South Carolina Foreign-Born Population By Country of Birth in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
Updated on November 2, 2025.
Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, the Foreign-Born population of South Carolina was 263,917, which was 5.20% of the population of South Carolina.
The highest percentage of the South Carolina foreign-born population where born in Mexico (23.21%), followed by India (6.25%), and Honduras (4.55%).
The chart below shows the top 10 place of birth countries for the South Carolina Foreign-born population, as a percentage of the total South Carolina foreign-born population. The table below shows the population and percentage of the South Carolina foreign-born population for many different place of birth countries.
You can see similar information for other states and for the United States.
Related Topics: South Carolina ACS-5Yrs Estimates, 2021 Topic List.
Data Source: US Census Bureau.
South Carolina Foreign-Born Population By Country of Birth in 2021 (ACS-5Yrs)
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| Country of Birth | Number of People | Percentage of Foreign-Born (%) |
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| Mexico | 61249 | 23.21 |
| India | 16503 | 6.25 |
| Honduras | 12012 | 4.55 |
| China | 11038 | 4.18 |
| Colombia | 10943 | 4.15 |
| Philippines | 10823 | 4.10 |
| Germany | 9472 | 3.59 |
| Guatemala | 9105 | 3.45 |
| Canada | 8141 | 3.09 |
| Vietnam | 6821 | 2.59 |
| Jamaica | 6690 | 2.54 |
| England | 5154 | 1.95 |
| Brazil | 4735 | 1.79 |
| Korea | 4574 | 1.73 |
| Ukraine | 3750 | 1.42 |
| Russia | 3681 | 1.40 |
| Cuba | 3522 | 1.34 |
| Venezuela | 3147 | 1.19 |
| El Salvador | 2974 | 1.13 |
| Ecuador | 2700 | 1.02 |
| Japan | 2000 | 0.76 |
| Poland | 1899 | 0.72 |
| Thailand | 1879 | 0.71 |
| France | 1827 | 0.69 |
| Dominican Republic | 1799 | 0.68 |
| Egypt | 1639 | 0.62 |
| Peru | 1544 | 0.59 |
| Argentina | 1457 | 0.55 |
| Costa Rica | 1406 | 0.53 |
| Nigeria | 1339 | 0.51 |
| Pakistan | 1306 | 0.50 |
| Romania | 1270 | 0.48 |
| Panama | 1269 | 0.48 |
| Italy | 1262 | 0.48 |
| Taiwan | 1248 | 0.47 |
| Iran | 1236 | 0.47 |
| Kenya | 1189 | 0.45 |
| Greece | 1138 | 0.43 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1131 | 0.43 |
| Spain | 1073 | 0.41 |
| Laos | 1071 | 0.41 |
| Micronesia | 1042 | 0.40 |
| Scotland | 1038 | 0.39 |
| Iraq | 1032 | 0.39 |
| Nicaragua | 1011 | 0.38 |
| Haiti | 978 | 0.37 |
| Ireland | 944 | 0.36 |
| Cambodia | 886 | 0.34 |
| Israel | 855 | 0.32 |
| Portugal | 799 | 0.30 |
| Sweden | 778 | 0.30 |
| Hong Kong | 732 | 0.28 |
| Guyana | 690 | 0.26 |
| Netherlands | 676 | 0.26 |
| Belarus | 670 | 0.25 |
| Liberia | 657 | 0.25 |
| Turkey | 645 | 0.24 |
| Burma | 643 | 0.24 |
| Australia | 641 | 0.24 |
| Ethiopia | 605 | 0.23 |
| Moldova | 593 | 0.23 |
| Bulgaria | 555 | 0.21 |
| Hungary | 552 | 0.21 |
| Uruguay | 541 | 0.21 |
| Chile | 516 | 0.20 |
| Austria | 501 | 0.19 |
| Czechoslovakia | 475 | 0.18 |
| Bangladesh | 473 | 0.18 |
| Bahamas | 414 | 0.16 |
| Belgium | 380 | 0.14 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 380 | 0.14 |
| Kazakhstan | 374 | 0.14 |
| Albania | 364 | 0.14 |
| Nepal | 346 | 0.13 |
| Lebanon | 342 | 0.13 |
| Switzerland | 313 | 0.12 |
| Syria | 308 | 0.12 |
| Uganda | 299 | 0.11 |
| Denmark | 298 | 0.11 |
| Belize | 282 | 0.11 |
| Indonesia | 241 | 0.09 |
| Morocco | 239 | 0.09 |
| Jordan | 238 | 0.09 |
| Ghana | 237 | 0.09 |
| Kuwait | 222 | 0.08 |
| Uzbekistan | 192 | 0.07 |
| Grenada | 183 | 0.07 |
| Latvia | 182 | 0.07 |
| Cameroon | 178 | 0.07 |
| Afghanistan | 173 | 0.07 |
| Senegal | 171 | 0.07 |
| Barbados | 171 | 0.07 |
| North Macedonia | 155 | 0.06 |
| Norway | 152 | 0.06 |
| Malaysia | 146 | 0.06 |
| Congo | 144 | 0.06 |
| Yemen | 136 | 0.05 |
| Lithuania | 119 | 0.05 |
| Sri Lanka | 107 | 0.04 |
| Singapore | 103 | 0.04 |
| Serbia | 101 | 0.04 |
| Saudi Arabia | 101 | 0.04 |
| Zimbabwe | 94 | 0.04 |
| Dominica | 77 | 0.03 |
| Democratic Republic of Congo | 67 | 0.03 |
| Fiji | 53 | 0.02 |
| Somalia | 51 | 0.02 |
| Croatia | 46 | 0.02 |
| Eritrea | 41 | 0.02 |
| Armenia | 35 | 0.01 |
| Azores Islands | 32 | 0.01 |
| Sudan | 17 | 0.01 |
| Cabo Verde | 15 | 0.01 |
| St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 8 | 0.00 |