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Horry County, South Carolina
39,883 Black residents · 11.4% of the county · ranked 11 of 46 in South Carolina by Black population
In Horry County, South Carolina, the 2020 Census counted 351,029 people, 39,883 of them Black alone. At 11.4%, Horry 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 | 351,029 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 39,883 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 11.4% |
| Rank by Black population among South Carolina counties | 11 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 Horry County counted 36,202 Black residents; in 2020 it counted 39,883. The population grew by 10.2% across the decade, and the Black share in Horry County moved from 13.4% to 11.4%.
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
Within South Carolina, the Census Bureau counts 46 counties and county equivalents, Horry County among them; it stands 11 by Black population, with 39,883 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 Horry County, South Carolina, exactly as published.
Institutions
For the institutions of Black Horry 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 Horry County page is their frame: 351,029 residents, 39,883 of them Black, and the movement of the last two censuses.