Ranking of South Carolina Counties By Percentage of Population that are Hispanic Black or African American in 2018

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2018, among all South Carolina counties, Saluda County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Hispanic Black or African American (1.77%), followed by Jasper County (1.08%), and Richland County (0.99%).

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 2018
Saluda
Jasper
Richland
Hampton
Newberry
Calhoun
Beaufort
Clarendon
Berkeley
Sumter
Ranking of South Carolina Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Hispanic Black or African American in 2018
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Saluda County 1.77
2 Jasper County 1.08
3 Richland County 0.99
4 Hampton County 0.95
5 Newberry County 0.89
6 Calhoun County 0.76
7 Beaufort County 0.75
8 Clarendon County 0.68
9 Berkeley County 0.66
10 Sumter County 0.65
11 Greenwood County 0.63
11 Marion County 0.63
12 Bamberg County 0.62
13 Allendale County 0.61
14 Dorchester County 0.6
15 Greenville County 0.59
16 Edgefield County 0.57
17 Orangeburg County 0.56
18 Lee County 0.54
19 Kershaw County 0.53
20 Aiken County 0.52
20 Williamsburg County 0.52
21 Laurens County 0.51
21 Lexington County 0.51
22 Colleton County 0.49
23 Fairfield County 0.48
23 Marlboro County 0.48
24 York County 0.47
25 Barnwell County 0.46
25 Dillon County 0.46
25 Spartanburg County 0.46
26 Florence County 0.45
27 Lancaster County 0.43
28 Charleston County 0.42
28 Darlington County 0.42
28 Horry County 0.42
28 Union County 0.42
29 Georgetown County 0.38
30 Anderson County 0.33
30 Cherokee County 0.33
31 Chester County 0.31
31 Chesterfield County 0.31
32 Oconee County 0.28
33 Abbeville County 0.2
33 McCormick County 0.2
34 Pickens County 0.17