Ranking of South Carolina Counties By Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone Population from Census 2020

Updated on March 27, 2023.

According to the data from the United States 2020 decennial Census for South Carolina counties, in April 2020, Richland County had the highest number of people who identified their race as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone (188.14K), followed by Charleston County (91.75K), and Greenville County (87.12K).

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

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

You can also see similar ranking for all counties in the United States.

Ranking of South Carolina Counties By Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone Population from Census 2020
Richland
188.14K
Charleston
91.75K
Greenville
87.12K
Spartanburg
63.57K
Florence
56.88K
Berkeley
51.78K
York
51.30K
Orangeburg
50.80K
Sumter
48.54K
Lexington
42.38K
Ranking of South Carolina Counties By Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone Population from Census 2020
Rank
County
Population
1 Richland County 188,141
2 Charleston County 91,746
3 Greenville County 87,124
4 Spartanburg County 63,565
5 Florence County 56,877
6 Berkeley County 51,784
7 York County 51,298
8 Orangeburg County 50,802
9 Sumter County 48,536
10 Lexington County 42,382
11 Aiken County 39,465
12 Horry County 39,367
13 Dorchester County 38,278
14 Anderson County 30,214
15 Beaufort County 27,545
16 Darlington County 25,386
17 Greenwood County 20,820
18 Williamsburg County 19,579
19 Lancaster County 19,101
20 Georgetown County 18,051
21 Marion County 16,333
22 Laurens County 15,937
23 Kershaw County 15,083
24 Clarendon County 13,821
25 Colleton County 13,401
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