Dentsville is a census-designated place (CDP) in Richland County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 14,062 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Columbia, South Carolina, Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 1.93%, is water.
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Racial and ethnic composition
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|+Dentsville CDP, South Carolina – Racial and ethnic composition<br><small></small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(NH = Non-Hispanic)</small>
!Pop 2000
!Pop 2010
!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |Pop 2020
!% 2000
!% 2010
!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |% 2020
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|White alone (NH)
|4,564
|2,977
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2,332
|35.08%
|21.17%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |16.16%
|-
|Black or African American alone (NH)
|7,516
|9,603
|style='background: #ffffe6; |9,860
|57.78%
|68.29%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |68.33%
|-
|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)
|26
|28
|style='background: #ffffe6; |44
|0.20%
|0.20%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.30%
|-
|Asian alone (NH)
|328
|386
|style='background: #ffffe6; |559
|2.52%
|2.74%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.87%
|-
|Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)
|6
|17
|style='background: #ffffe6; |11
|0.05%
|0.12%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.08%
|-
|Other race alone (NH)
|22
|27
|style='background: #ffffe6; |78
|0.17%
|0.19%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.54%
|-
|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)
|170
|272
|style='background: #ffffe6; |417
|1.31%
|1.93%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.89%
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|Hispanic or Latino (any race)
|377
|752
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,130
|2.90%
|5.35%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |7.83%
|-
|Total
|13,009
|14,062
|style='background: #ffffe6; |14,431
|100.00%
|100.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%
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2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Dentsville had a population of 14,431. The median age was 36.9 years. 21.4% of residents were under the age of 18 and 17.1% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 79.0 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 75.0 males age 18 and over.