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

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 49.79K people in South Carolina with Subsaharan African ancestry (0.98% of South Carolina population). Among all South Carolina counties, Chester County had the highest percentage of its population with Subsaharan African ancestry (7.63%), followed by McCormick County (4.71%), and Fairfield County (3.29%).

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

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