# Counties in South Carolina by black or African American population share, 2024

All 46 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `black_share`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People who are not Hispanic or Latino and report Black or African American as their only race, as a percentage of the total population. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B03002: Black or African American alone, not Hispanic or Latino, as a percentage of the total population, calculated with stored inputs (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b03002.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B03002: Black or African American alone, not Hispanic or Latino, as a percentage of the total population, calculated with stored inputs. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b03002.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/black-population-share/south-carolina-counties
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/black-population-share/south-carolina-counties.csv

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Allendale County | 66.3 |
| 2 | Williamsburg County | 63.1 |
| 3 | Lee County | 62.2 |
| 4 | Orangeburg County | 60.7 |
| 5 | Bamberg County | 59.4 |
| 6 | Marion County | 54.8 |
| 7 | Fairfield County | 54.5 |
| 8 | Hampton County | 51.9 |
| 9 | Marlboro County | 47.7 |
| 10 | Richland County | 46.9 |
| 11 | Sumter County | 45.8 |
| 12 | Dillon County | 45.3 |
| 13 | Clarendon County | 44.1 |
| 14 | Florence County | 42.9 |
| 15 | Barnwell County | 42.8 |
| 16 | Darlington County | 40.6 |
| 17 | McCormick County | 40 |
| 18 | Calhoun County | 39 |
| 19 | Chester County | 34.5 |
| 20 | Colleton County | 33.6 |
| 21 | Jasper County | 32.8 |
| 22 | Greenwood County | 31.2 |
| 23 | Edgefield County | 30.1 |
| 24 | Chesterfield County | 30 |
| 25 | Newberry County | 28.7 |
| 26 | Georgetown County | 27.8 |
| 27 | Union County | 27.5 |
| 28 | Abbeville County | 25.4 |
| 29 | Dorchester County | 24.9 |
| 30 | Kershaw County | 23.7 |
| 31 | Aiken County | 23.7 |
| 32 | Laurens County | 22.9 |
| 33 | Berkeley County | 22.7 |
| 34 | Charleston County | 22.7 |
| 35 | Saluda County | 21.2 |
| 36 | Spartanburg County | 19.3 |
| 37 | Lancaster County | 19.3 |
| 38 | Cherokee County | 18.7 |
| 39 | York County | 18.2 |
| 40 | Beaufort County | 15.5 |
| 41 | Greenville County | 15.3 |
| 42 | Lexington County | 15.1 |
| 43 | Anderson County | 13.5 |
| 44 | Horry County | 11.6 |
| 45 | Pickens County | 5.7 |
| 46 | Oconee County | 5.2 |