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Spartanburg County, South Carolina
64,230 Black residents · 19.6% of the county · ranked 4 of 46 in South Carolina by Black population
Spartanburg County is a South Carolina county entry in the gazetteer's first edition in the Black Belt heartland. In the 2020 Census, Spartanburg County held 327,997 residents in all, of whom 64,230 — 19.6% — were Black alone, the count this gazetteer records for every place on the same terms.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 327,997 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 64,230 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 19.6% |
| Rank by Black population among South Carolina counties | 4 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 two-census record for Spartanburg County: 58,565 Black residents in 2010 and 64,230 in 2020. The population grew by 9.7%, and the Black share in Spartanburg County moved from 20.6% to 19.6%.
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
The state's Black population of 1.3 million is spread across 46 counties and county equivalents; Spartanburg County holds 64,230 of it, rank 4 in the state's order. The county page for Spartanburg County carries the published redistricting counts unaltered, and the place pages beneath it carry the detail.
Institutions
For the institutions of Black Spartanburg 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 Spartanburg County page is their frame: 327,997 residents, 64,230 of them Black, and the movement of the last two censuses.