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Fairfield County, South Carolina
11,251 Black residents · 53.7% of the county · ranked 31 of 46 in South Carolina by Black population
Fairfield County is a South Carolina county entry in the gazetteer's first edition in the Black Belt heartland. In the 2020 Census, Fairfield County held 20,948 residents in all, of whom 11,251 — 53.7% — were Black alone, the count this gazetteer records for every place on the same terms.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 20,948 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 11,251 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 53.7% |
| Rank by Black population among South Carolina counties | 31 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 Fairfield County: 14,167 Black residents in 2010 and 11,251 in 2020. The population declined by 20.6%, and the Black share in Fairfield County moved from 59.1% to 53.7%.
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; Fairfield County holds 11,251 of it, rank 31 in the state's order. The county page for Fairfield County carries the published redistricting counts unaltered, and the place pages beneath it carry the detail.
Institutions
For the institutions of Black Fairfield 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 Fairfield County page is their frame: 20,948 residents, 11,251 of them Black, and the movement of the last two censuses.