Ranking of South Carolina Counties By Percentage of Population with African Ancestry in 2021

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 42.47K people in South Carolina with African ancestry (0.84% of South Carolina population). Among all South Carolina counties, Chester County had the highest percentage of its population with African ancestry (7.59%), followed by McCormick County (4.42%), and Fairfield County (3.29%).

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

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