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The US state of South Carolina is divided into 46 counties :
county
|
County Seat
|
Residents
|
Area in km²
|
Abbeville County
|
Abbeville
|
25,935
|
1323
|
Aiken County
|
Aiken
|
151,800
|
2797
|
Allendale County
|
Allendale
|
10,748
|
1070
|
Anderson County
|
Anderson
|
177.963
|
1961
|
Bamberg County
|
Bamberg
|
15,678
|
1023
|
Barnwell County
|
Barnwell
|
23,265
|
1443
|
Beaufort County
|
Beaufort
|
142.045
|
2391
|
Berkeley County
|
Moncks Corner
|
152.282
|
3181
|
Calhoun County
|
St. Matthews
|
15,026
|
1015
|
Charleston County
|
Charleston
|
331.917
|
3517
|
Cherokee County
|
Gaffney
|
53,886
|
1028
|
Chester County
|
Chester
|
32,875
|
1518
|
Chesterfield County
|
Chesterfield
|
43.191
|
2088
|
Clarendon County
|
Manning
|
33,339
|
1803
|
Colleton County
|
Walterboro
|
39,467
|
2934
|
Darlington County
|
Darlington
|
67,551
|
1469
|
Dillon County
|
Dillon
|
30,984
|
1054
|
Dorchester County
|
St. George
|
118,979
|
1494
|
Edgefield County
|
Edgefield
|
25,261
|
1313
|
Fairfield County
|
Winnsboro
|
23,810
|
1839
|
Florence County
|
Florence
|
131.297
|
2082
|
Georgetown County
|
Georgetown
|
60,860
|
2681
|
Greenville County
|
Greenville
|
417.166
|
2059
|
Greenwood County
|
Greenwood
|
68.213
|
1199
|
Hampton County
|
Hampton
|
21,268
|
1458
|
Horry County
|
Conway
|
238.493
|
3250
|
Jasper County
|
Ridgeland
|
21,809
|
1813
|
Kershaw County
|
Camden
|
57,490
|
1917
|
Lancaster County
|
Lancaster
|
63,628
|
1437
|
Laurens County
|
Laurens
|
70,374
|
1875
|
Lee County
|
Bishopville
|
20,559
|
1064
|
Lexington County
|
Lexington
|
240.160
|
1963
|
Marion County
|
Marion
|
34,684
|
1279
|
Marlboro County
|
Bennettsville
|
29,152
|
1256
|
McCormick County
|
McCormick
|
10,226
|
1020
|
Newberry County
|
Newberry
|
37,762
|
1676
|
Oconee County
|
Valhalla
|
70,567
|
1746
|
Orangeburg County
|
Orangeburg
|
90,845
|
2922
|
Pickens County
|
Pickens
|
114,446
|
1326
|
Richland County
|
Columbia
|
348.226
|
1999
|
Saluda County
|
Saluda
|
19,059
|
1197
|
Spartanburg County
|
Spartanburg
|
271.087
|
2121
|
Sumter County
|
Sumter
|
104,430
|
1766
|
Union County
|
union
|
28,306
|
1336
|
Williamsburg County
|
Kingstree
|
36,105
|
2427
|
York County
|
York
|
199.035
|
1803
|
swell
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↑ US Census Bureau , 2006 update
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^ National Association of Counties ( Memento of October 25, 2007 in the Internet Archive )