Orangeburg County, South Carolina

Orangeburg County population, land area and income

Orangeburg County had 83,129 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 1,106.4 square miles of land. It ranks 17th of 46 in South Carolina by population and 2nd by land area. That works out to 75.1 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; Orangeburg County is somewhat larger.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $50,959 is in the bottom quarter among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Orangeburg County's population changed since 2020

Orangeburg County lost 842 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a drop of 1.0%. That ranks 36th 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, Orangeburg County recorded 3,537 births and 5,655 deaths, a natural change of -2,118. Net international migration added +463 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +518. The largest single component was natural change, which removed 2,118 people.

Where Orangeburg County is

The Census internal point of Orangeburg County is at 33.436100, -80.802900. 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 Orangeburg County outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Orangeburg County

2 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Orangeburg County, 14,637 people together, or 18% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Orangeburg County; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Orangeburg with 13,378.

Counties bordering Orangeburg County

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 9 neighbors for Orangeburg County. The most populous is Lexington County, SC, with 313,774 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Lexington County

  313,774 people

  42 mi NW

• Berkeley County

  264,276 people

  52 mi ESE

• Aiken County

  179,245 people

  48 mi W

• Dorchester County

  174,663 people

  34 mi SE

• Colleton County

  39,259 people

  41 mi SSE

• Clarendon County

  31,030 people

  37 mi ENE

• Barnwell County

  20,495 people

  38 mi WSW

• Calhoun County

  14,249 people

  17 mi N

• Bamberg County

  12,870 people

  22 mi SW

Distance to Columbia and the nearest big city

Columbia is 41.2 miles NNW of Orangeburg County's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Columbia, SC (population 144,788), 42.2 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Orangeburg, SC (population 13,378), 5.4 miles away.

Orangeburg County FIPS code

The FIPS code of Orangeburg County is 45075: state code 45 for South Carolina plus county code 075. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $50,959.