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Saluda County
19,452Population
2.7 %Change since 2020
228Net migration
3.9 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 19,452 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 2.7 %
- Net migration
- 228 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 3.9 % (2025)
- State
- South Carolina
- Population base, April 2020
- 18,934 (2020)
- Births
- 261 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 13.4
- Deaths
- 275 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 14.1
- Natural change, 2023
- -14
- International migration
- 116 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 112 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 11.7
- Postal code
- SC
- FIPS code
- 45081
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.9 % |
| 2024 | 3.6 % |
| 2023 | 2.8 % |
| 2022 | 2.7 % |
| 2021 | 3.0 % |
| 2020 | 4.1 % |
| 2019 | 2.5 % |
| 2018 | 2.9 % |
| 2017 | 3.7 % |
| 2016 | 4.3 % |
| 2015 | 5.2 % |
| 2014 | 5.6 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 19,452 |
| 2023 | 19,300 |
| 2022 | 19,086 |
| 2021 | 18,908 |
| 2020 | 18,908 |