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Lancaster County, South Carolina
19,272 Black residents · 20.1% of the county · ranked 19 of 46 in South Carolina by Black population
The gazetteer enters Lancaster County, South Carolina, on its published figures: a total population of 96,016 in 2020, with 19,272 Black residents counted alone — 20.1% of the county, a share that fixes the county's place in the state's pattern.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 96,016 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 19,272 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 20.1% |
| Rank by Black population among South Carolina counties | 19 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 published record across two censuses for Lancaster County: 18,278 Black residents in 2010, 19,272 in 2020 — grew by 5.4% over the decade, with the Black share of the whole moving from 23.8% to 20.1%.
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
The state's Black population of 1.3 million is spread across 46 counties and county equivalents; Lancaster County holds 19,272 of it, rank 19 in the state's order. The county page for Lancaster County carries the published redistricting counts unaltered, and the place pages beneath it carry the detail.
Institutions
The institutions of Black Lancaster County, South Carolina, are recorded in this gazetteer through its place entries — the towns and communities inside the county's borders, each entered on its own published count. Read with those entries, the Lancaster County page gives the frame they stand in: 96,016 residents in all, 19,272 of them Black, and the county's direction across the last two censuses.