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Berkeley County, South Carolina

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County FIPS45015Five-digit Census identifier
Population274,666July 1, 2025 estimate
Land area1,103.61 mi²2025 Gazetteer
Population per land mi²248.88Calculated from the cited population and land area

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Berkeley County is a county or county equivalent in South Carolina. Its five-digit FIPS code is 45015; preserve the leading zero when storing county codes as text. The Gazetteer lists 130.9 square miles of water and a representative point at 33.2077, -79.953655. That point identifies the geography; it is not a street address or a site boundary.

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Geography: 2025 U.S. Census Gazetteer. Population: Vintage 2025 estimates, July 1, 2025. County equivalents include parishes, boroughs, independent cities and planning regions. Puerto Rico population is not supplied by this population file.

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