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Highest Irish population share, South Carolina counties · 2010

South Carolina counties ranked by the share of all residents who are Irish ancestry (2010 American Community Survey). A concentration measure: Irish 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 7.7%.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPIRISH SHAREVS –

01Oconee County, SCSC83,77514.0%–

02Anderson County, SCSC219,93013.6%–

03Beaufort County, SCSC204,43313.4%–

04Horry County, SCSC427,55113.3%–

05Pickens County, SCSC139,19812.9%–

06York County, SCSC306,88712.3%–

07Lexington County, SCSC317,58811.8%–

08Dorchester County, SCSC178,39711.1%–

09Abbeville County, SCSC24,83610.9%–

10Greenville County, SCSC583,12510.7%–

11Spartanburg County, SCSC380,85710.5%–

12Charleston County, SCSC436,20010.2%–

13Laurens County, SCSC71,8489.8%–

14Cherokee County, SCSC58,2759.7%–

15Berkeley County, SCSC274,6669.6%–

16Georgetown County, SCSC65,9129.0%–

17Aiken County, SCSC181,5158.6%–

18Calhoun County, SCSC14,1888.5%–

19Union County, SCSC26,7998.4%–

20Saluda County, SCSC19,6808.2%–

21Greenwood County, SCSC70,3798.2%–

22Lancaster County, SCSC114,2968.0%–

23Newberry County, SCSC39,5617.7%–

24Kershaw County, SCSC73,1667.7%–

25Richland County, SCSC434,9567.6%–

26Chester County, SCSC33,0017.5%–

27Jasper County, SCSC38,5337.1%–

28Clarendon County, SCSC31,0436.8%–

29Edgefield County, SCSC29,8086.7%–

30Florence County, SCSC138,5046.7%–

31Hampton County, SCSC18,1746.4%–

32McCormick County, SCSC10,2156.0%–

33Chesterfield County, SCSC44,7405.9%–

34Sumter County, SCSC105,0675.7%–

35Dillon County, SCSC27,4585.4%–

36Fairfield County, SCSC20,3405.4%–

37Darlington County, SCSC62,8885.3%–

38Colleton County, SCSC39,3825.2%–

39Marion County, SCSC28,2425.2%–

40Barnwell County, SCSC20,6534.7%–

41Marlboro County, SCSC25,4884.4%–

42Orangeburg County, SCSC83,1773.9%–

43Bamberg County, SCSC12,7962.7%–

44Lee County, SCSC15,7302.4%–

45Allendale County, SCSC7,3552.2%–

46Williamsburg County, SCSC29,6622.0%–

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