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County · South Carolina
Kershaw County
71,698Population
9.6 %Change since 2020
2,224Net migration
4.4 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 71,698 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 9.6 %
- Net migration
- 2,224 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 4.4 % (2025)
- State
- South Carolina
- Population base, April 2020
- 65,413 (2020)
- Births
- 796 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 11.1
- Deaths
- 830 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 11.6
- Natural change, 2023
- -34
- International migration
- 75 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 2,149 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 31.0
- Postal code
- SC
- FIPS code
- 45055
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.4 % |
| 2024 | 4.0 % |
| 2023 | 2.9 % |
| 2022 | 3.2 % |
| 2021 | 3.6 % |
| 2020 | 5.2 % |
| 2019 | 2.8 % |
| 2018 | 3.4 % |
| 2017 | 4.4 % |
| 2016 | 5.1 % |
| 2015 | 5.9 % |
| 2014 | 6.3 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 71,698 |
| 2023 | 70,145 |
| 2022 | 67,917 |
| 2021 | 66,215 |
| 2020 | 65,596 |