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Aiken County, South Carolina
39,856 Black residents · 23.6% of the county · ranked 12 of 46 in South Carolina by Black population
In Aiken County, South Carolina, the 2020 Census counted 168,808 people, 39,856 of them Black alone. At 23.6%, Aiken County's Black share stands against the state's 25.0% — the comparison this entry is built around.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 168,808 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 39,856 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 23.6% |
| Rank by Black population among South Carolina counties | 12 of 46 |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1 (race). Trend: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1.
Population Trend
In 2010 Aiken County counted 39,354 Black residents; in 2020 it counted 39,856. The population grew by 1.3% across the decade, and the Black share in Aiken County moved from 24.6% to 23.6%.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1 (race). Trend: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census Redistricting File (Public Law 94-171), Table P1.
The Record
Within South Carolina, the Census Bureau counts 46 counties and county equivalents, Aiken County among them; it stands 12 by Black population, with 39,856 Black residents of the state's 1.3 million. The gazetteer takes the county as its middle geography — the frame between the state page and the place pages — and prints the redistricting counts of Aiken County, South Carolina, exactly as published.
Institutions
For the institutions of Black Aiken County — its congregations, schools, and civic life — this gazetteer points to the place entries inside the county's borders, where each town and community is entered on its own count. The Aiken County page is their frame: 168,808 residents, 39,856 of them Black, and the movement of the last two censuses.