Abbeville County, South Carolina

Abbeville County population, land area and income

Abbeville County had 24,607 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 491.2 square miles of land. It ranks 37th of 46 in South Carolina by population and 35th by land area. That works out to 50.1 people per square mile, below the US average of 96.3, and above the national county median.

The median county-equivalent in South Carolina has 60,098 residents, so Abbeville County has 41% of the typical county's population.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $51,580 is in the bottom quarter among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Abbeville County's population changed since 2020

Abbeville County gained 345 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 1.4%. That ranks 27th of 46 in South Carolina for growth. The median South Carolina county changed by +2.9%, and the state as a whole by +6.8%.

Since the April 2020 estimates base, Abbeville County recorded 941 births and 1,570 deaths, a natural change of -629. Net international migration added +60 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +865. The largest single component was domestic migration, which added 865 people.

Where Abbeville County is

The Census internal point of Abbeville County is at 34.229000, -82.454100. It sits in UTM zone 17N. The map shades South Carolina's 46 county-equivalents by population change from 2020 to 2024, darker for faster growth, with Abbeville County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Abbeville County

4 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Abbeville County, 7,985 people together, or 32% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Abbeville County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Abbeville with 4,870.

Counties bordering Abbeville County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 6 neighbors for Abbeville County, including 1 across a state line. The most populous is Greenville County, SC, with 570,745 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Greenville County

  570,745 people

  46 mi N

• Anderson County

  217,183 people

  23 mi NNW

• Laurens County

  70,545 people

  31 mi NE

• Greenwood County

  70,041 people

  19 mi ESE

• GA

  Elbert County, GA

  20,152 people

  23 mi WSW

• McCormick County

  9,983 people

  24 mi SSE

Distance to Columbia and the nearest big city

Columbia is 82.7 miles E of Abbeville County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Athens-Clarke County, GA (population 128,691), 55.9 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Greenwood, SC (population 22,667), 17.3 miles away.

Abbeville County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Abbeville County is 45001: state code 45 for South Carolina plus county code 001. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $51,580.