Greenville County, South Carolina

Greenville County population, land area and income

Greenville County had 570,745 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 785.9 square miles of land. It is the most populous of South Carolina's 46 county-equivalents. That works out to 726.2 people per square mile, 7.5 times the US average of 96.3, and in the top tenth nationally.

The median county-equivalent in South Carolina has 60,098 residents, so Greenville County is 9.5 times that size.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $76,281 is in the top quarter among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Greenville County's population changed since 2020

Greenville County gained 43,479 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 8.2%. That ranks 8th 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, Greenville County recorded 27,386 births and 23,568 deaths, a natural change of +3,818. Net international migration added +10,767 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +29,972. The largest single component was domestic migration, which added 29,972 people.

Where Greenville County is

The Census internal point of Greenville County is at 34.892600, -82.372100. 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 Greenville County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Greenville County

6 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Greenville County, 184,652 people together, or 32% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Greenville County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Greenville with 74,371.

Counties bordering Greenville County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 8 neighbors for Greenville County, including 3 across a state line. The most populous is Spartanburg County, SC, with 369,256 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Spartanburg County

  369,256 people

  22 mi E

• Anderson County

  217,183 people

  30 mi SSW

• Pickens County

  138,207 people

  20 mi W

• NC

  Henderson County, NC

  120,771 people

  31 mi N

• Laurens County

  70,545 people

  35 mi SE

• NC

  Transylvania County, NC

  34,103 people

  33 mi NW

• Abbeville County

  24,607 people

  46 mi S

• NC

  Polk County, NC

  20,320 people

  29 mi NNE

Distance to Columbia and the nearest big city

Columbia is 98.0 miles SE of Greenville County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Athens-Clarke County, GA (population 128,691), 86.5 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Greenville, SC (population 74,371), 3.9 miles away.

Greenville County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Greenville County is 45045: state code 45 for South Carolina plus county code 045. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $76,281.