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Marion County, South Carolina
16,403 Black residents · 56.2% of the county · ranked 21 of 46 in South Carolina by Black population
The gazetteer enters Marion County, South Carolina, on its published figures: a total population of 29,183 in 2020, with 16,403 Black residents counted alone — 56.2% of the county, a share that fixes the county's place in the state's pattern.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 29,183 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 16,403 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 56.2% |
| Rank by Black population among South Carolina counties | 21 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 Marion County: 18,476 Black residents in 2010, 16,403 in 2020 — declined by 11.2% over the decade, with the Black share of the whole moving from 55.9% to 56.2%.
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; Marion County holds 16,403 of it, rank 21 in the state's order. The county page for Marion County carries the published redistricting counts unaltered, and the place pages beneath it carry the detail.
Institutions
The institutions of Black Marion 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 Marion County page gives the frame they stand in: 29,183 residents in all, 16,403 of them Black, and the county's direction across the last two censuses.