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Orangeburg, South Carolina
10,186 Black residents · 76.9% of the place
Orangeburg is a city in South Carolina, entered in this gazetteer on its published 2020 figures: 13,240 residents in all, 10,186 of them Black alone — 76.9% of the place.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 13,240 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 10,186 |
| Black share of the place, 2020 | 76.9% |
| Rank by Black population among South Carolina places | 11 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
Across the last two censuses, the Black population of Orangeburg declined — 10,479 in 2010 and 10,186 in 2020, a change of -2.8%. The Black share of Orangeburg moved from 75.0% to 76.9% over the same span.
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
Orangeburg stands in the gazetteer as one of the 475 places the Census Bureau counts in South Carolina. Orangeburg's Black population of 10,186 ranks 11 among them. The figures on this page are the published redistricting counts for Orangeburg as the Bureau bounds it, reproduced as released and cited to their table.
Institutions
In Orangeburg, a place of 13,240, institutions are carried close — the congregation, the school, the business on the main street. The federal counts record them as counts; this entry records Orangeburg itself, fixed by name, state, population, and share like every other entry in the book.