Ranking of South Carolina Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2021

Updated on August 12, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2021, among all South Carolina counties, Allendale County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (72.47%), followed by Williamsburg County (63.35%), and Lee County (62.45%).

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 Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2021
Allendale
Williamsburg
Lee
Orangeburg
Bamberg
Marion
Fairfield
Hampton
Marlboro
Richland
Ranking of South Carolina Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2021
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Allendale County 72.47
2 Williamsburg County 63.35
3 Lee County 62.45
4 Orangeburg County 61.31
5 Bamberg County 58.96
6 Marion County 56.51
7 Fairfield County 55.54
8 Hampton County 52.38
9 Marlboro County 51.04
10 Richland County 48.07
11 Sumter County 47.21
12 Dillon County 46.48
13 Clarendon County 45.65
14 Barnwell County 43.24
15 Florence County 43.09
16 McCormick County 41.76
17 Darlington County 41.29
18 Calhoun County 39.16
19 Colleton County 35.66
20 Chester County 35.64
21 Jasper County 35.29
22 Edgefield County 33.17
23 Chesterfield County 32.38
24 Greenwood County 31.35
25 Union County 31.01
26 Georgetown County 28.98
27 Newberry County 28.55
28 Abbeville County 26.26
29 Dorchester County 25.22
30 Aiken County 24.57
31 Laurens County 24.31
32 Charleston County 24.25
33 Kershaw County 24.19
34 Berkeley County 23.84
35 Saluda County 22.94
36 Cherokee County 20.15
37 Lancaster County 20.08
38 Spartanburg County 20.07
39 York County 18.87
40 Greenville County 17.49
41 Beaufort County 16.23
42 Anderson County 15.76
43 Lexington County 15.65
44 Horry County 12.1
45 Oconee County 7.21
46 Pickens County 6.86