Rank |
County |
Percentage of Black or African American Residents |
1 |
Allendale County, South Carolina
|
72.9%
|
2 |
Williamsburg County, South Carolina
|
65.6%
|
3 |
Lee County, South Carolina
|
63.9%
|
4 |
Orangeburg County, South Carolina
|
62.3%
|
5 |
Bamberg County, South Carolina
|
61.4%
|
6 |
Fairfield County, South Carolina
|
58.6%
|
7 |
Marion County, South Carolina
|
56.1%
|
8 |
Hampton County, South Carolina
|
53.7%
|
9 |
Marlboro County, South Carolina
|
51.0%
|
10 |
McCormick County, South Carolina
|
49.7%
|
11 |
Clarendon County, South Carolina
|
49.4%
|
12 |
Sumter County, South Carolina
|
47.0%
|
13 |
Richland County, South Carolina
|
46.8%
|
14 |
Dillon County, South Carolina
|
46.3%
|
15 |
Jasper County, South Carolina
|
46.0%
|
16 |
Barnwell County, South Carolina
|
44.3%
|
17 |
Calhoun County, South Carolina
|
42.8%
|
18 |
Florence County, South Carolina
|
41.9%
|
19 |
Darlington County, South Carolina
|
41.4%
|
20 |
Colleton County, South Carolina
|
38.9%
|
21 |
Chester County, South Carolina
|
37.5%
|
22 |
Edgefield County, South Carolina
|
37.2%
|
23 |
Georgetown County, South Carolina
|
33.3%
|
24 |
Chesterfield County, South Carolina
|
32.5%
|
25 |
Greenwood County, South Carolina
|
31.9%
|
26 |
Union County, South Carolina
|
31.4%
|
27 |
Newberry County, South Carolina
|
31.3%
|
28 |
Charleston County, South Carolina
|
29.4%
|
29 |
Abbeville County, South Carolina
|
28.2%
|
30 |
Saluda County, South Carolina
|
26.3%
|
31 |
Dorchester County, South Carolina
|
25.8%
|
32 |
Laurens County, South Carolina
|
25.7%
|
33 |
Berkeley County, South Carolina
|
25.2%
|
34 |
Kershaw County, South Carolina
|
25.1%
|
35 |
Aiken County, South Carolina
|
24.9%
|
36 |
Lancaster County, South Carolina
|
23.6%
|
37 |
Spartanburg County, South Carolina
|
20.9%
|
38 |
Cherokee County, South Carolina
|
20.6%
|
39 |
Beaufort County, South Carolina
|
19.4%
|
40 |
York County, South Carolina
|
19.3%
|
41 |
Greenville County, South Carolina
|
18.5%
|
42 |
Anderson County, South Carolina
|
16.6%
|
43 |
Lexington County, South Carolina
|
14.9%
|
44 |
Horry County, South Carolina
|
13.7%
|
45 |
Oconee County, South Carolina
|
7.7%
|
46 |
Pickens County, South Carolina
|
6.9%
|