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Largest German population, South Carolina counties · 2020

South Carolina counties ranked by the number of residents who are German 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. The median across all 46 is 3,871.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPGERMAN POPULATIONVS 2010

01Greenville County, SCSC583,12554,298+7%

02Horry County, SCSC427,55141,370+25%

03Lexington County, SCSC317,58840,785−6%

04Charleston County, SCSC436,20038,7520%

05Richland County, SCSC434,95634,959−2%

06York County, SCSC306,88730,874+2%

07Spartanburg County, SCSC380,85726,823+10%

08Beaufort County, SCSC204,43324,984+4%

09Berkeley County, SCSC274,66623,764+12%

10Dorchester County, SCSC178,39717,6680%

11Anderson County, SCSC219,93017,068−9%

12Aiken County, SCSC181,51515,859+2%

13Pickens County, SCSC139,19813,111−8%

14Lancaster County, SCSC114,29610,263+96%

15Oconee County, SCSC83,7759,238−6%

16Florence County, SCSC138,5047,202−13%

17Georgetown County, SCSC65,9126,678+46%

18Sumter County, SCSC105,0676,048−4%

19Newberry County, SCSC39,5615,602−11%

20Laurens County, SCSC71,8485,129−21%

21Kershaw County, SCSC73,1664,807+28%

22Darlington County, SCSC62,8884,310+43%

23Greenwood County, SCSC70,3793,871−30%

24Orangeburg County, SCSC83,1773,469−27%

25Cherokee County, SCSC58,2752,672−25%

26Jasper County, SCSC38,5332,366+106%

27Colleton County, SCSC39,3822,270−11%

28Chesterfield County, SCSC44,7401,791−35%

29Clarendon County, SCSC31,0431,720+7%

30Chester County, SCSC33,0011,531−10%

31Edgefield County, SCSC29,8081,446+6%

32Saluda County, SCSC19,6801,371−52%

33Abbeville County, SCSC24,8361,343−31%

34Calhoun County, SCSC14,1881,318−42%

35Union County, SCSC26,7991,316−16%

36McCormick County, SCSC10,215905−13%

37Hampton County, SCSC18,174838−30%

38Fairfield County, SCSC20,340710−41%

39Williamsburg County, SCSC29,662569+38%

40Lee County, SCSC15,730568+120%

41Marlboro County, SCSC25,488551−29%

42Dillon County, SCSC27,458390−61%

43Marion County, SCSC28,242380−59%

44Bamberg County, SCSC12,796374−54%

45Barnwell County, SCSC20,653298−77%

46Allendale County, SCSC7,355281+13%

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS