AREA AND POPULATION OF SOUTH CAROLINA BY COUNTIES.
| County | Map Index. |
County Seat. | Area in square miles. |
Population. | |
| 1890. | 1900. | ||||
| Abbeville | B 2 | Abbeville | 682 | 46,854 | 33,400 |
| Aiken | C 3 | Aiken | 1,096 | 31,822 | 39,032 |
| Anderson | B 2 | Anderson | 756 | 43,696 | 55,728 |
| Bamberg | C 3 | Bamberg | 363 | ...... | 17,296 |
| Barnwell | C 3 | Barnwell | 870 | 44,613 | 35,504 |
| Beaufort | D 4 | Beaufort | 943 | 34,119 | 35,495 |
| Berkeley | D 4 | Monks Corner | 1,316 | 55,428 | 30,454 |
| Charleston | E 4 | Charleston | 687 | 59,903 | 88,006 |
| Cherokee | C 2 | Gaffney | 361 | ...... | 21,359 |
| Chester | C 2 | Chester | 592 | 26,660 | 28,616 |
| Chesterfield | D 2 | Chesterfield | 823 | 18,468 | 20,401 |
| Clarendon | D 3 | Manning | 710 | 23,233 | 28,184 |
| Colleton | D 4 | Walterboro | 1,351 | 40,293 | 33,452 |
| Darlington | D 2 | Darlington | 649 | 29,134 | 32,388 |
| Dorchester | D 3 | St. George | 564 | ...... | 16,294 |
| Edgefield | D 2 | Edgefield | 715 | 49,259 | 25,478 |
| Fairfield | C 2 | Winnsboro | 776 | 28,599 | 29,425 |
| Florence | E 2 | Florence | 630 | 25,027 | 28,474 |
| Georgetown | E 3 | Georgetown | 827 | 20,857 | 22,846 |
| Greenville | B 2 | Greenville | 745 | 44,310 | 53,490 |
| Greenwood | B 2 | Greenwood | 495 | ...... | 28,343 |
| Hampton | C 4 | Hampton | 936 | 20,544 | 23,738 |
| Horry | E 3 | Conway | 1,075 | 19,256 | 23,364 |
| Kershaw | D 2 | Camden | 705 | 22,361 | 24,696 |
| Lancaster | D 2 | Lancaster | 501 | 20,761 | 24,311 |
| Laurens | B 2 | Laurens | 684 | 31,610 | 37,382 |
| Lexington | C 3 | Lexington | 885 | 22,181 | 27,264 |
| Marion | E 2 | Marion | 993 | 29,976 | 35,181 |
| Marlboro | E 2 | Bennettsville | 509 | 23,500 | 27,639 |
| Newberry | C 2 | Newberry | 594 | 26,434 | 30,182 |
| Oconee | A 2 | Walhalla | 641 | 18,687 | 23,634 |
| Orangeburg | D 3 | Orangeburg | 1,345 | 49,393 | 59,663 |
| Pickens | B 2 | Pickens | 531 | 16,389 | 19,375 |
| Richland | D 2 | Columbia | 605 | 36,881 | 45,589 |
| Saluda | C 3 | Saluda | 438 | ...... | 18,966 |
| Spartanburg | B 2 | Spartanburg | 762 | 55,385 | 65,560 |
| Sumter | D 3 | Sumter | 860 | 43,605 | 61,237 |
| Union | C 2 | Union | 495 | 25,363 | 25,501 |
| Williamsburg | E 3 | Kingstree | 991 | 27,777 | 31,685 |
| York | C 2 | Yorkville | 669 | 38,831 | 41,684 |
Note.—Lee County (D 2), with Bishopville as county seat, has been established, since the census was taken in 1900, from parts of Sumter, Darlington, and Kershaw counties.
