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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: UTC−4 ( EDT )
Congressional district: 2nd
Website: www .aikencountysc .gov

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Wikidata facts

Population: 168808
Area: 2798
Official website: www.aikencountysc.gov
Image: Aiken County Courthouse Aug 2007.jpg
Households: 68266

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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
per capita income: 29470

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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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