South Carolina statistical areas
The U.S. State of South Carolina currently has 20 statistical areas that have been delineated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). On July 21, 2023, the OMB delineated four combined statistical areas, ten metropolitan statistical areas, and six micropolitan statistical areas in South Carolina.[1]
Statistical areas
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has designated more than 1,000 statistical areas for the United States and Puerto Rico.[2] These statistical areas are important geographic delineations of population clusters used by the OMB, the United States Census Bureau, planning organizations, and federal, state, and local government entities.
The OMB defines a core-based statistical area (commonly referred to as a CBSA) as "a statistical geographic entity consisting of the county or counties (or county-equivalents) associated with at least one core[a] of at least 10,000 population, plus adjacent counties having a high degree of social and economic integration with the core as measured through commuting ties with the counties containing the core."[2] The OMB further divides core-based statistical areas into metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) that have "a population of at least 50,000" and micropolitan statistical areas (μSAs) that have "a population of at least 10,000, but less than 50,000."[2]
The OMB defines a
Table
The table below describes the 22 United States statistical areas and 46 counties of the State of South Carolina with the following information:[3]
- The combined statistical area (CSA) as designated by the OMB[1]
- The CSA population according to 2022 US Census Bureau population estimates[4]
- The
- The CBSA population according to 2020 US Census Bureau population estimates[4]
- The county name
- The county population according to 2022 US Census Bureau population estimates[4]
Combined Statistical Area | 2022 Population | Core Based Statistical Area | 2022 Population | County | 2020 Population | 2022 Population |
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Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC CSA
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1,561,465 | Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC MSA
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958,958 | Greenville County, South Carolina | 527,207 | 547,950 |
Anderson County, South Carolina | 204,176 | 209,581 | ||||
Pickens County, South Carolina | 131,669 | 133,462 | ||||
Laurens County, South Carolina | 67,624 | 67,965 | ||||
Spartanburg, SC MSA
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372,583 | Spartanburg County, South Carolina | 329,365 | 345,831 | ||
Union County, South Carolina | 27,176 | 26,752 | ||||
Greenwood, SC μSA
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93,623 | Greenwood County, South Carolina | 69,388 | 69,267 | ||
Abbeville County, South Carolina | 24,256 | 24,356 | ||||
Seneca, SC μSA
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80,180 | Oconee County, South Carolina | 78,778 | 80,180 | ||
Gaffney, SC μSA
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56,121 | Cherokee County, South Carolina | 56,207 | 56,121 | ||
Columbia-Sumter-Orangeburg, SC CSA
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1,073,039 | Columbia, SC MSA
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847,686 | Richland County, South Carolina | 415,645 | 421,566 |
Lexington County, South Carolina | 295,033 | 304,797 | ||||
Kershaw County, South Carolina | 65,581 | 67,751 | ||||
Fairfield County, South Carolina | 20,880 | 20,455 | ||||
Saluda County, South Carolina | 18,830 | 18,938 | ||||
Calhoun County, South Carolina | 14,113 | 14,179 | ||||
Sumter, SC MSA
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104,012 | Sumter County, South Carolina | 105,474 | 104,012 | ||
Orangeburg, SC μSA
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83,094 | Orangeburg County, South Carolina | 83,956 | 83,094 | ||
Newberry, SC μSA
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38,247 | Newberry County, South Carolina | 37,731 | 38,247 | ||
none | Charleston-North Charleston, SC MSA
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830,589 | Charleston County, South Carolina | 409,716 | 419,279 | |
Berkeley County, South Carolina | 231,538 | 245,117 | ||||
Dorchester County, South Carolina | 162,159 | 166,133 | ||||
Myrtle Beach-Conway, SC CSA | 447,823 | Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC MSA
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383,101 | Horry County, South Carolina | 353,745 | 383,101 |
Murrells Inlet, SC μSA
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64,722 | Georgetown County, South Carolina | 63,506 | 64,722 | ||
Charlotte-Concord, NC-SC CSA
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3,333,992
430,756 |
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC MSA
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2,756,069
430,756 |
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina | 1,116,788 | 1,145,392 |
York County, South Carolina | 284,032 | 294,248 | ||||
Union County, North Carolina | 239,433 | 249,070 | ||||
Cabarrus County, North Carolina | 227,214 | 235,797 | ||||
Gaston County, North Carolina | 226,514 | 234,215 | ||||
Iredell County, North Carolina | 187,683 | 195,897 | ||||
Rowan County, North Carolina | 147,148 | 149,645 | ||||
Lancaster County, South Carolina | 96,576 | 104,577 | ||||
LincolnCounty, North Carolina | 87,206 | 93,095 | ||||
Chester County, South Carolina | 32,278 | 31,931 | ||||
Anson County, North Carolina | 22,033 | 22,202 | ||||
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC MSA
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368,347 | Catawba County, North Carolina | 160,892 | 163,462 | ||
Burke County, North Carolina | 87,577 | 87,881 | ||||
Caldwell County, North Carolina | 80,632 | 80,492 | ||||
Alexander County, North Carolina | 36,482 | 36,512 | ||||
Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC μSA | 100,670 | Cleveland County, North Carolina | 99,799 | 100,670 | ||
Albemarle, NC μSA
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64,153 | Cleveland County, North Carolina | 62,638 | 64,153 | ||
Marion, NC μSA
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44,753 | McDowell County, North Carolina | 44,580 | 44,753 | ||
none | Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC MSA
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228,410 | Beaufort County, South Carolina | 187,819 | 196,371 | |
Jasper County, South Carolina | 29,143 | 32,039 | ||||
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC MSA
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624,083 201,082 |
Richmond County, Georgia | 206,526 | 206,640 | ||
Aiken County, South Carolina | 169,163 | 174,150 | ||||
Columbia County, Georgia | 156,849 | 162,419 | ||||
Edgefield County, South Carolina | 25,672 | 26,932 | ||||
Burke County, Georgia | 24,633 | 24,388 | ||||
McDuffie County, Georgia | 21,603 | 21,713 | ||||
Lincoln County, Georgia | 7,701 | 7,841 | ||||
Florence, SC MSA
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199,119 | Florence County, South Carolina | 136,811 | 136,721 | ||
Darlington County, South Carolina | 62,843 | 62,398 | ||||
none | Chesterfield County, South Carolina | 43,250 | 43,683 | |||
Colleton County, South Carolina | 38,536 | 38,599 | ||||
Williamsburg County, South Carolina | 30,908 | 30,058 | ||||
Clarendon County, South Carolina | 30,835 | 30,913 | ||||
Marion County, South Carolina | 29,083 | 28,450 | ||||
Dillon County, South Carolina | 28,275 | 27,738 | ||||
Marlboro County, South Carolina | 26,481 | 26,039 | ||||
Barnwell County, South Carolina | 20,580 | 20,414 | ||||
Hampton County, South Carolina | 18,519 | 18,113 | ||||
Lee County, South Carolina | 16,533 | 16,153 | ||||
Bamberg County, South Carolina | 13,261 | 12,908 | ||||
McCormick County, South Carolina | 9,505 | 9,764 | ||||
Allendale County, South Carolina | 7,992 | 7,579 | ||||
State of South Carolina | 5,131,848 | 5,282,634 |
See also
- Geography of South Carolina
Notes
- ^ The OMB defines a core as "a densely settled concentration of population, comprising an Urban Area (of 10,000 or more population) delineated by the Census Bureau, around which a core-based statistical area is delineated."[2]
- ^ The OMB defines the employment interchange measure as "the sum of the percentage of workers living in the smaller entity who work in the larger entity plus the percentage of employment in the smaller entity that is accounted for by workers who reside in the larger entity."[2]
References
- ^ a b c d Revised Delineations of Metropolitan Statistical Areas, Micropolitan Statistical Areas, and Combined Statistical Areas, and Guidance on Uses of the Delineations of These Areas (July 21, 2023). "0MB BULLETIN NO. 23-01" (PDF). Office of Management and Budget. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b c d e f g "2020 Standards for Delineating Core Based Statistical Areas". Office of Management and Budget. July 16, 2021. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
- ^ An out-of-state area and its population are displayed in green. An area that extends into more than one state is displayed in teal. A teal population number over a black population number show the total population versus the in-state population.
- ^ a b c "County Population Totals and Components of Change: 2020-2022". United States Census Bureau, Population Division. March 2023. Retrieved October 10, 2023.