Ranking of South Carolina Counties By Percentage of White Alone Population Aged 25 years and above with an Educational attainment of Bachelors or Higher in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)

Updated on September 5, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, the percentage of the South Carolina White Alone population (aged 25 years and above) who had an educational attainment of Bachelors or Higher was 34.23%. Among all South Carolina counties, Charleston County had the highest percentage of its White Alone population (aged 25 years and above) with an educational attainment of Bachelors or Higher (57.37%), followed by Richland County (51.30%), and Beaufort County (48.59%).

The chart below shows the top 10 South Carolina counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all South Carolina counties.

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Ranking of South Carolina Counties By Percentage of White Alone Population (Aged 25yrs+) with an Educational Attainment of Bachelors or Higher in 2021
Charleston County
Richland County
Beaufort County
Greenville County
Georgetown County
York County
Aiken County
Lexington County
Dorchester County
Lancaster County
Ranking of South Carolina Counties By Percentage of White Alone Population (Aged 25yrs+) with an Educational Attainment of Bachelors or Higher in 2021
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Rank County Percentage of Population (Aged 25yrs+) (%)
1 Charleston County 57.37
2 Richland County 51.30
3 Beaufort County 48.59
4 Greenville County 42.95
5 Georgetown County 38.46
6 York County 37.52
7 Aiken County 32.67
8 Lexington County 32.59
9 Dorchester County 32.34
10 Lancaster County 32.08
11 Jasper County 31.73
12 Greenwood County 30.51
13 Berkeley County 30.38
14 Oconee County 29.32
15 Florence County 29.23
16 Fairfield County 28.09
17 Spartanburg County 27.63
18 Anderson County 26.78
19 Bamberg County 26.74
20 Pickens County 26.62
21 Calhoun County 26.43
22 McCormick County 26.40
23 Horry County 26.35
24 Sumter County 26.33
25 Newberry County 26.15
26 Darlington County 24.31
27 Saluda County 24.05
28 Edgefield County 23.91
29 Kershaw County 22.93
30 Abbeville County 20.62
31 Orangeburg County 20.15
32 Colleton County 19.88
33 Clarendon County 19.80
34 Allendale County 19.45
35 Laurens County 19.43
36 Hampton County 16.96
37 Lee County 16.59
38 Union County 16.21
38 Williamsburg County 16.21
39 Barnwell County 15.80
40 Marion County 15.45
41 Cherokee County 15.44
42 Chester County 15.23
43 Chesterfield County 14.66
44 Dillon County 12.52
45 Marlboro County 8.49