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Largest German population, South Carolina counties

South Carolina counties ranked by the number of residents who are German 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.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPGERMAN POPULATIONVS 2010

01Greenville County, SCSC583,12559,883+18%

02Charleston County, SCSC436,20046,301+19%

03Horry County, SCSC427,55143,198+30%

04Lexington County, SCSC317,58842,627−2%

05York County, SCSC306,88735,161+17%

06Richland County, SCSC434,95631,136−13%

07Spartanburg County, SCSC380,85728,067+15%

08Beaufort County, SCSC204,43325,869+8%

09Berkeley County, SCSC274,66623,482+11%

10Anderson County, SCSC219,93018,433−2%

11Aiken County, SCSC181,51518,427+18%

12Dorchester County, SCSC178,39717,732+0%

13Pickens County, SCSC139,19812,954−9%

14Lancaster County, SCSC114,29610,923+109%

15Oconee County, SCSC83,7759,686−2%

16Florence County, SCSC138,5047,389−11%

17Georgetown County, SCSC65,9126,381+40%

18Sumter County, SCSC105,0675,791−8%

19Newberry County, SCSC39,5615,598−11%

20Laurens County, SCSC71,8484,690−27%

21Kershaw County, SCSC73,1664,661+24%

22Greenwood County, SCSC70,3794,224−23%

23Orangeburg County, SCSC83,1773,615−24%

24Cherokee County, SCSC58,2753,239−9%

25Jasper County, SCSC38,5333,114+171%

26Darlington County, SCSC62,8882,729−10%

27Colleton County, SCSC39,3822,689+6%

28Chesterfield County, SCSC44,7401,838−34%

29Clarendon County, SCSC31,0431,800+12%

30Edgefield County, SCSC29,8081,608+18%

31Chester County, SCSC33,0011,525−10%

32Union County, SCSC26,7991,417−9%

33Saluda County, SCSC19,6801,293−55%

34Calhoun County, SCSC14,1881,217−46%

35Abbeville County, SCSC24,8361,200−38%

36McCormick County, SCSC10,215822−21%

37Fairfield County, SCSC20,340658−45%

38Barnwell County, SCSC20,653614−53%

39Lee County, SCSC15,730564+119%

40Hampton County, SCSC18,174534−55%

41Marlboro County, SCSC25,488505−35%

42Marion County, SCSC28,242455−51%

43Bamberg County, SCSC12,796437−46%

44Williamsburg County, SCSC29,662291−29%

45Dillon County, SCSC27,458232−77%

46Allendale County, SCSC7,355213−14%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES