Ranking of South Carolina Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2023

Updated on August 12, 2024.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2023, 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 (71.22%), followed by Williamsburg County (62.32%), and Lee County (61.25%).

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 2023
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 2023
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Allendale County 71.22
2 Williamsburg County 62.32
3 Lee County 61.25
4 Orangeburg County 60.58
5 Bamberg County 58.19
6 Marion County 55.6
7 Fairfield County 54.12
8 Hampton County 51.26
9 Marlboro County 50.42
10 Richland County 48.2
11 Sumter County 47.33
12 Dillon County 46.1
13 Clarendon County 44.26
14 Florence County 43.4
15 Barnwell County 42.49
16 Darlington County 41.39
17 Calhoun County 37.79
18 McCormick County 37.6
19 Chester County 34.87
20 Colleton County 34.64
21 Jasper County 32.09
22 Chesterfield County 31.96
23 Edgefield County 31.71
24 Greenwood County 31.12
25 Union County 30.01
26 Newberry County 27.95
27 Georgetown County 27.6
28 Dorchester County 25.4
29 Abbeville County 25.36
30 Kershaw County 25.01
31 Aiken County 24.58
32 Berkeley County 23.63
33 Laurens County 23.54
34 Charleston County 22.88
35 Saluda County 21.96
36 Cherokee County 19.7
37 Spartanburg County 19.69
38 Lancaster County 19.45
39 York County 18.75
40 Greenville County 17.1
41 Lexington County 16.09
42 Anderson County 15.45
43 Beaufort County 15.43
44 Horry County 11.61
45 Oconee County 7.03
46 Pickens County 6.82