Ranking of South Carolina Counties By Percentage of Population with Unclassified Ancestry in 2021
Updated on April 16, 2025.
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 1.21M people in South Carolina with Unclassified ancestry (23.79% of South Carolina population). Among all South Carolina counties, Abbeville County had the highest percentage of its population with Unclassified ancestry (46.34%), followed by Greenwood County (41.65%), and McCormick County (40.31%).
The chart and table below shows the top 10 counties with high percentage of its population having Unclassified 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 Unclassified Ancestry in 2021
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| Rank | County | Percentage of Pop. (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abbeville County | 46.34 |
| 2 | Greenwood County | 41.65 |
| 3 | McCormick County | 40.31 |
| 4 | Union County | 37.27 |
| 5 | Chesterfield County | 35.61 |
| 6 | Jasper County | 32.55 |
| 7 | Pickens County | 31.01 |
| 8 | Anderson County | 30.42 |
| 9 | Laurens County | 30.09 |
| 10 | Berkeley County | 28.83 |
| 11 | Saluda County | 28.57 |
| 12 | Barnwell County | 28.27 |
| 13 | Oconee County | 28.10 |
| 14 | Spartanburg County | 26.85 |
| 15 | Hampton County | 26.41 |
| 16 | Lexington County | 26.15 |
| 17 | Edgefield County | 26.09 |
| 18 | Lancaster County | 25.56 |
| 19 | Richland County | 25.06 |
| 20 | Cherokee County | 25.00 |
| 21 | Calhoun County | 24.79 |
| 22 | Newberry County | 24.74 |
| 23 | Colleton County | 24.39 |
| 24 | Darlington County | 23.87 |
| 25 | Beaufort County | 23.77 |
| 26 | Greenville County | 23.65 |
| 27 | Bamberg County | 23.62 |
| 28 | Kershaw County | 23.28 |
| 29 | Marlboro County | 23.17 |
| 30 | Clarendon County | 23.12 |
| 31 | Williamsburg County | 22.67 |
| 32 | Florence County | 22.31 |
| 33 | Dorchester County | 21.66 |
| 34 | Aiken County | 20.97 |
| 35 | Sumter County | 20.09 |
| 36 | Chester County | 19.81 |
| 37 | Fairfield County | 19.08 |
| 38 | York County | 18.59 |
| 39 | Horry County | 18.10 |
| 40 | Marion County | 17.62 |
| 41 | Lee County | 16.95 |
| 42 | Dillon County | 16.80 |
| 43 | Charleston County | 16.32 |
| 44 | Georgetown County | 15.90 |
| 45 | Orangeburg County | 15.12 |
| 46 | Allendale County | 12.12 |