chesterfield		38,161		38,577		42,768		4,607		12.1		0.60
14.	Clarendon		27,464		28,450		32,502		5,038		18.3		0.91
15.	Colleton		31,776		34,377		38,264		6,488		20.4		1.02
16.	Darlington		62,717		61,851		67,394		4,677		7.5		0.37
17.	Dillon		31,083		29,114		30,722		-361		-1.2		-0.05
18.	Dorchester		58,761		83,060		96,413		37,652		64.1		3.20
19.	Edgefield		17,528		18,375		24,595		7,067		40.3		2.01
20.	Fairfield		20,700		22,295		23,454		2,754		13.3		0.66
21.	Florence		110,163		114,344		125,761		15,598		14.2		0.70
22.	Georgetown		42,461		46,302		55,797		13,336		31.4		1.57
23.	Greenville		287,913		320,167		379,616		91,703		31.9		1.59
24.	Greenwood		57,847		59,567		66,271		8,424		14.6		0.72
25.	Hampton		18,159		18,191		21,386		3,227		17.8		0.88
26.	Horry		101,419		144,053		196,629		95,210		93.9		4.69
27.	Jasper		14,504		15,487		20,678		6,174		42.6		2.12
28.	Kershaw		39,015		43,599		52,647		13,632		34.9		1.74
29.	Lancaster		53,361		54,516		61,351		7,990		15.0		0.74
30.	Laurens		52,214		58,092		69,567		17,353		33.2		1.66
31.	Lee		18,929		18,437		20,119		1,190		6.3		0.31
32.	Lexington		140,353		167,611		216,014		75,661		53.9		2.69
33.	Marion		34,179		33,899		35,466		1,287		3.8		0.18
34.	Marlboro		31,634		29,361		28,818		-2,816		-8.9		-0.44
35.	McCormick		7,797		8,868		9,958		2,161		27.7		1.38
36.	Newberry		31,242		33,172		36,108		4,866		15.6		0.77
37.	Oconee		48,611		57,494		66,215		17,604		36.2		1.81
38.	Orangeburg		82,276		84,803		91,582		9,306		11.3		0.56
39.	Pickens		79,292		93,894		110,757		31,465		39.7		1.98
40.	Richland		269,735		285,720		320,677		50,942		18.9		0.94
41.	Saluda		16,150		16,357		19,181		3,031		18.8		0.93
42.	Spartanburg		201,861		226,800		253,791		51,930		25.7		1.28
43.	Sumter		88,243		102,637		104,646		16,403		18.6		0.92
44.	Union		30,751		30,337		29,881		-870		-2.8		-0.14
45.	Williamsburg		38,226		36,815		37,217		-1,009		-2.6		-0.13
46.	York		106,720		131,497		164,614		57,894		54.2		2.71
	South Carolina	3,121,820		3,486,703		4,012,012			890,192		28.5		1.43
	United States	226,545,805		248,709,873		281,421,906		54,876,101			24.2		1.21
Source:  U.S. Census Bureau; www.census.gov