Edgefield County, South Carolina

Edgefield County population, land area and income

Edgefield County had 29,455 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 500.7 square miles of land. It ranks 32nd of 46 in South Carolina by population and 33rd by land area. That works out to 58.8 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 Edgefield County has 49% of the typical county's population.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $62,851 is above the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Edgefield County's population changed since 2020

Edgefield County gained 3,782 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 14.7%. That ranks 4th 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, Edgefield County recorded 836 births and 1,403 deaths, a natural change of -567. Net international migration added +641 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +3,657. The largest single component was domestic migration, which added 3,657 people.

Where Edgefield County is

The Census internal point of Edgefield County is at 33.779500, -81.959600. 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 Edgefield County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Edgefield County

3 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Edgefield County, 6,655 people together, or 23% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Edgefield County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Edgefield with 4,147.

Counties bordering Edgefield County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 6 neighbors for Edgefield County, including 2 across a state line. The most populous is Richmond County, GA, with 206,303 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• GA

  Richmond County, GA

  206,303 people

  30 mi SSW

• Aiken County

  179,245 people

  25 mi SE

• GA

  Columbia County, GA

  167,472 people

  23 mi SW

• Greenwood County

  70,041 people

  28 mi NNW

• Saluda County

  19,452 people

  20 mi NE

• McCormick County

  9,983 people

  22 mi WNW

Distance to Columbia and the nearest big city

Columbia is 55.2 miles ENE of Edgefield County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Augusta-Richmond County, GA (population 201,737), 29.3 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is North Augusta, SC (population 26,395), 17.7 miles away.

Edgefield County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Edgefield County is 45037: state code 45 for South Carolina plus county code 037. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $62,851.