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
70.23%
Williamsburg
63.11%
Lee
60.82%
Orangeburg
60.32%
Bamberg
58.22%
Marion
55.97%
Fairfield
53.47%
Hampton
51.38%
Marlboro
49.88%
Sumter
45.98%
Ranking of South Carolina Counties By Percentage of Population that Identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
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
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