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Berkeley County
264,276Population
15.0 %Change since 2020
9,575Net migration
4.0 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 264,276 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 15.0 %
- Net migration
- 9,575 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 4.0 % (2025)
- State
- South Carolina
- Population base, April 2020
- 229,781 (2020)
- Births
- 3,058 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 11.6
- Deaths
- 2,010 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 7.6
- Natural change, 2023
- 1,048
- International migration
- 1,026 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 8,549 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 36.2
- Postal code
- SC
- FIPS code
- 45015
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.0 % |
| 2024 | 3.6 % |
| 2023 | 2.6 % |
| 2022 | 2.9 % |
| 2021 | 3.5 % |
| 2020 | 5.3 % |
| 2019 | 2.4 % |
| 2018 | 2.9 % |
| 2017 | 3.7 % |
| 2016 | 4.4 % |
| 2015 | 5.4 % |
| 2014 | 5.8 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 264,276 |
| 2023 | 256,123 |
| 2022 | 245,249 |
| 2021 | 236,852 |
| 2020 | 231,508 |