Aiken, South Carolina

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The 2000 Census showed that Aiken had a population of 25,337 people^<1>. This represents 0.63% of the total population of South Carolina, making it the state's 14th most populous community.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Below is a list of similarily sized communities (while rank is based on the 2000 Census, the population shown is estimated for 2008):

Rank in 2000	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
11	Goose Creek	E	104 mi [167.4 km]	37,900	29.76% increase
12	Summerville	E	96 mi [154.5 km]	45,193	62.85% increase
13	Anderson	NW	86 mi [138.4 km]	27,027	5.93% increase
-14-	Aiken			29,434	16.17% increase
15	Myrtle Beach	E	163 mi [262.3 km]	30,596	34.43% increase
16	Greenwood	NW	51 mi [82.1 km]	22,533	2.09% increase
17	Easley	NW	101 mi [162.5 km]	20,325	14.48% increase

Aiken had 11,373 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Aiken has an area^<4> of 16.18 square miles [41.9 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Aiken had a 2000 population density of 1,566 people per square mile [604 people/km²], making it the state's 31st most densely populated area.

Aiken County

The city of Aiken is located in Aiken County and is the county seat.

The county had a population of 142,724 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 25,337 people, Aiken contained 17.75% of the Aiken County total.

In addition, where the community of Aiken has a population density of 1,566 people per square mile [604 people/km²], Aiken County averages 133.1 people per square mile [51.4 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Aiken County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Aiken and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Aiken. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<5>

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Unfortunately, the Census Bureau has not created a QuickFact that is specific to Aiken.

A Census Quickfact is available for Aiken County (QF-45003).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Aiken County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Saluda	QF-45081	N	18,625	2.88% decrease
	Lexington	QF-45063	NE	248,518	14.61% increase
	Orangeburg	QF-45075	E	90,336	1.26% decrease
	Barnwell	QF-45011	SE	22,872	2.45% decrease
	Burke (GA)	QF-13033	SW	22,732	2.03% increase
	Edgefield	QF-45037	NW	25,546	4.11% increase
	Richmond (GA)	QF-13245	SW	199,486	---

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Aiken:

Aiken is located in Census Region #3 (the South Region) and in Division #5 (the South Atlantic Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Aiken.

The Commemorative Quarter for South Carolina<6>

Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Aiken. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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