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South Carolina in 2000
Index change and building permits for the year, with every county.
In 2000 the FHFA house price index for South Carolina changed +5.5%, against +8.3% for the United States and +4.7% in 1999.
32,812 housing units were authorised by building permits in the state that year (24,863 single-family), −9.3% on 1999; the national total was 1,592,267.
Counties in 2000
Ranked by the county index change from 1999 to 2000 (FHFA annual county index). Permits are units authorised in 2000; per 1,000 uses the vintage 2025 population.
| County | Index change 2000 | Units permitted | Single-family | Per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charleston County | +13.3% | 4,086 | 2,776 | 9.4 |
| Newberry County | +11.1% | 128 | 128 | 3.2 |
| Lee County | +10.8% | 51 | 24 | 3.2 |
| Beaufort County | +9.2% | 2,689 | 1,986 | 13.2 |
| Berkeley County | +9.2% | 556 | 556 | 2.0 |
| Dorchester County | +8.2% | 745 | 574 | 4.2 |
| Hampton County | +7.9% | 22 | 22 | 1.2 |
| Colleton County | +7.7% | 130 | 112 | 3.3 |
| Fairfield County | +7.5% | 71 | 71 | 3.5 |
| Georgetown County | +7.2% | 647 | 483 | 9.8 |
| Marion County | +6.6% | 77 | 41 | 2.7 |
| Chester County | +6.3% | 88 | 88 | 2.7 |
| Lancaster County | +6.1% | 367 | 362 | 3.2 |
| Pickens County | +5.9% | 611 | 611 | 4.4 |
| Saluda County | +5.7% | 47 | 47 | 2.4 |
| Anderson County | +5.6% | 1,110 | 952 | 5.0 |
| Oconee County | +5.6% | 473 | 473 | 5.6 |
| Kershaw County | +5.3% | 314 | 314 | 4.3 |
| Richland County | +5.2% | 2,936 | 2,494 | 6.8 |
| Dillon County | +5.1% | 42 | 40 | 1.5 |
| Chesterfield County | +4.9% | 268 | 244 | 6.0 |
| Darlington County | +4.8% | 169 | 169 | 2.7 |
| McCormick County | +4.7% | 91 | 91 | 8.9 |
| Sumter County | +4.7% | 294 | 294 | 2.8 |
| Lexington County | +4.5% | 1,383 | 1,383 | 4.4 |
| Laurens County | +4.4% | 326 | 314 | 4.5 |
| Abbeville County | +4.0% | 96 | 96 | 3.9 |
| Marlboro County | +3.9% | 21 | 21 | 0.8 |
| Greenwood County | +3.8% | 384 | 196 | 5.5 |
| Greenville County | +3.7% | 3,411 | 2,822 | 5.8 |
| Orangeburg County | +3.7% | 234 | 197 | 2.8 |
| Horry County | +3.5% | 4,492 | 1,907 | 10.5 |
| Clarendon County | +3.4% | 109 | 109 | 3.5 |
| York County | +3.4% | 2,977 | 1,708 | 9.7 |
| Aiken County | +3.3% | 678 | 678 | 3.7 |
| Florence County | +3.1% | 645 | 516 | 4.7 |
| Barnwell County | +2.8% | 4 | 4 | 0.2 |
| Spartanburg County | +2.5% | 1,567 | 1,515 | 4.1 |
| Cherokee County | +1.8% | 151 | 147 | 2.6 |
| Edgefield County | −0.1% | 76 | 76 | 2.5 |
| Union County | −0.3% | 47 | 47 | 1.8 |
| Bamberg County | — | 21 | 17 | 1.6 |
| Calhoun County | — | 84 | 84 | 5.9 |
| Jasper County | — | 72 | 72 | 1.9 |
| Williamsburg County | — | 50 | 50 | 1.7 |
Permits by year, 1995–2025
Housing units authorised in South Carolina by yearsingle-family2+ unit buildings
Source: Federal Housing Finance Agency annual state and county house price indexes (updated March 31, 2026); Census Bureau Building Permits Survey annual state and county files. Public domain. Methodology.