Ranking of South Carolina Counties By Percentage of Population that are Hispanic Black or African American in 2015

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2015, among all South Carolina counties, Saluda County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Hispanic Black or African American (1.52%), followed by Jasper County (1.03%), and Richland County (0.97%).

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 2015
Saluda
Jasper
Richland
Hampton
Newberry
Beaufort
Calhoun
Clarendon
Marion
Greenwood
Ranking of South Carolina Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Hispanic Black or African American in 2015
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Saluda County 1.52
2 Jasper County 1.03
3 Richland County 0.97
4 Hampton County 0.9
4 Newberry County 0.9
5 Beaufort County 0.73
5 Calhoun County 0.73
6 Clarendon County 0.6
7 Marion County 0.59
8 Greenwood County 0.58
9 Berkeley County 0.57
9 Sumter County 0.57
10 Edgefield County 0.56
11 Dorchester County 0.55
12 Kershaw County 0.54
13 Orangeburg County 0.51
14 Greenville County 0.5
14 Lee County 0.5
15 Allendale County 0.49
15 Laurens County 0.49
16 Bamberg County 0.47
16 Lexington County 0.47
16 Williamsburg County 0.47
17 Marlboro County 0.46
18 Aiken County 0.44
18 Barnwell County 0.44
19 Fairfield County 0.43
19 Florence County 0.43
20 Dillon County 0.42
21 Charleston County 0.41
21 Georgetown County 0.41
22 Colleton County 0.39
22 York County 0.39
23 Darlington County 0.38
23 Spartanburg County 0.38
24 Horry County 0.37
25 Lancaster County 0.36
26 Anderson County 0.32
26 Chesterfield County 0.32
27 Union County 0.31
28 Cherokee County 0.28
29 Chester County 0.26
30 Oconee County 0.24
31 Abbeville County 0.21
32 McCormick County 0.19
33 Pickens County 0.15