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Aiken County
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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
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 2nd
- Website
- www .aikencountysc .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- South Carolina
- Contains
- Aiken
- Capital
- Aiken
- Population
- 168808
- Area
- 2798
- Shares border with
- Edgefield County
- Official website
- www.aikencountysc.gov
- Image
- Aiken County Courthouse Aug 2007.jpg
- Households
- 68266
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- topic's main category
- Category:Aiken County, South Carolina
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Aiken County, South Carolina
- Commons category
- Aiken County, South Carolina
- inception
- 1871-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 0.9
- native label
- Aiken County
- social media followers
- 2273
- topic has template
- Template:Aiken County, South Carolina
- per capita income
- 29470
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Aiken County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.