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Largest Swedish population, South Carolina counties · 2020

South Carolina counties ranked by the number of residents who are Swedish 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 44 counties in South Carolina that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 44 is 122.

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YEAR2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPSWEDISH POPULATIONVS 2010

01Greenville County, SCSC583,1253,304+11%

02Charleston County, SCSC436,2002,713+5%

03Beaufort County, SCSC204,4331,868+10%

04Horry County, SCSC427,5511,725−14%

05York County, SCSC306,8871,721+18%

06Richland County, SCSC434,9561,558−12%

07Lexington County, SCSC317,5881,400−19%

08Dorchester County, SCSC178,3971,340+31%

09Spartanburg County, SCSC380,8571,141−18%

10Anderson County, SCSC219,9301,091+100%

11Berkeley County, SCSC274,666861+6%

12Pickens County, SCSC139,198730−16%

13Sumter County, SCSC105,067552+111%

14Aiken County, SCSC181,515456−31%

15Laurens County, SCSC71,848383+155%

16Lancaster County, SCSC114,296355−15%

17Oconee County, SCSC83,775350−32%

18Union County, SCSC26,799306+565%

19Greenwood County, SCSC70,379198−7%

20Florence County, SCSC138,504180−38%

21Darlington County, SCSC62,888140+2%

22Edgefield County, SCSC29,808122+53%

23Kershaw County, SCSC73,166115−10%

24Georgetown County, SCSC65,912106−50%

25Orangeburg County, SCSC83,177100+2%

26Cherokee County, SCSC58,27575−36%

27Clarendon County, SCSC31,04374+57%

28Saluda County, SCSC19,68072+106%

29Chester County, SCSC33,00158−61%

30Jasper County, SCSC38,53352−41%

31McCormick County, SCSC10,21546+142%

32Abbeville County, SCSC24,83637−55%

33Marlboro County, SCSC25,48830−12%

34Williamsburg County, SCSC29,66229–

35Calhoun County, SCSC14,18828+133%

36Chesterfield County, SCSC44,74018−49%

37Hampton County, SCSC18,17417+6%

38Dillon County, SCSC27,45816–

39Newberry County, SCSC39,56115−88%

40Fairfield County, SCSC20,3409−79%

41Colleton County, SCSC39,3828−93%

42Marion County, SCSC28,2425−83%

43Lee County, SCSC15,7303−73%

44Allendale County, SCSC7,3551−96%

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