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Georgetown County, South Carolina
18,156 Black residents · 28.6% of the county · ranked 20 of 46 in South Carolina by Black population
In Georgetown County, South Carolina, the 2020 Census counted 63,404 people, 18,156 of them Black alone. At 28.6%, Georgetown 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 | 63,404 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 18,156 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 28.6% |
| Rank by Black population among South Carolina counties | 20 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 Georgetown County counted 20,214 Black residents; in 2020 it counted 18,156. The population declined by 10.2% across the decade, and the Black share in Georgetown County moved from 33.6% to 28.6%.
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
The state's Black population of 1.3 million is spread across 46 counties and county equivalents; Georgetown County holds 18,156 of it, rank 20 in the state's order. The county page for Georgetown County carries the published redistricting counts unaltered, and the place pages beneath it carry the detail.
Institutions
Black Georgetown County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Georgetown County page holds the frame around them — 63,404 people in all, 18,156 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.