Ranking of South Carolina Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2016

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2016, among all South Carolina counties, Richland County had the highest number of people who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (191.48K), followed by Charleston County (108.37K), and Greenville County (89.74K).

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 2016
Richland
Charleston
Greenville
Spartanburg
Florence
Orangeburg
Sumter
Berkeley
York
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Ranking of South Carolina Counties By Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population in 2016
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Rank County Non-Hispanic Black or African American Population
1 Richland County 191480
2 Charleston County 108374
3 Greenville County 89737
4 Spartanburg County 61687
5 Florence County 58523
6 Orangeburg County 54596
7 Sumter County 50604
8 Berkeley County 50204
9 York County 49020
10 Lexington County 42211
11 Horry County 42053
12 Aiken County 41368
13 Dorchester County 39352
14 Beaufort County 33082
15 Anderson County 31365
16 Darlington County 27756
17 Greenwood County 22196
18 Williamsburg County 20630
19 Georgetown County 19414
20 Lancaster County 19407
21 Marion County 17880
22 Laurens County 16792
23 Clarendon County 16285
24 Kershaw County 15658
25 Chesterfield County 15081
26 Dillon County 14324
27 Colleton County 14162
28 Marlboro County 13739
29 Fairfield County 13045
30 Jasper County 11919
31 Chester County 11874
32 Cherokee County 11659
33 Newberry County 11629
34 Lee County 11115
35 Hampton County 10536
36 Edgefield County 9487
37 Barnwell County 9486
38 Bamberg County 8704
39 Union County 8681
40 Pickens County 8226
41 Abbeville County 6906
42 Allendale County 6659
43 Calhoun County 6078
44 Oconee County 5758
45 Saluda County 5041
46 McCormick County 4512