Demographics of Greenville County, South Carolina

Greenville County, South Carolina had 583,125 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +55,881 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the American Community Survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Greenville County, in four figures

583,125
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; +10.6%
Change since July 2020: +55,881 people.; 38.4 ±0.2
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $76,932 ±$1,640
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. Each year's change is births less deaths, net moves from abroad and net moves from elsewhere in the country, with the Bureau's small residual. The 2020 row's components run 3 months, from the April census to July 1.

Greenville County, South Carolina's population grew 10.6% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Greenville County, South Carolina's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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Greenville County, South Carolina's population grew 10.6% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Greenville County, South Carolina's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	527,244	100.0	100.0
2021	534,789	101.4	100.2
2022	548,763	104.1	100.7
2023	560,986	106.4	101.6
2024	573,870	108.8	102.5
2025	583,125	110.6	103.1

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Population of Greenville County, South Carolina on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change	Births less deaths	From abroad	From elsewhere in the country
2020	527,244	+1,695	+301	+73	+1,280
2021	534,789	+7,545	+593	+891	+6,009
2022	548,763	+13,974	+650	+3,036	+9,916
2023	560,986	+12,223	+1,346	+3,914	+6,838
2024	573,870	+12,884	+1,401	+5,566	+5,812
2025	583,125	+9,255	+1,241	+2,357	+5,622

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 38.4 ±0.2: for men 37.2 ±0.2 and for women 39.7 ±0.3. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Greenville County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	South Carolina	United States
Under 5	32,703 ±4	6.0% ±<0.1	5.5% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	92,739 ±1,989	16.9% ±0.4	16.0% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	46,850 ±1,257	8.5% ±0.2	9.1% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	148,742 ±1,890	27.1% ±0.3	25.3% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	135,448 ±1,830	24.7% ±0.3	25.2% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	91,684 ±2,097	16.7% ±0.4	18.9% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $76,932 ±$1,640, and income per person $43,319 ±$854, in 2024 dollars. The median is $69,324 ±$570 in South Carolina and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Greenville County by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	South Carolina	United States
Under $25,000	29,807 ±1,742	13.5% ±0.8	17.0% ±0.2	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	40,740 ±1,789	18.5% ±0.8	19.6% ±0.3	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	37,343 ±1,733	16.9% ±0.8	17.0% ±0.3	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	29,339 ±1,409	13.3% ±0.6	13.1% ±0.2	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	38,296 ±1,712	17.4% ±0.8	16.4% ±0.2	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	20,591 ±1,191	9.3% ±0.5	8.0% ±0.2	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	24,449 ±1,220	11.1% ±0.5	8.9% ±0.2	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Greenville County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	South Carolina	United States
All ages	58,034 ±3,260	10.8% ±0.6	14.1% ±0.2	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	18,128 ±1,559	14.6% ±1.2	19.4% ±0.4	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	27,836 ±1,735	9.7% ±0.6	13.1% ±0.2	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	12,070 ±984	9.7% ±0.8	11.6% ±0.3	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Greenville County, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Greenville County	South Carolina	United States
Housing units	238,260 ±139	2,443,039 ±311	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	92.6% ±0.5	86.7% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	7.4% ±0.5	13.3% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	68.9% ±0.8	71.9% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	31.1% ±0.9	28.1% ±0.3	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$299,000 ±$3,712	$259,000 ±$1,421	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$1,262 ±$27	$1,180 ±$9	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1992 ±1	1992 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Greenville County by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	South Carolina	United States
Hispanic or Latino	63,570 ±0	11.6% ±<0.1	7.4% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	357,627 ±1,047	65.2% ±0.2	61.9% ±0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	83,676 ±1,835	15.3% ±0.3	24.6% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	13,609 ±537	2.5% ±0.1	1.7% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	1,163 ±468	0.2% ±0.1	0.2% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	64 to 206	< 0.1%	< 0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	2,864 ±759	0.5% ±0.1	0.5% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	25,522 ±2,100	4.7% ±0.4	3.7% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Greenville County by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	South Carolina	United States
Born in the state	267,820 ±3,622	48.9% ±0.7	52.6% ±0.2	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	224,725 ±3,665	41.0% ±0.7	40.4% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	7,856 ±1,019	1.4% ±0.2	1.2% ±0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	47,765 ±2,081	8.7% ±0.4	5.8% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	21,452 ±1,484	3.9% ±0.3	2.6% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	26,313 ±1,929	4.8% ±0.4	3.2% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

Greenville County among the counties of South Carolina

1st of 46 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the South Carolina page.

Counties of South Carolina near Greenville County in population, July 2025
County	July 2025	Change since 2020
Greenville County	583,125	+10.6%
Charleston County	436,200	+6.4%
Richland County	434,956	+4.6%
Horry County	427,551	+20.9%
Spartanburg County	380,857	+15.6%
Lexington County	317,588	+7.7%

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Rankings this appears in

No. 1 Counties by population in South Carolina
No. 8 Counties by population growth in South Carolina
No. 362 Counties by median rent
No. 376 Counties by foreign-born share

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026