Ranking of South Carolina Counties By Percentage of Population that are Non-Hispanic White in 2017

Updated on June 18, 2025.

Based on the US Census Vintage data estimates, in 2017, among all South Carolina counties, Pickens County had the highest percentage of its population who identified their ethnicity as Non-Hispanic White (85.92%), followed by Oconee County (84.65%), and Horry County (77.47%).

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 White in 2017
Pickens
Oconee
Horry
Anderson
Lexington
Cherokee
York
Lancaster
Abbeville
Kershaw
Ranking of South Carolina Counties By Percentage of Pop. that are Non-Hispanic White in 2017
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Pickens County 85.92
2 Oconee County 84.65
3 Horry County 77.47
4 Anderson County 77.41
5 Lexington County 75.03
6 Cherokee County 72.78
7 York County 70.73
8 Lancaster County 70.36
9 Abbeville County 68.94
10 Kershaw County 68.81
11 Greenville County 68.5
12 Spartanburg County 68.44
13 Beaufort County 68.08
14 Laurens County 67.85
15 Aiken County 66.15
16 Charleston County 64.66
17 Dorchester County 64.38
17 Union County 64.38
18 Georgetown County 64.26
19 Berkeley County 63.9
20 Chesterfield County 60.33
21 Newberry County 59.91
22 Greenwood County 59.6
23 Chester County 58.68
24 Saluda County 58.6
25 Edgefield County 56.63
26 Colleton County 56.61
27 Darlington County 54.57
28 Calhoun County 53.88
29 Florence County 51.94
30 Barnwell County 51.27
31 McCormick County 50.81
32 Clarendon County 47.58
33 Dillon County 45.73
34 Sumter County 45.17
35 Jasper County 42.65
36 Richland County 42.59
37 Hampton County 40.79
38 Marlboro County 39.29
39 Marion County 38.38
40 Fairfield County 38.14
41 Bamberg County 35.97
42 Orangeburg County 33.26
43 Lee County 32.25
44 Williamsburg County 31.41
45 Allendale County 22.13