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

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 7.60K people in South Carolina with Danish ancestry (0.15% of South Carolina population). Among all South Carolina counties, Edgefield County had the highest percentage of its population with Danish ancestry (0.62%), followed by Colleton County (0.44%), and Lexington County (0.39%).

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

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

Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of South Carolina Counties By Percentage of Population with Danish Ancestry in 2021
Edgefield County
Colleton County
Lexington County
Beaufort County
York County
Dorchester County
Oconee County
Berkeley County
Horry County
Greenville County
Ranking of South Carolina Counties By Percentage of Population with Danish Ancestry in 2021
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Rank County Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Edgefield County 0.62
2 Colleton County 0.44
3 Lexington County 0.39
4 Beaufort County 0.27
5 York County 0.24
6 Dorchester County 0.21
7 Oconee County 0.19
8 Berkeley County 0.18
8 Horry County 0.18
9 Greenville County 0.17
10 Calhoun County 0.16
11 Charleston County 0.15
12 Richland County 0.13
13 Chesterfield County 0.12
13 Georgetown County 0.12
13 Sumter County 0.12
14 Bamberg County 0.10
15 Florence County 0.09
15 Kershaw County 0.09
15 Pickens County 0.09
15 Spartanburg County 0.09
16 Aiken County 0.08
17 Anderson County 0.07
17 Darlington County 0.07
18 McCormick County 0.06
19 Lancaster County 0.05
19 Laurens County 0.05
19 Orangeburg County 0.05
19 Union County 0.05
20 Clarendon County 0.04
21 Barnwell County 0.03
22 Abbeville County 0.02
22 Greenwood County 0.02
23 Marion County 0.003
23 Newberry County 0.003