- Home
- Counties
- South Carolina
- Dorchester County
County · South Carolina
Dorchester County
174,663Population
8.3 %Change since 2020
3,087Net migration
3.9 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 174,663 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 8.3 %
- Net migration
- 3,087 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 3.9 % (2025)
- State
- South Carolina
- Population base, April 2020
- 161,331 (2020)
- Births
- 2,058 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 11.8
- Deaths
- 1,418 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 8.1
- Natural change, 2023
- 640
- International migration
- 401 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 2,686 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 17.7
- Postal code
- SC
- FIPS code
- 45035
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.9 % |
| 2024 | 3.7 % |
| 2023 | 2.6 % |
| 2022 | 2.9 % |
| 2021 | 3.6 % |
| 2020 | 5.7 % |
| 2019 | 2.4 % |
| 2018 | 3.0 % |
| 2017 | 3.8 % |
| 2016 | 4.5 % |
| 2015 | 5.4 % |
| 2014 | 5.7 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 174,663 |
| 2023 | 169,770 |
| 2022 | 166,029 |
| 2021 | 163,484 |
| 2020 | 162,059 |