Rank 2 of 51 by domestic migration per 1,000
South Carolina
South Carolina gained through both migration channels — 299,962 from other states, 60,351 from other countries — while recording 17,465 more deaths than births. Every net resident added here arrived; none were born here on balance.
Domestic migration+299,962+54.7 per 1,000 residentsMovers arriving from, or leaving for, other US states.
International migration+60,351+11.0 per 1,000 residentsNet arrivals from outside the United States.
Births minus deaths−17,465−3.2 per 1,000 residentsNatural change. Not migration at all, and frequently mistaken for it.
Year by year
Counts of people. Bars share one scale across all 4 years and all three channels, so a short bar is a small number rather than a rescaled one.
| Year | Domestic | International | Births | Deaths | Natural | Scale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +67,887 | +4,027 | 55,815 | 64,948 | −9,133 | |
| 2022 | +83,940 | +13,865 | 57,613 | 64,615 | −7,002 | |
| 2023 | +80,092 | +19,225 | 58,152 | 58,965 | −813 | |
| 2024 | +68,043 | +23,234 | 57,999 | 58,516 | −517 |
Either side of South Carolina
Vintage-year 2020 is published for a partial period and carries no companion rate, so it is excluded rather than shown alongside four full years it cannot be compared with. A work of the U.S. government: no copyright subsists (17 U.S.C. §105). Source file ↗