Ranking of South Carolina Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2012

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2012, among all South Carolina counties, Allendale County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (73%), followed by Williamsburg County (65.26%), and Lee County (63.81%).

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 Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2012
Allendale
Williamsburg
Lee
Orangeburg
Bamberg
Fairfield
Marion
Hampton
Marlboro
McCormick
Ranking of South Carolina Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2012
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Allendale County 73
2 Williamsburg County 65.26
3 Lee County 63.81
4 Orangeburg County 62.03
5 Bamberg County 60.99
6 Fairfield County 58.46
7 Marion County 55.97
8 Hampton County 53.26
9 Marlboro County 50.75
10 McCormick County 49.69
11 Clarendon County 48.7
12 Sumter County 46.66
13 Dillon County 46.2
14 Richland County 46.02
15 Jasper County 44.68
16 Barnwell County 43.95
17 Calhoun County 41.87
18 Florence County 41.57
19 Darlington County 41.3
20 Colleton County 38.69
21 Chester County 37.15
22 Edgefield County 36.71
23 Georgetown County 32.9
24 Chesterfield County 32.25
25 Greenwood County 31.46
26 Union County 31.15
27 Newberry County 30.69
28 Charleston County 29.03
29 Abbeville County 28.04
30 Saluda County 25.8
31 Laurens County 25.37
32 Dorchester County 25.08
33 Berkeley County 24.6
34 Kershaw County 24.5
35 Aiken County 24.46
36 Lancaster County 23.11
37 Spartanburg County 20.5
38 Cherokee County 20.33
39 York County 18.95
40 Beaufort County 18.68
41 Greenville County 17.94
42 Anderson County 16.3
43 Lexington County 14.35
44 Horry County 13.37
45 Oconee County 7.46
46 Pickens County 6.54