Ranking of South Carolina Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American 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 ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (200.61K), followed by Charleston County (100.52K), 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 2021
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Ranking of South Carolina Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2021
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Rank County Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population
1 Richland County 200609
2 Charleston County 100516
3 Greenville County 93521
4 Spartanburg County 67323
5 Florence County 58779
6 Berkeley County 56454
7 York County 54560
8 Orangeburg County 50773
9 Sumter County 49501
10 Lexington County 47047
11 Horry County 44289
12 Aiken County 42074
13 Dorchester County 41226
14 Anderson County 32596
15 Beaufort County 31156
16 Darlington County 25898
17 Greenwood County 21674
18 Lancaster County 20188
19 Williamsburg County 19271
20 Georgetown County 18526
21 Laurens County 16493
22 Marion County 16304
23 Kershaw County 16013
24 Clarendon County 14133
25 Chesterfield County 14034
26 Colleton County 13716
27 Marlboro County 13391
28 Dillon County 12999
29 Fairfield County 11493
30 Chester County 11456
31 Cherokee County 11301
32 Newberry County 10840
33 Jasper County 10740
34 Lee County 10161
35 Hampton County 9557
36 Pickens County 9064
37 Barnwell County 8905
38 Edgefield County 8716
39 Union County 8377
40 Bamberg County 7734
41 Abbeville County 6371
42 Oconee County 5716
43 Allendale County 5590
44 Calhoun County 5537
45 Saluda County 4317
46 McCormick County 4077