RANKING · 2020 CENSUS · 46 SHOWN OF 46

Largest American population, South Carolina counties · 2020

South Carolina counties ranked by the number of residents who are American ancestry, from the 2020 American Community Survey detailed-origin tables. Each list covers the full eligible universe; download the complete data as CSV. This list covers the 46 counties in South Carolina that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPAMERICAN POPULATIONVS 2010

01Charleston County, SCSC436,20068,643+104%

02Greenville County, SCSC583,12540,378−29%

03Horry County, SCSC427,55137,133−6%

04York County, SCSC306,88735,583+81%

05Aiken County, SCSC181,51534,413+6%

06Lexington County, SCSC317,58832,602−8%

07Spartanburg County, SCSC380,85731,960−15%

08Anderson County, SCSC219,93023,354−20%

09Richland County, SCSC434,95621,650−18%

10Berkeley County, SCSC274,66617,982+2%

11Pickens County, SCSC139,19813,246−30%

12Beaufort County, SCSC204,43311,686+49%

13Florence County, SCSC138,50410,969−4%

14Dorchester County, SCSC178,39710,443−46%

15Cherokee County, SCSC58,2759,428+17%

16Lancaster County, SCSC114,2969,137−47%

17Georgetown County, SCSC65,9128,721+67%

18Oconee County, SCSC83,7758,655−18%

19Laurens County, SCSC71,8487,356−7%

20Chester County, SCSC33,0017,004+6%

21Greenwood County, SCSC70,3796,704−45%

22Sumter County, SCSC105,0676,582−10%

23Kershaw County, SCSC73,1666,007−64%

24Darlington County, SCSC62,8885,113−22%

25Barnwell County, SCSC20,6534,783+83%

26Newberry County, SCSC39,5614,590−13%

27Edgefield County, SCSC29,8084,407+5%

28Orangeburg County, SCSC83,1773,485−51%

29Dillon County, SCSC27,4583,393−21%

30Chesterfield County, SCSC44,7403,356−55%

31Saluda County, SCSC19,6803,076−12%

32Union County, SCSC26,7992,901−26%

33Abbeville County, SCSC24,8362,754−27%

34Colleton County, SCSC39,3822,555−74%

35Williamsburg County, SCSC29,6622,358+48%

36Fairfield County, SCSC20,3402,274−47%

37Clarendon County, SCSC31,0432,011−52%

38Marion County, SCSC28,2421,890−28%

39Bamberg County, SCSC12,7961,787+118%

40Jasper County, SCSC38,5331,612+170%

41Marlboro County, SCSC25,4881,567−45%

42Hampton County, SCSC18,1741,103−18%

43Calhoun County, SCSC14,188994−58%

44Lee County, SCSC15,730823−83%

45Allendale County, SCSC7,355684+15%

46McCormick County, SCSC10,215460−56%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS