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Greenville, South Carolina

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The 2000 Census showed that Greenville had a population of 56,002 people ^<1>. This represents 1.39% of the total population of South Carolina, making it the state's 4th most populous community.

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

Year	Population	Change Since 2000	Year-to-Year Change
2008	59,988	+7.12%	+1.82% since 2007
2007	58,915	+5.2%	+2.04% since 2006
2006	57,739	+3.1%	+1.1% since 2005
2005	57,110	+1.98%	+0.67% since 2004
2004	56,732	+1.3%	+0.19% since 2003
2003	56,625	+1.11%	-0.39% since 2002
2002	56,845	+1.51%	-0.45% since 2001
2001	57,103	+1.97%	+1.97% since 2000
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2000	56,002	The Last Census

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
1	Columbia	SE	99 mi [159.3 km]	127,029	9.25% increase
2	Charleston	SE	196 mi [315.4 km]	111,978	15.86% increase
3	North Charleston	SE	187 mi [300.9 km]	94,407	18.54% increase
-4-	Greenville			59,988	7.12% increase
5	Rock Hill	E	76 mi [122.3 km]	67,339	35.31% increase
6	Mount Pleasant	SE	199 mi [320.3 km]	65,472	37.52% increase
7	Spartanburg	E	25 mi [40.23 km]	39,584	0.22% decrease

Greenville had 27,295 Housing Units ^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Greenville has an area ^<4> of 26.07 square miles [67.5 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, Greenville had a 2000 population density of 2,148 people per square mile [829 people/km²], making it the state's 8th most densely populated area.

Greenville County

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

The county had a population of 381,090 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 56,002 people, Greenville contained 14.7% of the Greenville County total.

In addition, where the community of Greenville has a population density of 2,148 people per square mile [829 people/km²], Greenville County averages 482.3 people per square mile [186.2 people/km²].

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

Population Rings

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

Radius	No of Communities	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
5 mi [8 km]	2	81,772	14.81% increase
10 mi [16 km]	5	127,996	20.16% increase
15 mi [24 km]	12	163,611	19.19% increase
20 mi [32 km]	17	180,233	17.53% increase
25 mi [40 km]	26	236,309	13.49% increase
30 mi [48 km]	35	298,914	11.55% increase

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Although they don't create QuickFacts for all communities, they do have one for Greenville. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Greenville, it also contains a comparison between Greenville and the state of South Carolina.

Click here for the Greenville QuickFact (QF-4530850).

A Census Quickfact is available for Greenville County (QF-45045).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Greenville County.

County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
Henderson (NC)	QF-37089	N	102,367	14.19% increase
Polk (NC)	QF-37149	N	19,074	3.65% increase
Spartanburg	QF-45083	E	280,738	10.35% increase
Laurens	QF-45059	SE	69,681	---
Abbeville	QF-45001	S	25,404	3.13% decrease
Anderson	QF-45007	SW	182,825	9.93% increase
Pickens	QF-45077	W	116,915	5.24% increase
Transylvania (NC)	QF-37175	NW	30,187	2.74% increase

Miscellaneous Information

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

	State Code:	45 (South Carolina)
	County Code:	045 (Greenville County)
	Place Code:	30850 (Greenville)

	State & County Code:	45045 (South Carolina/Greenville County)

	State & Place Code:	4530850 (South Carolina/Greenville)

Greenville 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 Greenville.

The Commemorative
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South Carolina ^<6>

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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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Footnotes

<1>	Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. - Return to Citation
<2>	Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Greenville and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance. - Return to Citation
<3>	A Housing Unit is a broad term for those places where people live, whether occupied or temporarily vacant, such as a house, an apartment, a mobile home, or an area that is considered as a separate living quarter. Separate living quarters (consisting of one or more rooms) are considered to be those places where people live, sleep and eat separately from others and that have access to the outside (either directly or by a shared hallway). - Return to Citation
<4>	The area value has been supplied by the US Census Bureau and it can be different than the geographic boundaries of Greenville. The value given by the Census Bureau reflects their statistical (or sampling) requirements. For example, if there is a cluster of people living just outside of the community's official boundary, the Census-defined area might be expanded to include that group of people. - Return to Citation
<5>	The communities in our count are those provided by the 2000 Census, so keep in mind that our population rings will only include the people living in those communities. Smaller communities usually don't participate directly in the Census and therefore they won't be included. While our count is a close approximation, it shouldn't be considered as a complete or accurate count. - Return to Citation
<6>	All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint. - Return to Citation

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