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Williamsburg County, South Carolina
19,666 Black residents · 63.4% of the county · ranked 18 of 46 in South Carolina by Black population
Williamsburg County is a South Carolina county entry in the gazetteer's first edition in the Black Belt heartland. In the 2020 Census, Williamsburg County held 31,026 residents in all, of whom 19,666 — 63.4% — were Black alone, the count this gazetteer records for every place on the same terms.
Civic Snapshot
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total population, 2020 | 31,026 |
| Black residents (alone), 2020 | 19,666 |
| Black share of the county, 2020 | 63.4% |
| Rank by Black population among South Carolina counties | 18 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 Williamsburg County: 22,637 Black residents in 2010 and 19,666 in 2020. The population declined by 13.1%, and the Black share in Williamsburg County moved from 65.8% to 63.4%.
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; Williamsburg County holds 19,666 of it, rank 18 in the state's order. The county page for Williamsburg County carries the published redistricting counts unaltered, and the place pages beneath it carry the detail.
Institutions
For the institutions of Black Williamsburg 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 Williamsburg County page is their frame: 31,026 residents, 19,666 of them Black, and the movement of the last two censuses.