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

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2019, among all South Carolina counties, Allendale County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their race as Black or African American Alone (72.93%), followed by Williamsburg County (64.58%), and Lee County (63.53%).

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 2019
Allendale
Williamsburg
Lee
Orangeburg
Bamberg
Fairfield
Marion
Hampton
Marlboro
Richland
Ranking of South Carolina Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Black or African American Alone in 2019
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Allendale County 72.93
2 Williamsburg County 64.58
3 Lee County 63.53
4 Orangeburg County 62.09
5 Bamberg County 60.14
6 Fairfield County 57.15
7 Marion County 56.94
8 Hampton County 53.14
9 Marlboro County 51.28
10 Richland County 48.77
11 Sumter County 47.85
12 Clarendon County 47.42
13 Dillon County 47.05
14 McCormick County 44.6
15 Barnwell County 43.94
16 Florence County 43.15
17 Darlington County 41.82
18 Jasper County 40.76
19 Calhoun County 40.49
20 Colleton County 37.07
21 Chester County 37.01
22 Edgefield County 35.24
23 Chesterfield County 32.77
24 Greenwood County 32.26
25 Union County 31.98
26 Newberry County 30.55
27 Georgetown County 30.45
28 Abbeville County 27.53
29 Charleston County 26.28
30 Saluda County 25.82
31 Dorchester County 25.59
32 Aiken County 25.31
32 Laurens County 25.31
33 Berkeley County 24.68
34 Kershaw County 24.5
35 Lancaster County 21.27
36 Spartanburg County 20.92
37 Cherokee County 20.65
38 York County 19.35
39 Greenville County 18.43
40 Beaufort County 17.9
41 Anderson County 16.3
42 Lexington County 15.71
43 Horry County 12.96
44 Oconee County 7.59
45 Pickens County 7.1