Ranking of South Carolina Counties By Percentage of Population that are Hispanic or Latino in 2012

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2012, among all South Carolina counties, Saluda County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Hispanic or Latino (14.57%), followed by Jasper County (13.95%), and Beaufort County (11.54%).

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 or Latino in 2012
Saluda
Jasper
Beaufort
Greenville
Newberry
Spartanburg
Berkeley
Horry
Lexington
Greenwood
Ranking of South Carolina Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Hispanic or Latino in 2012
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Saluda County 14.57
2 Jasper County 13.95
3 Beaufort County 11.54
4 Greenville County 8.39
5 Newberry County 7.12
6 Spartanburg County 6.02
7 Berkeley County 5.98
8 Horry County 5.97
9 Lexington County 5.57
10 Greenwood County 5.51
11 Edgefield County 5.42
12 Aiken County 5.14
13 Charleston County 5.08
14 Richland County 4.84
15 Lancaster County 4.69
15 York County 4.69
16 Oconee County 4.62
17 Dorchester County 4.58
18 Laurens County 4.31
19 Kershaw County 3.95
20 Hampton County 3.81
21 Chesterfield County 3.77
22 Cherokee County 3.74
23 Sumter County 3.53
24 Calhoun County 3.34
25 Pickens County 3.22
26 Anderson County 3.14
27 Marlboro County 3.05
28 Georgetown County 2.9
29 Colleton County 2.83
30 Clarendon County 2.73
31 Allendale County 2.6
32 Dillon County 2.57
33 Marion County 2.51
34 Florence County 2.33
35 Barnwell County 2.17
36 Williamsburg County 2.08
37 Lee County 1.98
38 Orangeburg County 1.88
39 Fairfield County 1.83
40 Bamberg County 1.68
40 Darlington County 1.68
41 Chester County 1.65
42 Abbeville County 1.23
43 Union County 1.04
44 McCormick County 0.95