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Barnwell County, South Carolina
8,825 Black residents · 42.9% of the county · ranked 36 of 46 in South Carolina by Black population
Barnwell County is a South Carolina county entry in the gazetteer's first edition in the Black Belt heartland. In the 2020 Census, Barnwell County held 20,589 residents in all, of whom 8,825 — 42.9% — were Black alone, the count this gazetteer records for every place on the same terms.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 20,589 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 8,825 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 42.9% |
| Rank by Black population among South Carolina counties | 36 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 two-census record for Barnwell County: 10,015 Black residents in 2010 and 8,825 in 2020. The population declined by 11.9%, and the Black share in Barnwell County moved from 44.3% to 42.9%.
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
The state's Black population of 1.3 million is spread across 46 counties and county equivalents; Barnwell County holds 8,825 of it, rank 36 in the state's order. The county page for Barnwell County carries the published redistricting counts unaltered, and the place pages beneath it carry the detail.
Institutions
Black Barnwell County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Barnwell County page holds the frame around them — 20,589 people in all, 8,825 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.