How this list was compiled: Items made on 2026-09-26. Licence: public domain (work of the United States government, 17 U.S.C. 105): https://www2.census.gov/geo/pdfs/maps-data/data/tiger/tgrshp2023/TGRSHP2023_TechDoc_Ch1.pdf
The drawing: Drawn for this site from U.S. Census Bureau 2023 cartographic boundary file cb_2023_us_county_5m (scale 1:5,000,000), https://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/GENZ2023/shp/cb_2023_us_county_5m.zip, downloaded 2026-09-19. Surrounding land from U.S. Census Bureau 2023 cartographic boundary file cb_2023_us_state_5m (scale 1:5,000,000), https://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/GENZ2023/shp/cb_2023_us_state_5m.zip, downloaded 2026-09-19. Albers equal-area conic projection, central meridian 81.1°W, standard parallels 32.6°N and 34.7°N. Outlines simplified; small islands are left out. Licence: public domain (work of the United States government, 17 U.S.C. 105): https://www2.census.gov/geo/pdfs/maps-data/data/tiger/tgrshp2023/TGRSHP2023_TechDoc_Ch1.pdf
How it works
This blank map of South Carolina shows all 46 counties of South Carolina, from Abbeville to York, with Columbia, the capital, in Richland County; with Borders off it prints the plain outline.
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Blank, numbered or named
Blank prints the 46 shapes with nothing written; Numbered puts 1 on Abbeville and 46 on York, in alphabetical order; Named prints every name, and Print the answer key gives the list.
South Carolina outline map with every county
Horry County, on the coast around Myrtle Beach, is the largest by land, with Berkeley close behind. Its neighbors, North Carolina and Georgia, are drawn around it without numbers.
Start on the coast with Horry in the north-east and work down to Beaufort and Jasper in the south.
Questions and answers
How many counties does South Carolina have?
Forty-six in the Census Bureau count, from Abbeville County to York County in alphabetical order.
What county is Columbia in?
Columbia stands in Richland County, which is number 40 on the numbered sheet. Have students find it first and write Columbia beside it.
Which is the largest county in South Carolina?
Horry County, around Myrtle Beach, by land. Berkeley County, near Charleston, is almost as large.
Which county of South Carolina has the most people?
Greenville County, around Greenville, has more people than any other county in South Carolina, while the capital, Columbia, is in Richland County.