Ranking of South Carolina Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2015

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2015, among all South Carolina counties, Richland County had the highest number of people who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (188.63K), followed by Charleston County (107.97K), and Greenville County (88.34K).

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 Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2015
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Ranking of South Carolina Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2015
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Rank County Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population
1 Richland County 188629
2 Charleston County 107971
3 Greenville County 88337
4 Spartanburg County 60941
5 Florence County 58528
6 Orangeburg County 55169
7 Sumter County 50413
8 Berkeley County 49410
9 York County 47626
10 Lexington County 41132
11 Aiken County 41047
12 Horry County 40894
13 Dorchester County 38367
14 Beaufort County 32860
15 Anderson County 31093
16 Darlington County 27831
17 Greenwood County 22174
18 Williamsburg County 21094
19 Georgetown County 19590
20 Lancaster County 18973
21 Marion County 17831
22 Laurens County 16915
23 Clarendon County 16303
24 Kershaw County 15540
25 Chesterfield County 14995
26 Dillon County 14538
27 Colleton County 14236
28 Marlboro County 14071
29 Fairfield County 13255
30 Chester County 11937
31 Jasper County 11743
32 Cherokee County 11623
33 Newberry County 11555
34 Lee County 11312
35 Hampton County 10599
36 Edgefield County 9654
37 Barnwell County 9570
38 Bamberg County 8925
39 Union County 8655
40 Pickens County 8085
41 Abbeville County 6929
42 Allendale County 6924
43 Calhoun County 6056
44 Oconee County 5718
45 Saluda County 5047
46 McCormick County 4636