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Largest Black population, South Carolina counties

South Carolina counties ranked by the number of residents who are Black or African American, from the 2024 American Community Survey (table B03002). 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. The median across all 46 is 15,716.

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RANKPLACESTATEPOPBLACK POPULATIONVS 1990

01Richland County, SCSC434,956198,097+67%

02Charleston County, SCSC436,20095,215−7%

03Greenville County, SCSC583,12583,676+45%

04Spartanburg County, SCSC380,85766,985+43%

05Florence County, SCSC138,50458,849+33%

06Berkeley County, SCSC274,66656,035+81%

07York County, SCSC306,88753,428+103%

08Orangeburg County, SCSC83,17750,502+3%

09Sumter County, SCSC105,06747,939+8%

10Lexington County, SCSC317,58846,071+151%

11Horry County, SCSC427,55144,384+77%

12Dorchester County, SCSC178,39741,565+118%

13Aiken County, SCSC181,51541,210+42%

14Beaufort County, SCSC204,43330,270+24%

15Anderson County, SCSC219,93028,388+18%

16Darlington County, SCSC62,88825,390+3%

17Greenwood County, SCSC70,37921,680+20%

18Lancaster County, SCSC114,29620,113+46%

19Williamsburg County, SCSC29,66219,119−19%

20Georgetown County, SCSC65,91217,990−10%

21Kershaw County, SCSC73,16616,195+31%

22Laurens County, SCSC71,84815,724−4%

23Marion County, SCSC28,24215,716−15%

24Clarendon County, SCSC31,04313,670−15%

25Chesterfield County, SCSC44,74013,139+2%

26Colleton County, SCSC39,38213,048−16%

27Dillon County, SCSC27,45812,6080%

28Marlboro County, SCSC25,48812,400−13%

29Fairfield County, SCSC20,34011,192−14%

30Chester County, SCSC33,00111,102−13%

31Newberry County, SCSC39,56111,047−4%

32Cherokee County, SCSC58,27510,574+15%

33Jasper County, SCSC38,53310,556+19%

34Lee County, SCSC15,73010,051−12%

35Hampton County, SCSC18,1749,471−4%

36Barnwell County, SCSC20,6538,776+1%

37Edgefield County, SCSC29,8088,276−3%

38Bamberg County, SCSC12,7967,747−26%

39Pickens County, SCSC139,1987,685+11%

40Union County, SCSC26,7997,387−19%

41Abbeville County, SCSC24,8366,212−17%

42Calhoun County, SCSC14,1885,524−16%

43Allendale County, SCSC7,3555,081−36%

44Oconee County, SCSC83,7754,159−17%

45Saluda County, SCSC19,6804,063−25%

46McCormick County, SCSC10,2153,906−25%

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES