Aiken County
Also known as Aiken County, South Carolina, Aiken County, SC
county in South Carolina, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- South Carolina
- Founded
- 1871 ; 155 years ago ( 1871 )
- Named after
- William Aiken
- Seat
- Aiken
- Largest community
- Aiken
- Total
- 1,080.17 sq mi (2,797.6 km )
- Land
- 1,070.69 sq mi (2,773.1 km )
- Water
- 9.48 sq mi (24.6 km ) 0.88%
- Estimate 2025
- 181,515
- Density
- 157.663/sq mi (60.8740/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
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Aiken County (/ˈeɪkən/) is a county in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, its population was 168,808. Its county seat and largest community is Aiken. Aiken County is a part of the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is mostly in the Sandhills region, with the northern parts reaching in the Piedmont and southern parts reaching into the Coastal Plain.
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