South Carolina's congressional districts
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There are currently six United States congressional districts in South Carolina based on results from the United States 2000 Census. There have been as few as four and as many as nine congressional districts in South Carolina. The 9th district and the 8th district were lost after the 1840 Census. The 7th district was last lost after the 1930 Census. Because the state exceeded the nation's average population growth in the 2010 Census, South Carolina regained a 7th district for the 2012 elections. The 5th district and the 6th district were briefly lost after the Civil War, but both had been regained by the 1880 Census.
Republicans currently hold 5 seats (Districts 1-5) while Democrats hold 1 seat (District 6).
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[edit] First Congressional District
Counties
- Berkeley County- partial, 87% of population
- Charleston County - partial, 79% of population
- Dorchester County - partial, 80% of population
- Georgetown County - partial, 68% of population
- Horry County
Cities
[edit] Second Congressional District
Represented by Joe Wilson - R
Counties
- Aiken County - partial, 19% of population
- Allendale County
- Barnwell County
- Beaufort County
- Calhoun County - partial, 45% of population
- Hampton County
- Jasper County
- Lexington County
- Orangeburg County - partial, 24% of population
- Richland County - partial, 62% of population
Cities
[edit] Third Congressional District
Represented by Jeff Duncan - R
Counties
- Abbeville County
- Aiken County- partial, 81% of population
- Anderson County
- Edgefield County
- Greenwood County
- Laurens County - partial, 92% of population
- McCormick County
- Oconee County
- Pickens County
- Saluda County
Cities
[edit] Fourth Congressional District
Represented by Trey Gowdy - R
Counties
- Greenville County
- Laurens County - partial, 8% of population
- Spartanburg County
- Union County
Cities
[edit] Fifth Congressional District
Represented by Mick Mulvaney - R
Counties
- Cherokee County
- Chester County
- Chesterfield County
- Darlington County
- Dillon County
- Fairfield County
- Florence County - partial, 10% of population
- Kershaw County
- Lancaster County
- Lee County - partial, 87% of population
- Marlboro County
- Newberry County
- Sumter County - partial, 42% of population
- York County
Cities
[edit] Sixth Congressional District
Represented by Jim Clyburn - D
Counties
- Bamberg County
- Berkeley County - partial, 13% of population
- Calhoun County - partial, 55% of population
- Charleston County - partial, 21% of population
- Clarendon County
- Colleton County
- Dorchester County - partial, 20% of population
- Florence County - partial, 90% of population
- Georgetown County - partial, 32% of population
- Lee County - partial, 13% of population
- Marion County
- Orangeburg County - partial, 76% of population
- Richland County - partial, 38% of population
- Sumter County - partial, 58% of population
- Williamsburg County
Cities
[edit] Obsolete districts
[edit] Seventh Congressional District
The Seventh Congressional District seat was eliminated after the 1930 census. It will re-establish for the 113th Congress in 2013.
[edit] Eighth Congressional District
The Eighth Congressional District seat was eliminated after the 1840 census.
[edit] Ninth Congressional District
The Ninth Congressional District seat was eliminated after the 1840 census.
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