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Allendale County, South Carolina

5,656 Black residents · 70.4% of the county · ranked 42 of 46 in South Carolina by Black population

The gazetteer enters Allendale County, South Carolina, on its published figures: a total population of 8,039 in 2020, with 5,656 Black residents counted alone — 70.4% of the county, a share that fixes the county's place in the state's pattern.

Black share of state population — South Carolina highlighted — the state in the national tile map, shaded by the Black share of each state's population. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census (PL 94-171), Table P1.

Civic Snapshot

Measure	Figure
Total population, 2020	8,039
Black residents (alone), 2020	5,656
Black share of the county, 2020	70.4%
Rank by Black population among South Carolina counties	42 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

The published record across two censuses for Allendale County: 7,672 Black residents in 2010, 5,656 in 2020 — declined by 26.3% over the decade, with the Black share of the whole moving from 73.6% to 70.4%.

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

Allendale County is one of 46 counties and county equivalents the Census Bureau counts in South Carolina. Together they hold the state's 1.3 million Black residents, and Allendale County's 5,656 of them give it rank 42 of 46 in that order. The county is the gazetteer's middle geography — larger than the places inside it, smaller than the state frame — and the figures printed here for Allendale County are the published redistricting counts, reproduced as released.

Institutions

For the institutions of Black Allendale 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 Allendale County page is their frame: 8,039 residents, 5,656 of them Black, and the movement of the last two censuses.