Ranking of South Carolina Counties 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 counties, Greenwood County had the highest percentage of its population with British ancestry (1.06%), followed by Dorchester County (1.05%), and Greenville County (1.01%).
The chart and table below shows the top 10 counties 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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Related Topics: South Carolina ACS-5Yrs Estimates, 2021 Topic List.
Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of South Carolina Counties By Percentage of Population with British Ancestry in 2021
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| Rank | County | Percentage of Pop. (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greenwood County | 1.06 |
| 2 | Dorchester County | 1.05 |
| 3 | Greenville County | 1.01 |
| 4 | Georgetown County | 0.86 |
| 5 | Beaufort County | 0.79 |
| 5 | Charleston County | 0.79 |
| 6 | Florence County | 0.74 |
| 7 | Cherokee County | 0.71 |
| 7 | Oconee County | 0.71 |
| 8 | Lexington County | 0.70 |
| 9 | Pickens County | 0.68 |
| 10 | Jasper County | 0.66 |
| 11 | Newberry County | 0.65 |
| 12 | Anderson County | 0.60 |
| 13 | Berkeley County | 0.57 |
| 14 | Spartanburg County | 0.56 |
| 15 | Aiken County | 0.55 |
| 15 | York County | 0.55 |
| 16 | Kershaw County | 0.54 |
| 17 | Richland County | 0.53 |
| 18 | Horry County | 0.52 |
| 19 | McCormick County | 0.47 |
| 20 | Edgefield County | 0.39 |
| 20 | Lee County | 0.39 |
| 21 | Chester County | 0.36 |
| 22 | Williamsburg County | 0.35 |
| 23 | Laurens County | 0.34 |
| 24 | Barnwell County | 0.33 |
| 24 | Sumter County | 0.33 |
| 25 | Lancaster County | 0.31 |
| 26 | Union County | 0.29 |
| 27 | Fairfield County | 0.28 |
| 28 | Hampton County | 0.27 |
| 29 | Orangeburg County | 0.26 |
| 30 | Marion County | 0.24 |
| 31 | Colleton County | 0.23 |
| 32 | Calhoun County | 0.21 |
| 33 | Chesterfield County | 0.20 |
| 34 | Darlington County | 0.15 |
| 35 | Abbeville County | 0.14 |
| 36 | Bamberg County | 0.05 |
| 36 | Marlboro County | 0.05 |
| 37 | Clarendon County | 0.04 |
| 38 | Saluda County | 0.02 |