Ranking of South Carolina Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2019

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2019, among all South Carolina counties, Richland County had the highest number of people who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (203.39K), followed by Charleston County (108.43K), and Greenville County (96.73K).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all South Carolina counties.

You can see similar ranking information for other racial and ethnicity groups in the United States.

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Ranking of South Carolina Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2019
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Greenville
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Orangeburg
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Ranking of South Carolina Counties By Black or African American Alone Population in 2019
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Rank County Black or African American Alone Population
1 Richland County 203391
2 Charleston County 108430
3 Greenville County 96734
4 Spartanburg County 66995
5 Florence County 59608
6 Berkeley County 56499
7 York County 54472
8 Orangeburg County 53540
9 Sumter County 51021
10 Lexington County 47038
11 Horry County 45948
12 Aiken County 43352
13 Dorchester County 41842
14 Beaufort County 34477
15 Anderson County 32997
16 Darlington County 27874
17 Greenwood County 22894
18 Lancaster County 20903
19 Williamsburg County 19540
20 Georgetown County 19190
21 Marion County 17404
22 Laurens County 17072
23 Kershaw County 16353
24 Clarendon County 16029
25 Chesterfield County 14955
26 Dillon County 14280
27 Colleton County 13977
28 Marlboro County 13412
29 Fairfield County 12757
30 Jasper County 12349
31 Chester County 11912
32 Cherokee County 11837
33 Newberry County 11732
34 Lee County 10708
35 Hampton County 10265
36 Edgefield County 9637
37 Barnwell County 9193
38 Pickens County 9013
39 Union County 8705
40 Bamberg County 8484
41 Abbeville County 6769
42 Allendale County 6292
43 Oconee County 6033
44 Calhoun County 5876
45 Saluda County 5263
46 McCormick County 4220