Ranking of South Carolina Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2021

Updated on August 12, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2021, among all South Carolina counties, Richland County had the highest number of people who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (205.65K), followed by Charleston County (102.92K), and Greenville County (97.47K).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all South Carolina counties.

You can see similar ranking information for other racial and ethnicity groups in the United States.

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Ranking of South Carolina Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2021
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Ranking of South Carolina Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2021
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Rank County Black or African American Alone Population
1 Richland County 205649
2 Charleston County 102915
3 Greenville County 97470
4 Spartanburg County 69266
5 Florence County 59486
6 Berkeley County 58437
7 York County 56304
8 Orangeburg County 51240
9 Sumter County 50186
10 Lexington County 49069
11 Horry County 46162
12 Aiken County 43121
13 Dorchester County 42406
14 Anderson County 33416
15 Beaufort County 32680
16 Darlington County 26174
17 Greenwood County 22181
18 Lancaster County 20712
19 Williamsburg County 19437
20 Georgetown County 18789
21 Laurens County 16923
22 Marion County 16444
23 Kershaw County 16387
24 Clarendon County 14354
25 Chesterfield County 14214
26 Colleton County 13939
27 Marlboro County 13490
28 Dillon County 13152
29 Fairfield County 11596
30 Chester County 11582
31 Cherokee County 11510
32 Newberry County 11202
33 Jasper County 11108
34 Lee County 10254
35 Hampton County 9674
36 Pickens County 9405
37 Barnwell County 9009
38 Edgefield County 8889
39 Union County 8491
40 Bamberg County 7785
41 Abbeville County 6435
42 Oconee County 5969
43 Calhoun County 5654
44 Allendale County 5640
45 Saluda County 4676
46 McCormick County 4099