Ranking of South Carolina Counties By Percentage of Voting-age Population that were White Alone 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, Oconee County had the highest percentage of its voting-age population that identified their race as White Alone (85.65%), followed by Pickens County (84.03%), and Horry County (80.09%).

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 voting-age population that identified as White Alone.

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

Ranking of South Carolina Counties By Percentage of Voting-age Population that were White Alone from Census 2020
Oconee
85.65%
Pickens
84.03%
Horry
80.09%
Anderson
77.89%
Lexington
75.09%
Cherokee
73.64%
Beaufort
73.62%
Lancaster
71.57%
York
70.38%
Abbeville
70.16%
Ranking of South Carolina Counties By Percentage of Voting-age Population that were White Alone from Census 2020
Rank
County
White Alone % of County Voting-age Pop.
1 Oconee County 85.65
2 Pickens County 84.03
3 Horry County 80.09
4 Anderson County 77.89
5 Lexington County 75.09
6 Cherokee County 73.64
7 Beaufort County 73.62
8 Lancaster County 71.57
9 York County 70.38
10 Abbeville County 70.16
11 Greenville County 69.90
12 Kershaw County 69.34
13 Laurens County 69.14
13 Spartanburg County 69.14
14 Georgetown County 68.47
15 Charleston County 68.08
16 Aiken County 67.99
17 Union County 65.99
18 Dorchester County 65.25
19 Saluda County 65.11
20 Newberry County 64.96
21 Berkeley County 64.11
22 Chesterfield County 62.70
23 Greenwood County 62.43
24 Chester County 60.62
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