South Carolina counties quiz

The 46 counties in the quiz

They’re the 46 counties of South Carolina, as counted by the US Census Bureau. The state capital, Columbia, is in Richland County.

How to play

In Point mode we name a county and you tap it on the map; in Type mode one lights up and you type its name (accents don’t matter); and in Time trial you get 6 seconds per question. If you miss, we show you where it was, which way it lies and a hint drawn from the data: its size rank and its neighbors.

Each game has 10, 20 or all the questions, and at the end you can practice just the ones you missed. Your best score for each mode is saved in this browser only: neither we nor anyone else can see it, and there’s no sign-up.

The hardest ones

The smallest counties are the hardest, since they barely show on the map: McCormick (359 sq mi), Calhoun (381 sq mi), and Cherokee (393 sq mi). Zoom in with the buttons or two fingers to tap them.

Tips to learn them

• The 11 counties bordering North Carolina trace that border on the map: Cherokee, Chesterfield, Dillon, Greenville, Horry, Lancaster, Marlboro, Oconee, Pickens, Spartanburg, and York.
• Only 6 of the 46 counties have a coastline: find them first along the edge of the map.
• Orangeburg has the most neighbors: it borders 9 counties. Once you place it, you have a landmark for many more.
• Greenville is the most populous (583,125 people in 2025) and, together with Charleston and Richland, is home to 26% of South Carolina’s people.

Playing in class

If you teach in South Carolina, start with your school’s county and its neighbors and add a few each day. Otherwise, it’s a good way to get to know the state before studying it.

With the Challenge your class link, everyone gets the same questions in the same order, with no accounts or passwords, and each student sees their own score, time and streak. To practice on paper, there’s a printable worksheet of the same map with an answer key.

List of all 46 counties

1. Abbeville pop. 24,836
2. Aiken pop. 181,515
3. Allendale pop. 7,355
4. Anderson pop. 219,930
5. Bamberg pop. 12,796
6. Barnwell pop. 20,653
7. Beaufort pop. 204,433
8. Berkeley pop. 274,666
9. Calhoun pop. 14,188
10. Charleston pop. 436,200
11. Cherokee pop. 58,275
12. Chester pop. 33,001
13. Chesterfield pop. 44,740
14. Clarendon pop. 31,043
15. Colleton pop. 39,382
16. Darlington pop. 62,888
17. Dillon pop. 27,458
18. Dorchester pop. 178,397
19. Edgefield pop. 29,808
20. Fairfield pop. 20,340
21. Florence pop. 138,504
22. Georgetown pop. 65,912
23. Greenville pop. 583,125
24. Greenwood pop. 70,379
25. Hampton pop. 18,174
26. Horry pop. 427,551
27. Jasper pop. 38,533
28. Kershaw pop. 73,166
29. Lancaster pop. 114,296
30. Laurens pop. 71,848
31. Lee pop. 15,730
32. Lexington pop. 317,588
33. Marion pop. 28,242
34. Marlboro pop. 25,488
35. McCormick pop. 10,215
36. Newberry pop. 39,561
37. Oconee pop. 83,775
38. Orangeburg pop. 83,177
39. Pickens pop. 139,198
40. Richland pop. 434,956
41. Saluda pop. 19,680
42. Spartanburg pop. 380,857
43. Sumter pop. 105,067
44. Union pop. 26,799
45. Williamsburg pop. 29,662
46. York pop. 306,887