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

Updated on August 26, 2023.

According to the data from the United States 2020 decennial Census, as at April 2020, among all South Carolina counties, Richland County had the highest voting-age population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (144.38K), followed by Charleston County (71.47K), and Greenville County (66.03K).

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 voting-age population.

You can see similar ranking information for other states. You can also see similar rankings for other racial groups in South Carolina.

Ranking of South Carolina Counties By Black or African American Alone Voting-age Population from Census 2020
Richland
Charleston
Greenville
Spartanburg
Florence
Orangeburg
Berkeley
York
Sumter
Lexington
Ranking of South Carolina Counties By Black or African American Alone Voting-age Population from Census 2020
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Rank County Black Alone Voting-age Population
1 Richland County 144384
2 Charleston County 71468
3 Greenville County 66030
4 Spartanburg County 48325
5 Florence County 42556
6 Orangeburg County 39622
7 Berkeley County 38689
8 York County 38419
9 Sumter County 36862
10 Lexington County 31091
11 Horry County 30369
12 Aiken County 29877
13 Dorchester County 28431
14 Anderson County 22740
15 Beaufort County 20942
16 Darlington County 19205
17 Greenwood County 15801
18 Williamsburg County 15534
19 Lancaster County 14473
20 Georgetown County 13876
21 Marion County 12372
22 Laurens County 12234
23 Kershaw County 11687
24 Clarendon County 10963
25 Marlboro County 10722
26 Colleton County 10339
27 Chesterfield County 10062
28 Dillon County 9421
29 Fairfield County 9000
30 Chester County 8578
31 Cherokee County 8550
32 Lee County 8163
33 Newberry County 7954
34 Hampton County 7516
35 Jasper County 7505
36 Pickens County 6924
37 Edgefield County 6875
38 Barnwell County 6613
39 Union County 6514
40 Bamberg County 6167
41 Abbeville County 4948
42 Allendale County 4578
43 Calhoun County 4356
44 Oconee County 4074
45 McCormick County 3310
46 Saluda County 3225