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Most segregated, South Carolina counties

South Carolina counties ranked by the CensusEasy Segregation Score, the White vs non-White index of dissimilarity across census tracts (2024 ACS). Higher means residents are more sorted into separate neighborhoods. This list covers the 46 counties in South Carolina that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR20202024
Most segregated by state
RANKPLACESTATEPOPSEGREGATION SCOREVS 2020
01Georgetown County, SCSC65,91247+4%
02Charleston County, SCSC436,20044−2%
03Richland County, SCSC434,95642−4%
04Cherokee County, SCSC58,27542−9%
05McCormick County, SCSC10,21542+15%
06Bamberg County, SCSC12,79640−10%
07Newberry County, SCSC39,56137+14%
09Beaufort County, SCSC204,43337−11%
10Orangeburg County, SCSC83,17735+2%
11Spartanburg County, SCSC380,85734−4%
12Abbeville County, SCSC24,83633+3%
13Saluda County, SCSC19,68033−0%
14Oconee County, SCSC83,77533−9%
15Jasper County, SCSC38,53332+4%
16Greenville County, SCSC583,12532−5%
17Florence County, SCSC138,50432−7%
18Darlington County, SCSC62,88831−6%
19Union County, SCSC26,79931+24%
20Greenwood County, SCSC70,37931−11%
21Anderson County, SCSC219,93029−23%
22Sumter County, SCSC105,06728−22%
23Laurens County, SCSC71,84828+3%
24Horry County, SCSC427,55128−10%
25Chester County, SCSC33,00127+3%
26Lexington County, SCSC317,58827−13%
27York County, SCSC306,88727−13%
28Edgefield County, SCSC29,80827−9%
29Fairfield County, SCSC20,34026+24%
30Clarendon County, SCSC31,04326−19%
31Colleton County, SCSC39,38226+1%
32Pickens County, SCSC139,19826−11%
33Lancaster County, SCSC114,29625−13%
34Dillon County, SCSC27,45825−12%
35Lee County, SCSC15,73025−6%
36Barnwell County, SCSC20,65325−16%
37Berkeley County, SCSC274,66625−6%
38Aiken County, SCSC181,51523−2%
40Dorchester County, SCSC178,39722−15%
41Hampton County, SCSC18,17422−7%
42Marlboro County, SCSC25,48820+27%
43Calhoun County, SCSC14,18820+32%
44Allendale County, SCSC7,35520−22%
45Marion County, SCSC28,24219+17%
46Kershaw County, SCSC73,16617−17%
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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES