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County · South Carolina
Union County
26,678Population
-2.1 %Change since 2020
183Net migration
5.9 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 26,678 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -2.1 %
- Net migration
- 183 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 5.9 % (2025)
- State
- South Carolina
- Population base, April 2020
- 27,240 (2020)
- Births
- 240 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 9.0
- Deaths
- 458 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 17.2
- Natural change, 2023
- -218
- International migration
- 37 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 146 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 6.9
- Postal code
- SC
- FIPS code
- 45087
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.9 % |
| 2024 | 5.6 % |
| 2023 | 4.4 % |
| 2022 | 4.9 % |
| 2021 | 6.4 % |
| 2020 | 9.0 % |
| 2019 | 3.5 % |
| 2018 | 4.2 % |
| 2017 | 5.4 % |
| 2016 | 6.2 % |
| 2015 | 7.8 % |
| 2014 | 8.4 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 26,678 |
| 2023 | 26,751 |
| 2022 | 26,787 |
| 2021 | 27,028 |
| 2020 | 27,182 |