Ranking of South Carolina Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2020

Updated on August 12, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2020, among all South Carolina counties, Richland County had the highest number of people who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (198.39K), followed by Charleston County (101.65K), and Greenville County (92.43K).

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 2020
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Ranking of South Carolina Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2020
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Rank County Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population
1 Richland County 198390
2 Charleston County 101653
3 Greenville County 92433
4 Spartanburg County 66471
5 Florence County 58687
6 Berkeley County 54972
7 York County 53804
8 Orangeburg County 51837
9 Sumter County 49779
10 Lexington County 44980
11 Horry County 43603
12 Aiken County 41756
13 Dorchester County 40625
14 Anderson County 32364
15 Beaufort County 31302
16 Darlington County 26006
17 Greenwood County 21915
18 Williamsburg County 19834
19 Lancaster County 19714
20 Georgetown County 18824
21 Laurens County 16586
22 Marion County 16517
23 Kershaw County 15720
24 Clarendon County 14192
25 Chesterfield County 14010
26 Colleton County 13978
27 Marlboro County 13622
28 Dillon County 13131
29 Fairfield County 11789
30 Chester County 11720
31 Cherokee County 11396
32 Newberry County 11034
33 Jasper County 10728
34 Lee County 10463
35 Hampton County 9777
36 Pickens County 9089
37 Barnwell County 8917
38 Edgefield County 8671
39 Union County 8511
40 Bamberg County 7948
41 Abbeville County 6483
42 Allendale County 5814
43 Oconee County 5728
44 Calhoun County 5608
45 Saluda County 4404
46 McCormick County 4134