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Greenwood, South Carolina
9,837 Black residents · 43.6% of the place
In the published counts, Greenwood, South Carolina, holds 9,837 Black residents among 22,545 people in all — a Black share of 43.6%, against the statewide 25.0%.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 22,545 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 9,837 |
| Black share of the place, 2020 | 43.6% |
| Rank by Black population among South Carolina places | 14 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 published record across two censuses for Greenwood: 10,389 Black residents in 2010, 9,837 in 2020 — declined by 5.3% over the decade, with the Black share of the whole moving from 44.7% to 43.6%.
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
Greenwood stands in the gazetteer as one of the 475 places the Census Bureau counts in South Carolina. Greenwood's Black population of 9,837 ranks 14 among them. The figures on this page are the published redistricting counts for Greenwood as the Bureau bounds it, reproduced as released and cited to their table.
Institutions
Greenwood is a place of 22,545 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 Greenwood itself: its name, its state, its people, and its share, in the same terms as every other place in the book.