South Carolina Black or African American Alone Voting-age Population By County in Census 2020
According to the data from the US 2020 decennial Census, as at April 2020, among all the South Carolina voting-age population (18 years and over), there were 971,344 people who identified their race as Black or African American Alone, which is 24.20% of the total voting-age population of South Carolina.
Richland County had the highest number of Black or African American Alone voting-age population (144,384), followed by Charleston County (71,468), and Greenville County (66,030).
On the other hand, the three counties with low number of Black or African American Alone voting-age population were: Saluda County (3,225), McCormick County (3,310), and Oconee County (4,074).
In terms of the percentage of each county's voting-age population, Allendale County had the highest percentage, with 68.46% of its voting-age population identifying their race as Black or African American Alone, followed by Williamsburg County (62.31%), and Lee County (60.08%).
You can see similar information for other states and also for the United States by state. You can also see similar information for other racial groups as well as the different ethnicities in South Carolina.
Hover over or click on the counties to see the number and percentage of each county's voting-age population that identified as Black or African American Alone. The data can also be filtered, sorted, and explored further in a table below.
County | Black Alone Voting-age Population | % of County Voting-age Population |
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Richland County | 144,384 | 44.09 |
Charleston County | 71,468 | 21.80 |
Greenville County | 66,030 | 16.25 |
Spartanburg County | 48,325 | 19.18 |
Florence County | 42,556 | 40.26 |
Orangeburg County | 39,622 | 59.52 |
Berkeley County | 38,689 | 22.24 |
York County | 38,419 | 18.03 |
Sumter County | 36,862 | 45.28 |
Lexington County | 31,091 | 13.79 |
Horry County | 30,369 | 10.47 |
Aiken County | 29,877 | 22.48 |
Dorchester County | 28,431 | 23.45 |
Anderson County | 22,740 | 14.40 |
Beaufort County | 20,942 | 13.80 |
Darlington County | 19,205 | 39.08 |
Greenwood County | 15,801 | 29.12 |
Williamsburg County | 15,534 | 62.31 |
Lancaster County | 14,473 | 19.40 |
Georgetown County | 13,876 | 26.61 |
Marion County | 12,372 | 54.17 |
Laurens County | 12,234 | 23.17 |
Kershaw County | 11,687 | 23.16 |
Clarendon County | 10,963 | 43.77 |
Marlboro County | 10,722 | 49.68 |
South Carolina | 971,344 | 24.20 |