Ranking of South Carolina Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2020

Updated on August 12, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2020, among all South Carolina counties, Allendale County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (73.9%), followed by Williamsburg County (64.61%), and Lee County (63.76%).

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

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Ranking of South Carolina Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2020
Allendale
Williamsburg
Lee
Orangeburg
Bamberg
Marion
Fairfield
Hampton
Marlboro
Richland
Ranking of South Carolina Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2020
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Allendale County 73.9
2 Williamsburg County 64.61
3 Lee County 63.76
4 Orangeburg County 62.33
5 Bamberg County 60.2
6 Marion County 57.24
7 Fairfield County 56.88
8 Hampton County 53.43
9 Marlboro County 51.77
10 Richland County 48.92
11 Sumter County 47.83
12 Dillon County 46.94
13 Clarendon County 46.69
14 Barnwell County 43.83
15 McCormick County 43.64
16 Florence County 43.4
17 Darlington County 41.81
18 Calhoun County 40.53
19 Jasper County 38.02
20 Colleton County 36.77
21 Chester County 36.69
22 Edgefield County 34.33
23 Chesterfield County 32.77
24 Greenwood County 32.31
25 Union County 31.75
26 Newberry County 30.16
27 Georgetown County 30.03
28 Abbeville County 26.94
29 Dorchester County 25.77
30 Charleston County 25.39
31 Aiken County 25.28
32 Saluda County 25.25
33 Laurens County 25.13
34 Berkeley County 24.57
35 Kershaw County 24.53
36 Lancaster County 20.92
37 Spartanburg County 20.74
38 Cherokee County 20.62
39 York County 19.52
40 Greenville County 18.25
41 Beaufort County 17.48
42 Anderson County 16.24
43 Lexington County 15.87
44 Horry County 12.81
45 Oconee County 7.55
46 Pickens County 7.16