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

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 25.49K people in South Carolina with Welsh ancestry (0.50% of South Carolina population). Among all South Carolina counties, Chester County had the highest percentage of its population with Welsh ancestry (1.08%), followed by Darlington County (0.88%), and Greenville County (0.77%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 counties with high percentage of its population having Welsh 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 Welsh Ancestry in 2021
Chester County
Darlington County
Greenville County
York County
Oconee County
Beaufort County
Pickens County
Horry County
Newberry County
Greenwood County
Ranking of South Carolina Counties By Percentage of Population with Welsh Ancestry in 2021
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Rank County Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Chester County 1.08
2 Darlington County 0.88
3 Greenville County 0.77
4 York County 0.68
5 Oconee County 0.66
6 Beaufort County 0.63
7 Pickens County 0.62
8 Horry County 0.60
8 Newberry County 0.60
9 Greenwood County 0.59
10 Edgefield County 0.58
11 Lexington County 0.57
12 Aiken County 0.54
13 Charleston County 0.53
14 Anderson County 0.50
14 Lee County 0.50
15 Chesterfield County 0.49
16 Clarendon County 0.47
17 Spartanburg County 0.46
18 Berkeley County 0.45
19 Dorchester County 0.44
20 McCormick County 0.43
21 Calhoun County 0.38
21 Lancaster County 0.38
22 Georgetown County 0.37
22 Saluda County 0.37
23 Florence County 0.36
24 Jasper County 0.33
24 Kershaw County 0.33
24 Richland County 0.33
25 Abbeville County 0.30
25 Colleton County 0.30
26 Laurens County 0.28
26 Union County 0.28
27 Cherokee County 0.23
28 Sumter County 0.22
29 Fairfield County 0.17
30 Hampton County 0.16
30 Marion County 0.16
31 Dillon County 0.14
32 Marlboro County 0.13
33 Allendale County 0.11
34 Williamsburg County 0.09
35 Barnwell County 0.08
36 Orangeburg County 0.06
37 Bamberg County 0.05