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Newberry County, South Carolina
10,451 Black residents · 27.7% of the county · ranked 32 of 46 in South Carolina by Black population
The gazetteer enters Newberry County, South Carolina, on its published figures: a total population of 37,719 in 2020, with 10,451 Black residents counted alone — 27.7% of the county, a share that fixes the county's place in the state's pattern.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 37,719 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 10,451 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 27.7% |
| Rank by Black population among South Carolina counties | 32 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 Newberry County: 11,626 Black residents in 2010, 10,451 in 2020 — declined by 10.1% over the decade, with the Black share of the whole moving from 31.0% to 27.7%.
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
Newberry County is one of 46 counties and county equivalents the Census Bureau counts in South Carolina. Together they hold the state's 1.3 million Black residents, and Newberry County's 10,451 of them give it rank 32 of 46 in that order. The county is the gazetteer's middle geography — larger than the places inside it, smaller than the state frame — and the figures printed here for Newberry County are the published redistricting counts, reproduced as released.
Institutions
Black Newberry County's institutions live at the scale of its towns and communities, and the gazetteer records them there, place by place. The Newberry County page holds the frame around them — 37,719 people in all, 10,451 of them Black — and the trend that runs through both censuses.