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.

Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of South Carolina Counties By Percentage of Population with Unclassified Ancestry in 2021
Abbeville County
Greenwood County
McCormick County
Union County
Chesterfield County
Jasper County
Pickens County
Anderson County
Laurens County
Berkeley County
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