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County · South Carolina
Richland County
430,651Population
3.5 %Change since 2020
2,688Net migration
4.6 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 430,651 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 3.5 %
- Net migration
- 2,688 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 4.6 % (2025)
- State
- South Carolina
- Population base, April 2020
- 416,146 (2020)
- Births
- 4,452 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 10.3
- Deaths
- 3,488 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 8.1
- Natural change, 2023
- 964
- International migration
- 1,772 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 916 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 6.2
- Postal code
- SC
- FIPS code
- 45079
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.6 % |
| 2024 | 4.3 % |
| 2023 | 3.0 % |
| 2022 | 3.2 % |
| 2021 | 4.0 % |
| 2020 | 5.7 % |
| 2019 | 2.7 % |
| 2018 | 3.4 % |
| 2017 | 4.2 % |
| 2016 | 4.7 % |
| 2015 | 5.6 % |
| 2014 | 5.8 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 430,651 |
| 2023 | 425,236 |
| 2022 | 421,693 |
| 2021 | 417,306 |
| 2020 | 415,697 |