Ranking of South Carolina Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-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, Allendale County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic Black or African American (72.77%), followed by Williamsburg County (64.2%), and Lee County (63.69%).

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 2018
Allendale
Williamsburg
Lee
Orangeburg
Bamberg
Fairfield
Marion
Hampton
Marlboro
Richland
Ranking of South Carolina Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic Black or African American in 2018
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Allendale County 72.77
2 Williamsburg County 64.2
3 Lee County 63.69
4 Orangeburg County 61.71
5 Bamberg County 59.67
6 Fairfield County 56.99
7 Marion County 56.47
8 Hampton County 52.75
9 Marlboro County 50.79
10 Richland County 47.37
11 Sumter County 47.25
12 Clarendon County 46.96
13 Dillon County 46.72
14 McCormick County 45.07
15 Barnwell County 43.6
16 Florence County 42.65
17 Darlington County 41.28
18 Jasper County 40.85
19 Calhoun County 40.02
20 Colleton County 36.97
21 Chester County 36.84
22 Edgefield County 35.18
23 Chesterfield County 32.53
24 Greenwood County 31.84
25 Union County 31.66
26 Georgetown County 30.64
27 Newberry County 30.07
28 Abbeville County 27.4
29 Charleston County 26.32
30 Dorchester County 25.13
31 Laurens County 24.88
32 Aiken County 24.8
33 Saluda County 24.21
34 Kershaw County 24.1
35 Berkeley County 23.85
36 Lancaster County 21.03
37 Spartanburg County 20.44
38 Cherokee County 20.37
39 York County 18.82
40 Greenville County 17.85
41 Beaufort County 17.5
42 Anderson County 15.97
43 Lexington County 14.98
44 Horry County 12.71
45 Oconee County 7.32
46 Pickens County 6.73