Hampton County, South Carolina

Hampton County population, land area and income

Hampton County had 18,172 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 560.0 square miles of land. It ranks 41st of 46 in South Carolina by population and 29th by land area. That works out to 32.5 people per square mile, below the US average of 96.3, and below the national county median.

The median county-equivalent in South Carolina has 60,098 residents, so Hampton County has 30% of the typical county's population.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $44,774 is in the bottom quarter among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Hampton County's population changed since 2020

Hampton County lost 353 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 1.9%. That ranks 38th 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, Hampton County recorded 838 births and 1,157 deaths, a natural change of -319. Net international migration added +136 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to -200. The largest single component was natural change, which removed 319 people.

Where Hampton County is

The Census internal point of Hampton County is at 32.778300, -81.143800. 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 Hampton County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Hampton County

4 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Hampton County, 6,974 people together, or 38% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Hampton County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Hampton with 2,602.

Counties bordering Hampton County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 7 neighbors for Hampton County, including 2 across a state line. The most populous is Beaufort County, SC, with 201,775 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Beaufort County

  201,775 people

  39 mi SE

• GA

  Effingham County, GA

  73,148 people

  31 mi SSW

• Colleton County

  39,259 people

  29 mi E

• Jasper County

  35,618 people

  25 mi SSE

• GA

  Screven County, GA

  14,325 people

  28 mi W

• Bamberg County

  12,870 people

  30 mi N

• Allendale County

  7,551 people

  19 mi NW

Distance to Columbia and the nearest big city

Columbia is 84.7 miles N of Hampton County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Savannah, GA (population 148,808), 52.6 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Beaufort, SC (population 14,334), 33.0 miles away.

Hampton County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Hampton County is 45049: state code 45 for South Carolina plus county code 049. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $44,774.