Ranking of South Carolina Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with British Ancestry in 2021

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 31.55K people in South Carolina with British ancestry (0.62% of South Carolina population). Among all South Carolina cities and places with a population of at least 10K, Lexington town had the highest percentage of its population with British ancestry (1.69%), followed by Gaffney city (1.42%), and Greenville city (1.41%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 cities with high percentage of its population having British ancestry.

You can see similar information for other states and for other ancestry groups in South Carolina.

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Data Source: US Census Bureau.

Ranking of South Carolina Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with British Ancestry in 2021

Lexington town

Gaffney city

Greenville city

Summerville town

Forest Acres city

Mauldin city

Mount Pleasant town

James Island town

Easley city

Ladson CDP

Ranking of South Carolina Cities and Places By Percentage of Population with British Ancestry in 2021

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Rank	Ciy or Place	Percentage of Pop. (%)
1	Lexington town	1.69
2	Gaffney city	1.42
3	Greenville city	1.41
4	Summerville town	1.29
5	Forest Acres city	1.27
6	Mauldin city	1.26
7	Mount Pleasant town	1.09
8	James Island town	1.05
9	Easley city	1.04
9	Ladson CDP	1.04
10	North Augusta city	1.03
11	Charleston city	1.01
11	Newberry city	1.01
11	North Myrtle Beach city	1.01
12	Parker CDP	0.99
13	Lake Wylie CDP	0.91
14	Fountain Inn city	0.88
15	Wade Hampton CDP	0.86
16	Hilton Head Island town	0.82
16	St. Andrews CDP	0.82
17	Seven Oaks CDP	0.81
18	Red Bank CDP	0.80
19	Carolina Forest CDP	0.78
20	West Columbia city	0.77
21	Hanahan city	0.76
22	Irmo town	0.75
23	Columbia city	0.71
23	Tega Cay city	0.71
24	Myrtle Beach city	0.70
24	Red Hill CDP	0.70
25	Aiken city	0.69
26	Bluffton town	0.68
27	Clemson city	0.66
28	Beaufort city	0.54
28	Taylors CDP	0.54
29	Five Forks CDP	0.53
30	Florence city	0.52
30	Rock Hill city	0.52
31	Greer city	0.51
31	North Charleston city	0.51
32	Simpsonville city	0.50
33	Spartanburg city	0.49
34	Garden City CDP	0.46
35	Greenwood city	0.45
36	Oak Grove CDP	0.43
37	Cayce city	0.42
38	Orangeburg city	0.41
39	Goose Creek city	0.39
39	Sumter city	0.39
40	Fort Mill town	0.34
41	Dentsville CDP	0.30
41	Moncks Corner town	0.30
42	Boiling Springs CDP	0.28
43	Berea CDP	0.26
44	Conway city	0.21
45	Anderson city	0.19
46	Socastee CDP	0.15
47	Gantt CDP	0.12
48	Port Royal town	0.10