# Counties in South Carolina by population speaking a language other than English at home, 2024

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

- Indicator id: `language_other_than_english_share`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People aged 5 and over who speak a language other than English at home, as a percentage of all people aged 5 and over. 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 C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak a language other than English at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-c16001.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table C16001: people aged 5 and over who speak a language other than English at home, as a percentage of the population aged 5 and over, calculated with stored inputs. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-c16001.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/language-other-than-english-at-home/south-carolina-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
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| 1 | Jasper County | 18.1 |
| 2 | Saluda County | 17.1 |
| 3 | Spartanburg County | 13.3 |
| 4 | Greenville County | 12.6 |
| 5 | Beaufort County | 11.7 |
| 6 | Berkeley County | 10 |
| 7 | Lancaster County | 9.5 |
| 8 | Lexington County | 9.5 |
| 9 | Newberry County | 9.2 |
| 10 | Charleston County | 9 |
| 11 | Horry County | 8.9 |
| 12 | York County | 8.8 |
| 13 | Richland County | 8.7 |
| 14 | Dorchester County | 7.5 |
| 15 | Sumter County | 6.1 |
| 16 | Aiken County | 6 |
| 17 | Laurens County | 5.7 |
| 18 | Pickens County | 5.6 |
| 19 | Chesterfield County | 5.5 |
| 20 | Cherokee County | 5.3 |
| 21 | Colleton County | 5.2 |
| 22 | Kershaw County | 5.1 |
| 23 | Oconee County | 5.1 |
| 24 | Anderson County | 5 |
| 25 | Edgefield County | 5 |
| 26 | Greenwood County | 4.9 |
| 27 | Florence County | 4.5 |
| 28 | Hampton County | 4.5 |
| 29 | Marion County | 4 |
| 30 | Orangeburg County | 3.8 |
| 31 | Calhoun County | 3.7 |
| 32 | Allendale County | 3.7 |
| 33 | Lee County | 3.4 |
| 34 | Clarendon County | 3.3 |
| 35 | Dillon County | 3.3 |
| 36 | Barnwell County | 3.3 |
| 37 | Darlington County | 3.3 |
| 38 | Georgetown County | 3 |
| 39 | Marlboro County | 2.7 |
| 40 | Abbeville County | 2.6 |
| 41 | Williamsburg County | 2.5 |
| 42 | Union County | 2.4 |
| 43 | Chester County | 2.2 |
| 44 | Fairfield County | 1.9 |
| 45 | Bamberg County | 1.9 |
| 46 | McCormick County | 0.9 |