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Largest Portuguese population, South Carolina cities

South Carolina cities ranked by the number of residents who are Portuguese 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 64 cities in South Carolina that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 64 is 39. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Anderson, SC, up 50 places to #7.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPORTUGUESE POPULATIONVS 2010

01▲15Carolina Forest, SCSC26,263408–

02▼1North Charleston, SCSC129,245404+67%

03Mount Pleasant, SCSC95,469282+46%

04▲1Charleston, SCSC159,423263+141%

05▼3Taylors, SCSC24,505240+789%

06▲7Greenville, SCSC75,310236+973%

07▲50Anderson, SCSC31,323174+145%

08Socastee, SCSC23,796164+148%

09▲12Bluffton, SCSC36,807143+1330%

10▲4Fort Mill, SCSC38,673133–

11▼3Summerville, SCSC53,177131−15%

12▲18Hilton Head Island, SCSC38,196101−5%

13▼2North Myrtle Beach, SCSC21,34694+840%

14▼7Myrtle Beach, SCSC40,93793−74%

15▼6Spartanburg, SCSC39,97882+156%

16▲17Sumter, SCSC43,09477+250%

17▲44Wade Hampton, SCSC20,89871+4%

18▲31Murrells Inlet, SCSC10,04464–

19Conway, SCSC30,62763−25%

20Little River, SCSC11,77158–

21▼4Beaufort, SCSC15,77556+133%

22▲16Tega Cay, SCSC14,45756–

23▲11Garden City, SCSC11,59155+323%

24▼12Port Royal, SCSC16,64853+33%

25Moncks Corner, SCSC20,61250+733%

26Hanahan, SCSC22,41548−65%

27Homeland Park, SCSC6,63246–

28Belvedere, SCSC5,18044–

29Mauldin, SCSC31,46543−47%

30▲12North Augusta, SCSC26,98240+21%

31▲20Easley, SCSC27,31939–

32▼17Five Forks, SCSC18,65639–

33▼23Goose Creek, SCSC52,01039+200%

34Welcome, SCSC6,52739–

35▼31Columbia, SCSC147,03536−68%

36▲11Lancaster, SCSC9,62332–

37Hollywood, SCSC5,65231–

38▼11White Knoll, SCSC8,31031–

39Forestbrook, SCSC7,47930–

40▲19Parker, SCSC12,89827–

41Clemson University, SCSC7,01522–

42▲12Gantt, SCSC15,40121–

43▲2Ladson, SCSC16,14021–

44▼22Simpsonville, SCSC28,45921−22%

45▼8Florence, SCSC41,23120–

46Orangeburg, SCSC13,38318–

47▼15Lugoff, SCSC9,78617–

48Forest Acres, SCSC10,39016–

49▼24Sangaree, SCSC8,68116−16%

50▲6West Columbia, SCSC18,48916+7%

51Camden, SCSC9,20114−44%

52Fountain Inn, SCSC14,72214–

53▲7Greenwood, SCSC22,74514–

54Oak Grove, SCSC12,25612−25%

55Hartsville, SCSC7,37411–

56Batesburg-Leesville, SCSC5,34610−29%

57▼18Lexington, SCSC25,7299–

58▼18Aiken, SCSC33,8088−58%

59Clover, SCSC7,6597–

60▼42Rock Hill, SCSC75,9117−87%

61Clinton, SCSC7,9186–

62▼31St. Andrews, SCSC19,8686–

63▼1Travelers Rest, SCSC9,1354–

64▼58Lake Wylie, SCSC16,0063−63%

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