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Fairfield County
20,369Population
-2.7 %Change since 2020
144Net migration
5.3 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 20,369 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -2.7 %
- Net migration
- 144 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 5.3 % (2025)
- State
- South Carolina
- Population base, April 2020
- 20,940 (2020)
- Births
- 172 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 8.4
- Deaths
- 353 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 17.3
- Natural change, 2023
- -181
- International migration
- -4 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 148 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 7.1
- Postal code
- SC
- FIPS code
- 45039
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.3 % |
| 2024 | 5.0 % |
| 2023 | 3.8 % |
| 2022 | 4.4 % |
| 2021 | 5.4 % |
| 2020 | 7.4 % |
| 2019 | 4.1 % |
| 2018 | 5.7 % |
| 2017 | 6.7 % |
| 2016 | 6.5 % |
| 2015 | 8.0 % |
| 2014 | 8.5 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 20,369 |
| 2023 | 20,392 |
| 2022 | 20,430 |
| 2021 | 20,686 |
| 2020 | 20,872 |