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Largest Scotch-Irish population, South Carolina counties

South Carolina counties ranked by the number of residents who are Scotch-Irish 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

RANKPLACESTATEPOPSCOTCH-IRISH POPULATIONVS 2010

01Greenville County, SCSC583,12512,637−20%

02York County, SCSC306,8878,637−33%

03Lexington County, SCSC317,5886,795−26%

04Spartanburg County, SCSC380,8576,581−39%

05Richland County, SCSC434,9566,227−48%

06Charleston County, SCSC436,2005,954−47%

07Anderson County, SCSC219,9304,916−37%

08Horry County, SCSC427,5514,114−47%

09Aiken County, SCSC181,5153,376−7%

10Berkeley County, SCSC274,6662,945−32%

11Pickens County, SCSC139,1982,745−51%

12Dorchester County, SCSC178,3972,420−23%

13Beaufort County, SCSC204,4332,416−40%

14Lancaster County, SCSC114,2962,044−34%

15Florence County, SCSC138,5041,747−70%

16Oconee County, SCSC83,7751,629−43%

17Laurens County, SCSC71,8481,407−43%

18Greenwood County, SCSC70,3791,398−51%

19Kershaw County, SCSC73,1661,385−18%

20Sumter County, SCSC105,0671,333−41%

21Chester County, SCSC33,0011,101−13%

22Georgetown County, SCSC65,9121,034−52%

23Darlington County, SCSC62,888880−51%

24Newberry County, SCSC39,561869−9%

25Clarendon County, SCSC31,043796+9%

26Cherokee County, SCSC58,275773−52%

27Chesterfield County, SCSC44,740548−71%

28Fairfield County, SCSC20,340493−50%

29Jasper County, SCSC38,533455−40%

30Williamsburg County, SCSC29,662406−58%

31Abbeville County, SCSC24,836385−73%

32Orangeburg County, SCSC83,177383−54%

33Union County, SCSC26,799316−57%

34Colleton County, SCSC39,382306−53%

35Edgefield County, SCSC29,808258−72%

36Calhoun County, SCSC14,188246+2%

37Dillon County, SCSC27,458219−83%

38Lee County, SCSC15,730199+21%

39Barnwell County, SCSC20,653190−25%

40Marlboro County, SCSC25,488184−79%

41Saluda County, SCSC19,680159−63%

42Marion County, SCSC28,242144−85%

43McCormick County, SCSC10,215134−40%

44Allendale County, SCSC7,35584−21%

45Hampton County, SCSC18,17455−58%

46Bamberg County, SCSC12,79625−86%

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