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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. The median across all 46 is 3,615. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Barnwell County, SC, up 7 places to #38.

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SAME RANKING BYCitiesStatesMetros
Largest German population by state
RANKPLACESTATEPOPGERMAN POPULATIONVS 2010
01Greenville County, SCSC583,12559,883+18%
02▲2Charleston County, SCSC436,20046,301+19%
03▼1Horry County, SCSC427,55143,198+30%
04▼1Lexington County, SCSC317,58842,627−2%
05▲1York County, SCSC306,88735,161+17%
06▼1Richland County, SCSC434,95631,136−13%
07Spartanburg County, SCSC380,85728,067+15%
08Beaufort County, SCSC204,43325,869+8%
09Berkeley County, SCSC274,66623,482+11%
10▲1Anderson County, SCSC219,93018,433−2%
11▲1Aiken County, SCSC181,51518,427+18%
12▼2Dorchester County, SCSC178,39717,7320%
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%
22▲1Greenwood County, SCSC70,3794,224−23%
23▲1Orangeburg County, SCSC83,1773,615−24%
24▲1Cherokee County, SCSC58,2753,239−9%
25▲1Jasper County, SCSC38,5333,114+171%
26▼4Darlington County, SCSC62,8882,729−10%
27Colleton County, SCSC39,3822,689+6%
28Chesterfield County, SCSC44,7401,838−34%
29Clarendon County, SCSC31,0431,800+12%
30▲1Edgefield County, SCSC29,8081,608+18%
31▼1Chester County, SCSC33,0011,525−10%
32▲3Union County, SCSC26,7991,417−9%
33▼1Saluda County, SCSC19,6801,293−55%
34Calhoun County, SCSC14,1881,217−46%
35▼2Abbeville County, SCSC24,8361,200−38%
36McCormick County, SCSC10,215822−21%
37▲1Fairfield County, SCSC20,340658−45%
38▲7Barnwell County, SCSC20,653614−53%
39▲1Lee County, SCSC15,730564+119%
40▼3Hampton County, SCSC18,174534−55%
41Marlboro County, SCSC25,488505−35%
42▲1Marion County, SCSC28,242455−51%
43▲1Bamberg County, SCSC12,796437−46%
44▼5Williamsburg County, SCSC29,662291−29%
45▼3Dillon County, SCSC27,458232−77%
46Allendale County, SCSC7,355213−14%
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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES