24,607 people (2024 Census estimate, +1.4% since 2020)
491 square miles of land · 50 people per square mile
“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
4 active community water systems list Abbeville County in the area they serve, reporting 13,589 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| ABBEVILLE CITY OF (SC0110001) surface water · local government · SC0110001 | 5,650 served |
| DONALDS-DUE WEST W&SA (SC0120001) buys surface water · local government · SC0120001 | 5,200 served |
| CALHOUN FALLS TOWN OF (SC0110002) buys surface water · local government · SC0110002 | 2,473 served |
| BGWC PURDY SHORES (SC0150014) buys surface water · private · SC0150014 | 266 served |
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.
About 35 people were held in Abbeville County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2019), or 232 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2014 it was about 62.
Source: Vera Institute of Justice, Incarceration Trends (built from federal Bureau of Justice Statistics jail surveys). Counties without their own jail, or that share one, may show no figure.
1 school district has its office in Abbeville County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $53.2 million — $41 million to run schools, about $14,331 per student, plus $11.7 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $14 million local (mostly property tax), $27.7 million state, $6.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $16.1 million.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Relatively Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Abbeville County about $10.3 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Low; social vulnerability: Very High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
162 bridges in Abbeville County: 67 in good condition, 91 fair, and 4 poor (2.5%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
| S-1-33 over LONG CANE CREEK · built 1961 | 350 vehicles a day |
| S-1-37 over HOGSKIN CREEK · built 1959 | 250 vehicles a day |
| S-1-159 over JOHNS CREEK · built 1950 | 125 vehicles a day |
| CURTAIL CREEK-Brid over CURTAIL CREEK · built 1982 | 50 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $1.6 million of work in Abbeville County in fiscal 2025, about $65 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
Registration deadlines, early voting and polling places for South Carolina are on the federal site vote.gov, which links to the state's official election office.
The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Abbeville County come from the county's own records, which we haven't gathered — not gathered, never hidden. See what a full county site looks like, or ask to have Abbeville County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Greenwood County (19 mi) · Anderson County (23 mi) · Elbert County, GA (23 mi) · McCormick County (24 mi) · Lincoln County, GA (30 mi) · Hart County, GA (30 mi).