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County · South Carolina
Aiken County
179,245Population
6.2 %Change since 2020
2,934Net migration
4.3 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 179,245 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 6.2 %
- Net migration
- 2,934 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 4.3 % (2025)
- State
- South Carolina
- Population base, April 2020
- 168,805 (2020)
- Births
- 2,194 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 12.2
- Deaths
- 2,208 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 12.3
- Natural change, 2023
- -14
- International migration
- 285 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 2,649 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 16.4
- Postal code
- SC
- FIPS code
- 45003
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.3 % |
| 2024 | 4.0 % |
| 2023 | 2.9 % |
| 2022 | 3.1 % |
| 2021 | 3.3 % |
| 2020 | 4.9 % |
| 2019 | 2.8 % |
| 2018 | 3.3 % |
| 2017 | 4.0 % |
| 2016 | 4.9 % |
| 2015 | 5.8 % |
| 2014 | 6.3 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 179,245 |
| 2023 | 177,034 |
| 2022 | 174,075 |
| 2021 | 171,272 |
| 2020 | 169,174 |