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Chester County, South Carolina
11,330 Black residents · 35.1% of the county · ranked 30 of 46 in South Carolina by Black population
In Chester County, South Carolina, the 2020 Census counted 32,294 people, 11,330 of them Black alone. At 35.1%, Chester 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 | 32,294 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 11,330 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 35.1% |
| Rank by Black population among South Carolina counties | 30 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 Chester County counted 12,387 Black residents; in 2020 it counted 11,330. The population declined by 8.5% across the decade, and the Black share in Chester County moved from 37.4% to 35.1%.
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, Chester County among them; it stands 30 by Black population, with 11,330 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 Chester County, South Carolina, exactly as published.
Institutions
Black Chester County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Chester County page holds the frame around them — 32,294 people in all, 11,330 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.