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

Updated on March 27, 2023.

According to the data from the United States 2020 decennial Census, in April 2020, among all South Carolina counties, Allendale County had the highest percentage of its population that identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone (70.23%), followed by Williamsburg County (63.11%), and Lee County (60.82%).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all South Carolina counties 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 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 Percentage of Population that Identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
Allendale
Williamsburg
Lee
Orangeburg
Bamberg
Marion
Fairfield
Hampton
Marlboro
Sumter
Ranking of South Carolina Counties By Percentage of Population that Identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Allendale County 70.23
2 Williamsburg County 63.11
3 Lee County 60.82
4 Orangeburg County 60.32
5 Bamberg County 58.22
6 Marion County 55.97
7 Fairfield County 53.47
8 Hampton County 51.38
9 Marlboro County 49.88
10 Sumter County 45.98
11 Richland County 45.21
12 Dillon County 44.92
13 Clarendon County 44.38
14 Barnwell County 42.67
15 Florence County 41.50
16 McCormick County 41.11
17 Darlington County 40.36
18 Calhoun County 37.97
19 Chester County 34.95
20 Colleton County 34.71
21 Jasper County 33.20
22 Edgefield County 32.35
23 Union County 30.96
24 Chesterfield County 30.39
25 Greenwood County 30.02
26 Georgetown County 28.47
27 Newberry County 27.47
28 Abbeville County 25.45
29 Dorchester County 23.70
30 Laurens County 23.60
31 Aiken County 23.38
32 Kershaw County 23.06
33 Berkeley County 22.53
34 Charleston County 22.47
35 Saluda County 21.36
36 Cherokee County 20.09
37 Lancaster County 19.89
38 Spartanburg County 19.38
39 York County 18.18
40 Greenville County 16.58
41 Anderson County 14.83
42 Beaufort County 14.72
43 Lexington County 14.42
44 Horry County 11.22
45 Oconee County 6.51
46 Pickens County 6.41