South Carolina: the counties with the highest share of Black students

44 counties

South Carolina public school districts ranked by the share of public school students who are Black or African American. Counties need at least 3 schools and 1,000 students to qualify.

#	County	State	Schools	Students	Black students	% Black
1	Lee County	SC	7	1,485	1,321	89.0%
2	Williamsburg County	SC	10	2,794	2,415	86.4%
3	Fairfield County	SC	8	2,409	1,868	77.5%
4	Marion County	SC	9	3,633	2,760	76.0%
5	Orangeburg County	SC	30	11,507	8,354	72.6%
6	Hampton County	SC	9	2,272	1,472	64.8%
7	Bamberg County	SC	6	1,817	1,152	63.4%
8	Sumter County	SC	26	14,608	9,206	63.0%
9	Richland County	SC	98	60,410	35,399	58.6%
10	Calhoun County	SC	3	1,465	846	57.7%
11	Marlboro County	SC	7	3,380	1,947	57.6%
12	Clarendon County	SC	11	4,423	2,344	53.0%
13	Florence County	SC	37	21,641	11,263	52.0%
14	Darlington County	SC	20	9,482	4,634	48.9%
15	Colleton County	SC	8	4,539	2,215	48.8%
16	Dillon County	SC	11	6,156	2,692	43.7%
17	Chester County	SC	11	4,523	1,936	42.8%
18	Georgetown County	SC	19	8,208	3,366	41.0%
19	Barnwell County	SC	14	4,300	1,654	38.5%
20	Greenwood County	SC	20	10,771	4,021	37.3%
21	Jasper County	SC	8	4,194	1,520	36.2%
22	Union County	SC	6	3,542	1,238	35.0%
23	Edgefield County	SC	10	3,862	1,336	34.6%
24	Abbeville County	SC	9	2,905	992	34.1%
25	Chesterfield County	SC	16	6,872	2,345	34.1%
26	Newberry County	SC	13	5,714	1,852	32.4%
27	Aiken County	SC	41	24,280	7,690	31.7%
28	Laurens County	SC	18	8,681	2,530	29.1%
29	Dorchester County	SC	34	29,832	8,533	28.6%
30	Berkeley County	SC	49	40,966	11,296	27.6%
31	Charleston County	SC	92	55,933	14,945	26.7%
32	Kershaw County	SC	17	11,247	2,949	26.2%
33	Cherokee County	SC	16	8,402	2,197	26.1%
34	Lancaster County	SC	22	15,417	3,546	23.0%
35	Beaufort County	SC	35	22,968	5,204	22.7%
36	Spartanburg County	SC	85	58,477	13,037	22.3%
37	Greenville County	SC	103	89,863	19,882	22.1%
38	Lexington County	SC	74	64,555	13,749	21.3%
39	Saluda County	SC	6	2,935	617	21.0%
40	York County	SC	67	52,364	10,587	20.2%
41	Anderson County	SC	55	34,806	6,259	18.0%
42	Horry County	SC	58	49,639	7,914	15.9%
43	Oconee County	SC	16	9,978	935	9.4%
44	Pickens County	SC	26	16,866	1,221	7.2%

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