McCormick County, South Carolina

McCormick County population, land area and income

McCormick County had 9,983 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 358.9 square miles of land. It ranks 45th of 46 in South Carolina by population and 46th by land area. That works out to 27.8 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 McCormick County has 17% of the typical county's population.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $58,475 is below the national county median among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How McCormick County's population changed since 2020

McCormick County gained 461 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 4.8%. That ranks 17th 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, McCormick County recorded 244 births and 711 deaths, a natural change of -467. Net international migration added +0 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +942. The largest single component was domestic migration, which added 942 people.

Where McCormick County is

The Census internal point of McCormick County is at 33.897600, -82.316200. 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 McCormick County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in McCormick County

One incorporated place of 1,000+ people has residents in McCormick County, 1,960 people together, or 20% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside McCormick County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is McCormick with 1,960.

Counties bordering McCormick County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 6 neighbors for McCormick County, including 3 across a state line. The most populous is Columbia County, GA, with 167,472 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• GA

  Columbia County, GA

  167,472 people

  24 mi S

• Greenwood County

  70,041 people

  21 mi NNE

• Edgefield County

  29,455 people

  22 mi ESE

• Abbeville County

  24,607 people

  24 mi NNW

• GA

  Elbert County, GA

  20,152 people

  34 mi WNW

• GA

  Lincoln County, GA

  8,049 people

  11 mi SW

Distance to Columbia and the nearest big city

Columbia is 73.8 miles E of McCormick County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Augusta-Richmond County, GA (population 201,737), 39.3 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Greenwood, SC (population 22,667), 22.6 miles away.

McCormick County FIPS code

The FIPS code of McCormick County is 45065: state code 45 for South Carolina plus county code 065. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $58,475.