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Largest Swedish population, South Carolina counties

South Carolina counties ranked by the number of residents who are Swedish 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 43 counties in South Carolina that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 43 is 173. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Newberry County, SC, up 11 places to #28.

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SAME RANKING BYCitiesStatesMetros
Largest Swedish population by state
RANKPLACESTATEPOPSWEDISH POPULATIONVS 2010
01Greenville County, SCSC583,1254,149+39%
02Charleston County, SCSC436,2002,641+2%
03Beaufort County, SCSC204,4332,184+28%
04▲1York County, SCSC306,8872,108+45%
05▼1Horry County, SCSC427,5512,100+5%
06▲1Lexington County, SCSC317,5881,871+8%
07▲2Spartanburg County, SCSC380,8571,4030%
08▲3Berkeley County, SCSC274,6661,264+56%
09▼1Dorchester County, SCSC178,3971,046+2%
10▼4Richland County, SCSC434,9561,010−43%
11▼1Anderson County, SCSC219,930807+48%
12▲2Aiken County, SCSC181,515715+8%
13▲3Lancaster County, SCSC114,296705+68%
14▼2Pickens County, SCSC139,198563−35%
15▲2Oconee County, SCSC83,775357−31%
16▲8Georgetown County, SCSC65,912349+63%
17▼2Laurens County, SCSC71,848277+85%
18▼5Sumter County, SCSC105,067271+4%
19▼1Union County, SCSC26,799235+411%
20▲5Orangeburg County, SCSC83,177197+101%
21▼2Greenwood County, SCSC70,379181−15%
22▲1Kershaw County, SCSC73,166173+35%
23▼3Florence County, SCSC138,504163−44%
24▲6Jasper County, SCSC38,533110+25%
25▲3Saluda County, SCSC19,680109+211%
26▲3Chester County, SCSC33,001107−28%
27▼6Darlington County, SCSC62,888103−25%
28▲11Newberry County, SCSC39,56197−22%
29▲5Williamsburg County, SCSC29,66290–
30▲1McCormick County, SCSC10,21583+337%
31▼5Cherokee County, SCSC58,27547−60%
32Abbeville County, SCSC24,83641−51%
33▲8Colleton County, SCSC39,38232−73%
34▲6Fairfield County, SCSC20,34030−30%
35▲8Lee County, SCSC15,73030+173%
36▲6Marion County, SCSC28,24228−3%
37Barnwell County, SCSC20,65320−78%
38▼1Hampton County, SCSC18,17420+25%
39▼3Chesterfield County, SCSC44,74015−57%
40▼13Clarendon County, SCSC31,04314−70%
41▼19Edgefield County, SCSC29,80812−85%
42▲2Allendale County, SCSC7,3559−68%
43▼5Dillon County, SCSC27,4581–
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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES