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Largest French population, South Carolina counties

South Carolina counties ranked by the number of residents who are French ancestry, from the 2024 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. The median across all 46 is 561. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Abbeville County, SC, up 9 places to #28.

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SAME RANKING BYCitiesStatesMetros
Largest French population by state
RANKPLACESTATEPOPFRENCH POPULATIONVS 2010
01Greenville County, SCSC583,1259,377+1%
02Charleston County, SCSC436,2008,957−2%
03Horry County, SCSC427,5516,341−20%
04Richland County, SCSC434,9565,741−18%
05▲3Berkeley County, SCSC274,6665,142+10%
06Beaufort County, SCSC204,4335,032+1%
07▼2Lexington County, SCSC317,5884,786−17%
08▼1York County, SCSC306,8874,7740%
09Spartanburg County, SCSC380,8573,602−16%
10▲2Anderson County, SCSC219,9303,470−6%
11▼1Dorchester County, SCSC178,3973,359−9%
12▼1Aiken County, SCSC181,5152,821−9%
13Pickens County, SCSC139,1981,806−31%
14▲3Georgetown County, SCSC65,9121,437+44%
15▼1Oconee County, SCSC83,7751,307−5%
16▼1Florence County, SCSC138,5041,211−33%
17▼1Sumter County, SCSC105,0671,084−18%
18Lancaster County, SCSC114,296944−1%
19▲1Kershaw County, SCSC73,166811−11%
20▲6Newberry County, SCSC39,561736+45%
21▼2Laurens County, SCSC71,848699−34%
22▲1Darlington County, SCSC62,888565+1%
23▲5Orangeburg County, SCSC83,177561−15%
24▼2Colleton County, SCSC39,382556−18%
25▼4Greenwood County, SCSC70,379470−53%
26▲3Jasper County, SCSC38,533424+9%
27▲8Edgefield County, SCSC29,808345−24%
28▲9Abbeville County, SCSC24,836321−20%
29▼4Clarendon County, SCSC31,043318−51%
30▼6Cherokee County, SCSC58,275311−65%
31▲2Chesterfield County, SCSC44,740300−22%
32▲8McCormick County, SCSC10,215248+32%
33▲1Hampton County, SCSC18,174227−23%
34▼4Chester County, SCSC33,001221−56%
35▲8Williamsburg County, SCSC29,662198+16%
36Union County, SCSC26,799186−42%
37▼5Calhoun County, SCSC14,188143−48%
38▲3Marion County, SCSC28,242132−59%
39Dillon County, SCSC27,458109−47%
40▼13Fairfield County, SCSC20,340101−65%
41▼3Saluda County, SCSC19,68078−22%
42▲2Barnwell County, SCSC20,65372−56%
43▲2Allendale County, SCSC7,35557+171%
44▼13Marlboro County, SCSC25,48857−48%
45▼3Lee County, SCSC15,73041−20%
46Bamberg County, SCSC12,79637−69%
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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES