There are 162 Jails & Prisons in South Carolina, serving a population of 4,893,444 people in an area of 30,054 square miles. There is 1 Jail & Prison per 30,206 people, and 1 Jail & Prison per 185 square miles.
The state of South Carolina is ranked 25th in Jails & Prisons per capita, and 19th in Jails & Prisons per square mile.