Urban and Rural Population in South Carolina
- In South Carolina in 2000, 60.5 percent of the population lived in
urban areas and 39.5 percent lived in rural areas.
- Nationally, 79.0 percent of the population lived in urban areas and 21.0 percent lived in rural areas. Of the 50 states, South Carolina ranked 13th in the nation for highest percentage of the population living in rural areas.
Urban and Rural Population: 2000
| South Carolina | United States | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | |
| Total Population | 4,012,012 | 100.0 | 281,421,906 | 100.0 |
| Urban Population | 2,427,021 | 60.5 | 222,358,309 | 79.0 |
| Inside Urbanized Areas | 1,874,384 | 46.7 | 192,338,121 | 68.3 |
| Inside Urban Clusters | 552,637 | 13.8 | 30,020,188 | 10.7 |
| Rural Population | 1,584,991 | 39.5 | 59,063,597 | 21.0 |
| Farm | 37,293 | 0.9 | 2,987,531 | 1.1 |
| Nonfarm | 1,547,698 | 38.6 | 56,076,066 | 19.9 |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000. SF3, Table P5.