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County · South Carolina
Beaufort County
201,775Population
7.8 %Change since 2020
3,214Net migration
4.2 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 201,775 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 7.8 %
- Net migration
- 3,214 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 4.2 % (2025)
- State
- South Carolina
- Population base, April 2020
- 187,098 (2020)
- Births
- 1,856 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 9.2
- Deaths
- 2,109 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 10.5
- Natural change, 2023
- -253
- International migration
- 826 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 2,388 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 15.9
- Postal code
- SC
- FIPS code
- 45013
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.2 % |
| 2024 | 3.8 % |
| 2023 | 2.7 % |
| 2022 | 2.9 % |
| 2021 | 3.2 % |
| 2020 | 5.0 % |
| 2019 | 2.4 % |
| 2018 | 2.9 % |
| 2017 | 3.7 % |
| 2016 | 4.4 % |
| 2015 | 5.4 % |
| 2014 | 5.5 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 201,775 |
| 2023 | 198,961 |
| 2022 | 195,932 |
| 2021 | 191,946 |
| 2020 | 187,829 |