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

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2017, among all South Carolina counties, Saluda County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Hispanic Black or African American (1.68%), followed by Jasper County (1.05%), and Richland County (0.97%).

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 Percentage of Pop. that are Hispanic Black or African American in 2017
Saluda
Jasper
Richland
Hampton
Newberry
Beaufort
Calhoun
Clarendon
Sumter
Berkeley
Ranking of South Carolina Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Hispanic Black or African American in 2017
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Saluda County 1.68
2 Jasper County 1.05
3 Richland County 0.97
4 Hampton County 0.9
4 Newberry County 0.9
5 Beaufort County 0.76
6 Calhoun County 0.74
7 Clarendon County 0.66
8 Sumter County 0.63
9 Berkeley County 0.62
10 Marion County 0.61
11 Greenwood County 0.6
12 Allendale County 0.58
12 Bamberg County 0.58
12 Lee County 0.58
13 Dorchester County 0.57
14 Edgefield County 0.56
15 Greenville County 0.55
16 Orangeburg County 0.53
17 Kershaw County 0.52
17 Laurens County 0.52
18 Aiken County 0.5
18 Lexington County 0.5
19 Williamsburg County 0.48
20 Fairfield County 0.47
21 Florence County 0.46
21 Marlboro County 0.46
22 Barnwell County 0.44
22 Colleton County 0.44
23 Charleston County 0.43
23 Darlington County 0.43
23 Horry County 0.43
23 York County 0.43
24 Dillon County 0.42
24 Spartanburg County 0.42
25 Lancaster County 0.4
26 Georgetown County 0.38
27 Union County 0.35
28 Anderson County 0.34
29 Cherokee County 0.33
30 Chesterfield County 0.32
31 Chester County 0.31
32 Oconee County 0.26
33 McCormick County 0.23
34 Abbeville County 0.2
35 Pickens County 0.17