What the numbers mean for dating in South Carolina
South Carolina was the fastest-growing state in the nation in 2023, reaching about 5.37 million residents with an estimated 833,000 women aged 18 to 44 — roughly 1.5% of the national pool. The market spreads across three comparable metros rather than one anchor: Greenville-Spartanburg in the manufacturing-heavy Upstate at nearly one million, Columbia with the state government and university at about 850,000, and Charleston, whose booming tech and port economy has made it a magnet for young transplants.
The median age of 40.4 runs above the national figure, inflated by heavy retiree in-migration to Hilton Head, Myrtle Beach, and the coast — but Charleston and Columbia skew far younger than the state average. About 32% of women 25 and older hold a bachelor's degree, and roughly 36% of adult women have never married. Like its Deep South neighbors, South Carolina tilts female overall, at about 105 women per 100 men, modestly favoring men in raw numerical terms.
A national probability from our calculator scales roughly with a state's share of the US population: preferences matching 1% of US women translate to about 8,330 women in South Carolina. State demographics like education and marriage rates shift the real figure up or down.
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Methodology note
Estimates combine 2023 Census Bureau state population figures with American Community Survey age, sex, education, and marital status distributions. Figures are rounded estimates for statistical education, not precise counts. See our methodology and data sources.