Ranking of South Carolina Counties By Percentage of Population that are Hispanic Black or African American in 2012

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2012, among all South Carolina counties, Jasper County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Hispanic Black or African American (0.93%), followed by Richland County (0.9%), and Newberry County (0.83%).

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 Percentage of Pop. that are Hispanic Black or African American in 2012
Jasper
Richland
Newberry
Hampton
Beaufort
Saluda
Calhoun
Clarendon
Berkeley
Marion
Ranking of South Carolina Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Hispanic Black or African American in 2012
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Jasper County 0.93
2 Richland County 0.9
3 Newberry County 0.83
4 Hampton County 0.82
5 Beaufort County 0.7
6 Saluda County 0.64
7 Calhoun County 0.63
8 Clarendon County 0.59
9 Berkeley County 0.56
10 Marion County 0.55
11 Sumter County 0.54
12 Edgefield County 0.52
13 Orangeburg County 0.49
14 Lexington County 0.48
15 Greenville County 0.47
15 Kershaw County 0.47
16 Dorchester County 0.46
16 Laurens County 0.46
16 Williamsburg County 0.46
17 Bamberg County 0.44
17 Greenwood County 0.44
17 Lee County 0.44
18 Aiken County 0.43
18 Charleston County 0.43
18 Florence County 0.43
19 Barnwell County 0.42
19 Marlboro County 0.42
20 Allendale County 0.4
21 Lancaster County 0.38
22 Dillon County 0.37
23 Spartanburg County 0.35
24 Fairfield County 0.34
24 Georgetown County 0.34
24 Horry County 0.34
24 York County 0.34
25 Darlington County 0.33
26 Chesterfield County 0.32
27 Colleton County 0.31
28 Anderson County 0.28
29 Cherokee County 0.25
29 Union County 0.25
30 Chester County 0.22
31 Oconee County 0.2
32 Abbeville County 0.17
33 McCormick County 0.16
34 Pickens County 0.11