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

Updated on February 25, 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 Black or African American Alone (190.22K), followed by Charleston County (92.60K), and Greenville County (88.18K).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all South Carolina counties based on Black or African American Alone population.

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

Ranking of South Carolina Counties By Black or African American Alone Population from Census 2020
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Ranking of South Carolina Counties By Black or African American Alone Population from Census 2020
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Rank County Black Alone Population
1 Richland County 190218
2 Charleston County 92598
3 Greenville County 88181
4 Spartanburg County 64230
5 Florence County 57186
6 Berkeley County 52393
7 York County 51898
8 Orangeburg County 51046
9 Sumter County 48876
10 Lexington County 42924
11 Horry County 39883
12 Aiken County 39856
13 Dorchester County 38733
14 Anderson County 30440
15 Beaufort County 27973
16 Darlington County 25524
17 Greenwood County 20938
18 Williamsburg County 19666
19 Lancaster County 19272
20 Georgetown County 18156
21 Marion County 16403
22 Laurens County 16024
23 Kershaw County 15256
24 Clarendon County 13919
25 Colleton County 13467
26 Marlboro County 13391
27 Chesterfield County 13233
28 Dillon County 12727
29 Cherokee County 11370
30 Chester County 11330
31 Fairfield County 11251
32 Newberry County 10451
33 Lee County 10084
34 Jasper County 9645
35 Hampton County 9592
36 Barnwell County 8825
37 Pickens County 8528
38 Union County 8485
39 Edgefield County 8365
40 Bamberg County 7763
41 Abbeville County 6205
42 Allendale County 5656
43 Calhoun County 5372
44 Oconee County 5193
45 Saluda County 4072
46 McCormick County 3933