Is Dillon County, SC's population growing or shrinking?
Refreshed annually
It shrank by 123 between 2024 and 2025. Changes in population reflect birth and death rates, immigration patterns, regional shifts, and even the overall health of the economy. Dillon County, SC’s 0.45% annual decrease was primarily driven by deaths outpacing births.
In the decade between 2015 and 2025, Dillon County, SC’s population shrank by 11.8%.
-123
population change (2024 to 2025)
-0.45%
percent change in population (2024 to 2025)
Since 2000, Dillon County, SC’s population increased 7 out of 25 years. The largest increase occurred between 2009 and 2010, when Dillon County, SC gained 1,100 residents. Its largest decline occurred between 2019 and 2020 when there were 2,100 fewer residents.
Dillon County, SC lost 123 residents between 2024 and 2025.
Annual population change, 2001–2025
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What contributes to population change in Dillon County, SC?
A county’s population is influenced by three factors:
- Natural population change: If births outnumber deaths in a given year, natural population growth is positive. If deaths exceed births, it is negative. Between 2024 and 2025 natural population change was negative in Dillon County, SC, with deaths exceeding births by 117.
- Immigration: international migration directly into or out of a county: If more people move in than move out, population change from immigration is positive. If more people move out than move in, it’s negative. Between 2024 to 2025, Dillon County, SC’s population change from immigration was positive with about 23 more people coming from another country directly to Dillon County, SC than leaving.
- Domestic migration, moving between counties: Between 2024 to 2025, Dillon County, SC’s population change from domestic migration was negative with about 30 more people moving to any other county in the US.
Between 2024 and 2025, natural change was the primary driver of population decline in Dillon County, SC.
Components of population change from previous year, 2011–2025
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