The graph below ranks each South Carolina County by total of Black residents according to the 2012 census estimates.
South Carolina total of Black population by county
| County | Black Population |
| Richland |  184,323 |
| Charleston | 107,360 |
| Greenville | 86,353 |
| Spartanburg | 60,314 |
| Florence | 57,796 |
| Orangeburg | 56,942 |
| Sumter | 50,820 |
| Berkeley | 47,839 |
| York | 45,279 |
| Aiken | 40,661 |
| Lexington | 40,271 |
| Horry | 38,637 |
| Dorchester | 36,762 |
| Beaufort | 32,595 |
| Anderson | 31,433 |
| Darlington | 28,226 |
| Greenwood | 22,266 |
| Williamsburg | 22,029 |
| Georgetown | 20,060 |
| Lancaster | 18,680 |
| Marion | 18,184 |
| Laurens | 17,022 |
| Clarendon | 16,977 |
| Kershaw | 15,612 |
| Chesterfield | 14,999 |
| Colleton | 14,864 |
| Dillon | 14,562 |
| Marlboro | 14,352 |
| Fairfield | 13,676 |
| Chester | 12,231 |
| Lee | 11,906 |
| Jasper | 11,904 |
| Newberry | 11,765 |
| Cherokee | 11,487 |
| Hampton | 11,136 |
| Barnwell | 9,866 |
| Edgefield | 9,817 |
| Bamberg | 9,687 |
| Union | 8,878 |
| Pickens | 8,262 |
| Allendale | 7,292 |
| Abbeville | 7,070 |
| Calhoun | 6,389 |
| Oconee | 5,746 |
| Saluda | 5,244 |
| McCormick | 4,958 |