South Carolina Census 2020 Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone Population By County

Updated on March 23, 2023.

According to the data from the US 2020 decennial Census, as at April 2020, there were 1,269,031 people who identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone in South Carolina, which was 24.79% of the total South Carolina population.

Richland County had the highest number of people who identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone (188,141), followed by Charleston County (91,746), and Greenville County (87,124). On the other hand, the three counties with the least number of people who identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone were: McCormick County (3,916), Saluda County (4,028), and Oconee County (5,119).

When it comes to the percentage of each county's population that identify as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone, Allendale County had the highest percentage (70.23%), followed by Williamsburg County (63.11%), and Lee County (60.82%).

Hover over or click on the counties to see the number and percentage of each county's Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone population. The data can also be filtered, sorted, and explored further in a table below.

You can see similar information for other ethnicities, and also for the different racial groups in South Carolina.

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South Carolina Census 2020 Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone Population By County
South Carolina Census 2020 Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone Population By County
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County Non-Hispanic - Black Alone Population % of County Population
Abbeville 6184 25.45
Aiken 39465 23.38
Allendale 5646 70.23
Anderson 30214 14.83
Bamberg 7749 58.22
Barnwell 8785 42.67
Beaufort 27545 14.72
Berkeley 51784 22.53
Calhoun 5361 37.97
Charleston 91746 22.47
Cherokee 11292 20.09
Chester 11287 34.95
Chesterfield 13150 30.39
Clarendon 13821 44.38
Colleton 13401 34.71
Darlington 25386 40.36
Dillon 12709 44.92
Dorchester 38278 23.70
Edgefield 8301 32.35
Fairfield 11201 53.47
Florence 56877 41.50
Georgetown 18051 28.47
Greenville 87124 16.58
Greenwood 20820 30.02
Hampton 9536 51.38
Horry 39367 11.22
Jasper 9559 33.20
Kershaw 15083 23.06
Lancaster 19101 19.89
Laurens 15937 23.60
Lee 10054 60.82
Lexington 42382 14.42
McCormick 3916 41.11
Marion 16333 55.97
Marlboro 13302 49.88
Newberry 10360 27.47
Oconee 5119 6.51
Orangeburg 50802 60.32
Pickens 8421 6.41
Richland 188141 45.21
Saluda 4028 21.36
Spartanburg 63565 19.38
Sumter 48536 45.98
Union 8435 30.96
Williamsburg 19579 63.11
York 51298 18.18