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Highest English population share, South Carolina counties · 2020

South Carolina counties ranked by the share of all residents who are English ancestry (2020 American Community Survey). A concentration measure: English residents as a percentage of total population. This list covers the 46 counties in South Carolina that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 46 is 7.0%.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPENGLISH SHAREVS 2010

01Oconee County, SCSC83,77513.1%+2.2 pts

02Pickens County, SCSC139,19812.9%+2.7 pts

03Horry County, SCSC427,55112.6%+1.3 pts

04Beaufort County, SCSC204,43311.3%−1.8 pts

05Lancaster County, SCSC114,29611.0%+3.4 pts

06Greenville County, SCSC583,12510.9%−0.1 pts

07Charleston County, SCSC436,20010.8%−0.1 pts

08Anderson County, SCSC219,93010.7%−0.2 pts

09Dorchester County, SCSC178,3979.6%0.0 pts

10Georgetown County, SCSC65,9129.4%−4.1 pts

11Lexington County, SCSC317,5889.3%−3.2 pts

12York County, SCSC306,8879.2%−1.0 pts

13Colleton County, SCSC39,3828.9%+1.7 pts

14Aiken County, SCSC181,5158.7%−1.3 pts

15Spartanburg County, SCSC380,8578.6%−0.9 pts

16Laurens County, SCSC71,8488.3%−0.5 pts

17Florence County, SCSC138,5048.2%+0.4 pts

18Darlington County, SCSC62,8887.8%+0.8 pts

19Kershaw County, SCSC73,1667.8%0.0 pts

20Berkeley County, SCSC274,6667.6%−0.1 pts

21Chesterfield County, SCSC44,7407.4%+0.6 pts

22Saluda County, SCSC19,6807.2%−1.5 pts

23Hampton County, SCSC18,1747.0%+1.6 pts

24Richland County, SCSC434,9566.9%−1.7 pts

25Newberry County, SCSC39,5616.7%−2.3 pts

26McCormick County, SCSC10,2156.6%−4.1 pts

27Dillon County, SCSC27,4586.4%−0.2 pts

28Marlboro County, SCSC25,4886.3%+2.4 pts

29Chester County, SCSC33,0016.2%+0.7 pts

30Abbeville County, SCSC24,8365.9%−3.8 pts

31Edgefield County, SCSC29,8085.8%−3.2 pts

32Clarendon County, SCSC31,0435.8%+0.8 pts

33Greenwood County, SCSC70,3795.8%−2.9 pts

34Cherokee County, SCSC58,2755.7%−0.9 pts

35Sumter County, SCSC105,0675.6%−0.5 pts

36Calhoun County, SCSC14,1885.6%−1.5 pts

37Union County, SCSC26,7994.9%−1.3 pts

38Fairfield County, SCSC20,3404.9%−1.1 pts

39Jasper County, SCSC38,5334.9%+0.1 pts

40Lee County, SCSC15,7304.4%−0.7 pts

41Barnwell County, SCSC20,6534.4%−1.0 pts

42Marion County, SCSC28,2423.5%−2.8 pts

43Williamsburg County, SCSC29,6623.3%−0.5 pts

44Orangeburg County, SCSC83,1773.0%−0.8 pts

45Bamberg County, SCSC12,7961.9%−0.1 pts

46Allendale County, SCSC7,3551.7%+0.5 pts

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS