South Carolina

The freest counties in South Carolina (2026)

South Carolina has 46 counties in the ranking. The freest is Pickens, #1,013 of 3,144 in the country. The state itself scores6.84 of 10 for fraser institute state ranking and 10 of 10 for 2a, which every county in South Carolina shares.

1. 1013PickensSouth Carolina
2. 1213OconeeSouth Carolina
3. 1364BeaufortSouth Carolina
4. 1431LexingtonSouth Carolina
5. 1436GreenvilleSouth Carolina
6. 1524UnionSouth Carolina
7. 1536YorkSouth Carolina
8. 1560KershawSouth Carolina
9. 1730SaludaSouth Carolina
10. 1734AndersonSouth Carolina
11. 1749HorrySouth Carolina
12. 1879LancasterSouth Carolina
13. 1920EdgefieldSouth Carolina
14. 1930SpartanburgSouth Carolina
15. 2089AbbevilleSouth Carolina
16. 2100GreenwoodSouth Carolina
17. 2117DorchesterSouth Carolina
18. 2160BerkeleySouth Carolina
19. 2287AikenSouth Carolina
20. 2312CalhounSouth Carolina
21. 2334LaurensSouth Carolina
22. 2335CharlestonSouth Carolina
23. 2343WilliamsburgSouth Carolina
24. 2370GeorgetownSouth Carolina
25. 2417CherokeeSouth Carolina
26. 2429NewberrySouth Carolina
27. 2441McCormickSouth Carolina
28. 2621ClarendonSouth Carolina
29. 2646JasperSouth Carolina
30. 2657RichlandSouth Carolina
31. 2697ChesterfieldSouth Carolina
32. 2700FlorenceSouth Carolina
33. 2730SumterSouth Carolina
34. 2797DillonSouth Carolina
35. 2804BarnwellSouth Carolina
36. 2814ChesterSouth Carolina
37. 2826MarionSouth Carolina
38. 2835MarlboroSouth Carolina
39. 2838DarlingtonSouth Carolina
40. 2865OrangeburgSouth Carolina
41. 2871FairfieldSouth Carolina
42. 2873HamptonSouth Carolina
43. 2901AllendaleSouth Carolina
44. 2926LeeSouth Carolina
45. 2936ColletonSouth Carolina
46. 2984BambergSouth Carolina

See the freest counties of 2026 nationally, or readhow the ranking works.