Ranking of South Carolina Counties By Percentage of Population that are Black or African American Alone in 2017

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2017, among all South Carolina counties, Allendale County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (73.6%), followed by Williamsburg County (65.02%), and Lee County (64.27%).

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

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Ranking of South Carolina Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2017
Allendale
Williamsburg
Lee
Orangeburg
Bamberg
Fairfield
Marion
Hampton
Marlboro
Clarendon
Ranking of South Carolina Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2017
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Allendale County 73.6
2 Williamsburg County 65.02
3 Lee County 64.27
4 Orangeburg County 62.31
5 Bamberg County 60.64
6 Fairfield County 57.69
7 Marion County 57.03
8 Hampton County 53.98
9 Marlboro County 51.15
10 Clarendon County 48.05
11 Richland County 47.97
12 Sumter County 47.94
13 Dillon County 47.12
14 McCormick County 46.18
15 Barnwell County 43.96
16 Florence County 42.8
17 Jasper County 42.79
18 Darlington County 41.79
19 Calhoun County 41.17
20 Colleton County 37.74
21 Chester County 36.96
22 Edgefield County 35.93
23 Chesterfield County 33.05
24 Greenwood County 32.34
25 Union County 32.01
26 Georgetown County 31.41
27 Newberry County 31.31
28 Abbeville County 27.78
29 Charleston County 27.22
30 Saluda County 26.09
31 Dorchester County 25.69
32 Laurens County 25.53
33 Aiken County 25.32
34 Kershaw County 24.72
35 Berkeley County 24.55
36 Lancaster County 21.7
37 Spartanburg County 20.87
38 Cherokee County 20.75
39 York County 19.36
40 Beaufort County 18.52
41 Greenville County 18.43
42 Anderson County 16.31
43 Lexington County 15.36
44 Horry County 13.35
45 Oconee County 7.64
46 Pickens County 6.87