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Oconee County, South Carolina
5,193 Black residents · 6.6% of the county · ranked 44 of 46 in South Carolina by Black population
In Oconee County, South Carolina, the 2020 Census counted 78,607 people, 5,193 of them Black alone. At 6.6%, Oconee 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 | 78,607 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 5,193 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 6.6% |
| Rank by Black population among South Carolina counties | 44 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 Oconee County counted 5,613 Black residents; in 2020 it counted 5,193. The population declined by 7.5% across the decade, and the Black share in Oconee County moved from 7.6% to 6.6%.
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
Within South Carolina, the Census Bureau counts 46 counties and county equivalents, Oconee County among them; it stands 44 by Black population, with 5,193 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 Oconee County, South Carolina, exactly as published.
Institutions
For the institutions of Black Oconee 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 Oconee County page is their frame: 78,607 residents, 5,193 of them Black, and the movement of the last two censuses.