Ranking of South Carolina Cities and Places By Percentage of Population that Identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone from Census 2020

Updated on August 13, 2023.

According to the data from the United States 2020 decennial Census for South Carolina counties, in April 2020, among all the cities and places with over 10K population in South Carolina, Orangeburg city had the highest percentage of its population that identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone (76.43%), followed by Dentsville CDP (68.33%), and St. Andrews CDP (64.58%).

The chart below shows the top 10 cities and places in South Carolina, and the table below shows the ranking of all South Carolina cities and places with over 10K population, based on the percentage of the population that identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone.

You can see similar ranking information for other states. You can also see similar rankings for other ethnicities as well as for the different racial groups in South Carolina.

Ranking of South Carolina Cities and Places By Percentage of Population that Identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
Orangeburg
Dentsville
St. Andrews
Gantt
Sumter
Florence
Gaffney
Spartanburg
Greenwood
Newberry
Ranking of South Carolina Cities and Places By Percentage of Population that Identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
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Rank City or Place % of Place Population
1 Orangeburg city 76.43
2 Dentsville CDP 68.33
3 St. Andrews CDP 64.58
4 Gantt CDP 50.17
5 Sumter city 48.32
6 Florence city 46.67
7 Gaffney city 45.15
8 Spartanburg city 43.75
9 Greenwood city 43.41
10 Newberry city 42.36
11 North Charleston city 40.20
12 Rock Hill city 38.43
13 Columbia city 38.09
14 Seven Oaks CDP 35.65
15 Moncks Corner town 33.07
16 Irmo town 30.41
17 Anderson city 29.45
18 Conway city 29.27
19 Fountain Inn city 28.62
20 Aiken city 28.34
21 Ladson CDP 25.99
22 Mauldin city 23.54
23 Greenville city 22.65
24 Cayce city 22.22
25 Goose Creek city 21.44
26 Summerville town 20.54
27 Parker CDP 20.35
28 Beaufort city 20.26
29 North Augusta city 19.69
30 Berea CDP 19.54
31 Port Royal town 19.50
32 Simpsonville city 18.50
33 Forest Acres city 17.18
34 West Columbia city 16.99
35 Charleston city 16.86
36 Greer city 15.65
37 Boiling Springs CDP 14.29
38 Red Bank CDP 13.84
39 Myrtle Beach city 13.02
40 Taylors CDP 12.33
41 Oak Grove CDP 12.25
42 Fort Mill town 12.09
43 Hanahan city 11.79
44 Easley city 11.69
45 Lexington town 11.31
46 Red Hill CDP 11.02
47 Wade Hampton CDP 10.18
48 Lake Wylie CDP 9.43
49 Powdersville CDP 9.24
50 James Island town 9.10
51 Bluffton town 8.24
52 Carolina Forest CDP 7.73
53 Clemson city 7.39
54 Socastee CDP 7.33
55 Five Forks CDP 5.80
56 Hilton Head Island town 5.74
57 Little River CDP 5.71
58 Tega Cay city 4.09
59 Mount Pleasant town 3.29
60 North Myrtle Beach city 2.20
61 Garden City CDP 1.44