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South Carolina: Time Zones, Counties, Cities & Map

South Carolina uses Eastern Time.

South Carolina in the United States
Eastern TimeUTC-05:00 in January; UTC-04:00 in JulyAll of South CarolinaAmerica/New_York
CharlestonColumbiaNorth CharlestonRock Hill
South Carolina and its counties (simplified outlines). Open in OpenStreetMap ↗
Resident population, July 2025
5,570,274
Land area
30,064 sq mi (77,866 km²)
Water area
1,959 sq mi (5,074 km²)
State FIPS code
45
Coordinates (central point)
33.874178, -80.854264
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Metro and micro areas in South Carolina, largest first

10 metro areas and 6 micro areas have counties in South Carolina. 2 cross into another state; their populations are for the whole area. Populations are July 2025 estimates.

  1. Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area2,938,830 people
  2. Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area1,014,101 people
  3. Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area889,263 people
  4. Columbia, SC Metro Area879,918 people
  5. Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Metro Area641,231 people
  6. Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area427,551 people
  7. Spartanburg, SC Metro Area407,656 people
  8. Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area242,966 people
  9. Florence, SC Metro Area201,392 people
  10. Sumter, SC Metro Area105,067 people
  11. Greenwood, SC Micro Area95,215 people
  12. Seneca, SC Micro Area83,775 people
All 16
  1. Orangeburg, SC Micro Area83,177 people
  2. Murrells Inlet, SC Micro Area65,912 people
  3. Gaffney, SC Micro Area58,275 people
  4. Newberry, SC Micro Area39,561 people

Every metro and micro area in the US

Tribal areas in South Carolina, largest first

  1. Wassamasaw State Designated Tribal Statistical Area9,863 people
  2. Edisto Natchez Kusso State Designated Tribal Statistical Area4,816 people
  3. Pee Dee State Designated Tribal Statistical Area3,045 people
  4. Upper South Carolina Pee Dee State Designated Tribal Statistical Area1,784 people
  5. Santee State Designated Tribal Statistical Area898 people
  6. Beaver Creek State Designated Tribal Statistical Area879 people
  7. Catawba Reservation and Off-Reservation Trust Land789 people
  8. Waccamaw State Designated Tribal Statistical Area24 people

American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian areas as the Census Bureau maps them, with at least 2% of their area here, water included. These lines don’t decide membership, jurisdiction or land status.

Counties and equivalents, largest first

These areas overlap the mapped boundary; an overlap does not mean that every address belongs to both.

  1. Greenville County, South Carolina583,125 people
  2. Charleston County, South Carolina436,200 people
  3. Richland County, South Carolina434,956 people
  4. Horry County, South Carolina427,551 people
  5. Spartanburg County, South Carolina380,857 people
  6. Lexington County, South Carolina317,588 people
  7. York County, South Carolina306,887 people
  8. Berkeley County, South Carolina274,666 people
  9. Anderson County, South Carolina219,930 people
  10. Beaufort County, South Carolina204,433 people
  11. Aiken County, South Carolina181,515 people
  12. Dorchester County, South Carolina178,397 people
All 46
  1. Pickens County, South Carolina139,198 people
  2. Florence County, South Carolina138,504 people
  3. Lancaster County, South Carolina114,296 people
  4. Sumter County, South Carolina105,067 people
  5. Oconee County, South Carolina83,775 people
  6. Orangeburg County, South Carolina83,177 people
  7. Kershaw County, South Carolina73,166 people
  8. Laurens County, South Carolina71,848 people
  9. Greenwood County, South Carolina70,379 people
  10. Georgetown County, South Carolina65,912 people
  11. Darlington County, South Carolina62,888 people
  12. Cherokee County, South Carolina58,275 people
  13. Chesterfield County, South Carolina44,740 people
  14. Newberry County, South Carolina39,561 people
  15. Colleton County, South Carolina39,382 people
  16. Jasper County, South Carolina38,533 people
  17. Chester County, South Carolina33,001 people
  18. Clarendon County, South Carolina31,043 people

See all 46 counties and equivalents in South Carolina, largest first

Cities, towns and communities, largest first

These areas overlap the mapped boundary; an overlap does not mean that every address belongs to both.

  1. Charleston, South Carolina (city)154,338 people
  2. Columbia, South Carolina (city)139,643 people
  3. North Charleston, South Carolina (city)119,913 people
  4. Mount Pleasant, South Carolina (town)93,993 people
  5. Rock Hill, South Carolina (city)75,259 people
  6. Greenville, South Carolina (city)72,935 people
  7. Summerville, South Carolina (town)51,654 people
  8. Goose Creek, South Carolina (city)48,078 people
  9. Sumter, South Carolina (city)43,053 people
  10. Greer, South Carolina (city)41,536 people
  11. Florence, South Carolina (city)40,408 people
  12. Spartanburg, South Carolina (city)38,910 people
All 475
  1. Myrtle Beach, South Carolina (city)38,371 people
  2. Hilton Head Island, South Carolina (town)37,911 people
  3. Bluffton, South Carolina (town)33,157 people
  4. Aiken, South Carolina (city)32,521 people
  5. Fort Mill, South Carolina (town)30,775 people
  6. Anderson, South Carolina (city)30,051 people
  7. Conway, South Carolina (city)27,263 people
  8. Mauldin, South Carolina (city)27,055 people
  9. Carolina Forest, South Carolina (CDP)26,263 people
  10. Simpsonville, South Carolina (city)26,144 people
  11. North Augusta, South Carolina (city)25,653 people
  12. Easley, South Carolina (city)24,841 people
  13. Lexington, South Carolina (town)24,585 people
  14. Taylors, South Carolina (CDP)24,505 people
  15. Socastee, South Carolina (CDP)23,796 people
  16. Greenwood, South Carolina (city)22,536 people
  17. Hanahan, South Carolina (city)21,452 people
  18. Wade Hampton, South Carolina (CDP)20,898 people

See all 475 cities, towns and communities in South Carolina, largest first

ZIP Code areas, largest first

These areas overlap the mapped boundary; an overlap does not mean that every address belongs to both.

  1. ZIP 2907269,407 people
  2. ZIP 2968168,650 people
  3. ZIP 2944559,227 people
  4. ZIP 2948359,186 people
  5. ZIP 2948558,507 people
  6. ZIP 2973058,199 people
  7. ZIP 2973257,675 people
  8. ZIP 2957956,915 people
  9. ZIP 2965156,599 people
  10. ZIP 2952654,130 people
  11. ZIP 2948653,975 people
  12. ZIP 2972053,584 people
All 424
  1. ZIP 2907353,156 people
  2. ZIP 2922353,074 people
  3. ZIP 2946453,045 people
  4. ZIP 2991053,019 people
  5. ZIP 2958852,609 people
  6. ZIP 2922951,861 people
  7. ZIP 2950148,673 people
  8. ZIP 2971546,865 people
  9. ZIP 2962146,482 people
  10. ZIP 2960746,209 people
  11. ZIP 2946644,942 people
  12. ZIP 2968744,861 people
  13. ZIP 2941444,727 people
  14. ZIP 2946143,816 people
  15. ZIP 2970843,515 people
  16. ZIP 2965042,493 people
  17. ZIP 2945641,214 people
  18. ZIP 2960540,717 people

See all 424 ZIP Code areas in South Carolina, largest first

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