Ranking of South Carolina Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2018

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2018, among all South Carolina counties, Richland County had the highest number of people who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (196.65K), followed by Charleston County (107.11K), and Greenville County (92.03K).

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 Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2018
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Ranking of South Carolina Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2018
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Rank County Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population
1 Richland County 196647
2 Charleston County 107114
3 Greenville County 92025
4 Spartanburg County 64289
5 Florence County 58983
6 Orangeburg County 53749
7 Berkeley County 52902
8 York County 51599
9 Sumter County 50327
10 Lexington County 44157
11 Horry County 43797
12 Aiken County 42085
13 Dorchester County 40544
14 Beaufort County 33165
15 Anderson County 31979
16 Darlington County 27570
17 Greenwood County 22487
18 Lancaster County 20019
19 Williamsburg County 19842
20 Georgetown County 19136
21 Marion County 17499
22 Laurens County 16630
23 Kershaw County 15869
24 Clarendon County 15858
25 Chesterfield County 14899
26 Dillon County 14255
27 Colleton County 13948
28 Marlboro County 13415
29 Fairfield County 12761
30 Jasper County 11941
31 Chester County 11892
32 Cherokee County 11651
33 Newberry County 11565
34 Lee County 10998
35 Hampton County 10242
36 Edgefield County 9552
37 Barnwell County 9222
38 Union County 8651
39 Bamberg County 8525
40 Pickens County 8419
41 Abbeville County 6750
42 Allendale County 6481
43 Calhoun County 5815
44 Oconee County 5725
45 Saluda County 4922
46 McCormick County 4244