Ranking of South Carolina Counties By Percentage of Population that are Hispanic Black or African American in 2016

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2016, among all South Carolina counties, Saluda County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Hispanic Black or African American (1.6%), followed by Jasper County (1.06%), and Richland County (0.96%).

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.

You can also see similar information for other states, and also the ranking of all counties in the United States.

See this for other years:
Ranking of South Carolina Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Hispanic Black or African American in 2016
Saluda
Jasper
Richland
Newberry
Hampton
Beaufort
Calhoun
Clarendon
Berkeley
Greenwood
Ranking of South Carolina Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Hispanic Black or African American in 2016
Items per page:
0 of 0
Rank County % of County Population
1 Saluda County 1.6
2 Jasper County 1.06
3 Richland County 0.96
4 Newberry County 0.91
5 Hampton County 0.87
6 Beaufort County 0.77
7 Calhoun County 0.75
8 Clarendon County 0.63
9 Berkeley County 0.61
10 Greenwood County 0.6
11 Marion County 0.59
12 Sumter County 0.58
13 Lee County 0.57
14 Dorchester County 0.56
15 Bamberg County 0.54
15 Edgefield County 0.54
16 Allendale County 0.53
17 Greenville County 0.52
17 Kershaw County 0.52
17 Laurens County 0.52
18 Orangeburg County 0.51
19 Lexington County 0.49
20 Williamsburg County 0.47
21 Aiken County 0.46
22 Fairfield County 0.45
22 Marlboro County 0.45
23 Barnwell County 0.44
23 Colleton County 0.44
24 Dillon County 0.43
24 Florence County 0.43
25 Charleston County 0.41
25 Darlington County 0.41
26 Horry County 0.4
26 Spartanburg County 0.4
26 York County 0.4
27 Lancaster County 0.39
28 Georgetown County 0.36
29 Union County 0.34
30 Chesterfield County 0.33
31 Anderson County 0.32
32 Cherokee County 0.3
33 Chester County 0.29
34 Oconee County 0.26
35 McCormick County 0.21
36 Abbeville County 0.2
37 Pickens County 0.17