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Chester County
32,323Population
0.1 %Change since 2020
391Net migration
5.7 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 32,323 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 0.1 %
- Net migration
- 391 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 5.7 % (2025)
- State
- South Carolina
- Population base, April 2020
- 32,300 (2020)
- Births
- 320 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 9.9
- Deaths
- 529 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 16.4
- Natural change, 2023
- -209
- International migration
- 10 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 381 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 12.1
- Postal code
- SC
- FIPS code
- 45023
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.7 % |
| 2024 | 5.5 % |
| 2023 | 3.9 % |
| 2022 | 4.1 % |
| 2021 | 5.4 % |
| 2020 | 8.3 % |
| 2019 | 3.9 % |
| 2018 | 4.5 % |
| 2017 | 5.7 % |
| 2016 | 6.7 % |
| 2015 | 8.3 % |
| 2014 | 9.4 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 32,323 |
| 2023 | 32,163 |
| 2022 | 31,972 |
| 2021 | 32,160 |
| 2020 | 32,291 |