Ranking of South Carolina Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2019

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2019, among all South Carolina counties, Richland County had the highest number of people who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (199.16K), followed by Charleston County (106.64K), and Greenville County (93.52K).

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 2019
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Ranking of South Carolina Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2019
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Rank County Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population
1 Richland County 199155
2 Charleston County 106638
3 Greenville County 93515
4 Spartanburg County 65445
5 Florence County 58973
6 Berkeley County 54988
7 Orangeburg County 53065
8 York County 53064
9 Sumter County 50285
10 Lexington County 45452
11 Horry County 44409
12 Aiken County 42462
13 Dorchester County 40816
14 Beaufort County 33058
15 Anderson County 32321
16 Darlington County 27589
17 Greenwood County 22427
18 Lancaster County 20436
19 Williamsburg County 19377
20 Georgetown County 18967
21 Marion County 17217
22 Laurens County 16725
23 Kershaw County 16021
24 Clarendon County 15791
25 Chesterfield County 14797
26 Dillon County 14140
27 Colleton County 13794
28 Marlboro County 13283
29 Fairfield County 12644
30 Jasper County 12013
31 Chester County 11805
32 Cherokee County 11636
33 Newberry County 11382
34 Lee County 10617
35 Hampton County 10071
36 Edgefield County 9464
37 Barnwell County 9091
38 Pickens County 8773
39 Union County 8583
40 Bamberg County 8392
41 Abbeville County 6718
42 Allendale County 6239
43 Oconee County 5813
44 Calhoun County 5760
45 Saluda County 4884
46 McCormick County 4201