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County · South Carolina
Laurens County
70,545Population
4.5 %Change since 2020
1,244Net migration
4.8 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 70,545 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 4.5 %
- Net migration
- 1,244 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 4.8 % (2025)
- State
- South Carolina
- Population base, April 2020
- 67,527 (2020)
- Births
- 742 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 10.5
- Deaths
- 911 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 12.9
- Natural change, 2023
- -169
- International migration
- 130 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 1,114 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 17.6
- Postal code
- SC
- FIPS code
- 45059
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.8 % |
| 2024 | 4.4 % |
| 2023 | 3.3 % |
| 2022 | 3.4 % |
| 2021 | 4.3 % |
| 2020 | 6.8 % |
| 2019 | 2.9 % |
| 2018 | 3.6 % |
| 2017 | 4.4 % |
| 2016 | 5.2 % |
| 2015 | 6.5 % |
| 2014 | 6.9 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 70,545 |
| 2023 | 69,210 |
| 2022 | 68,109 |
| 2021 | 67,837 |
| 2020 | 67,628 |