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Anderson, South Carolina
8,335 Black residents · 29.7% of the place
The 2020 Census counted 28,106 people in Anderson, South Carolina, and 8,335 of them — 29.7% — were Black alone. That count, and the share it makes, are the facts this entry for Anderson is built on.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 28,106 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 8,335 |
| Black share of the place, 2020 | 29.7% |
| Rank by Black population among South Carolina places | 16 of 475 |
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 two-census record for Anderson: 8,959 Black residents in 2010 and 8,335 in 2020. The population declined by 7.0%, and the Black share in Anderson moved from 33.6% to 29.7%.
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
Anderson stands in the gazetteer as one of the 475 places the Census Bureau counts in South Carolina. Anderson's Black population of 8,335 ranks 16 among them. The figures on this page are the published redistricting counts for Anderson as the Bureau bounds it, reproduced as released and cited to their table.
Institutions
Anderson is a place of 28,106 people, and it carries its institutions at its own scale — congregations, schools, and businesses recorded in the federal counts as counts, and in this gazetteer as part of the county and state frames above this entry. The entry's work is the fixing of Anderson itself: its name, its state, its people, and its share, in the same terms as every other place in the book.