title: Ballentine, South Carolina
text: # Ballentine, South Carolina
  
  Ballentine is an unincorporated community in Richland County, South Carolina, United States. It is part of the Columbia, South Carolina metropolitan area.
  
  ## 2020 census
  
  Ballentine racial composition :
  
  | Race | Num. | Perc. |
  | - | - | - |
  | White (non-Hispanic) | 6,876 | 84.78% |
  | Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 464 | 5.72% |
  | Native American | 8 | 0.1% |
  | Asian | 214 | 2.64% |
  | Pacific Islander | 3 | 0.04% |
  | Other/Mixed | 294 | 3.63% |
  | Hispanic or Latino | 251 | 3.09% |
  
  As of the 2020 United States census, there were 8,110 people, 2,495 households, and 1,909 families residing in the CDP.
  
  ## History
  
  The community was named after the Ballentine family of pioneer settlers.
  
  In 1925, Ballentine had 50 inhabitants.
  
  There have been unsuccessful attempts to incorporate Ballentine as a town.
  
  The John Jacob Calhoun Koon Farmstead was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
  
  ## Education
  
  Public education in Ballentine is administered by Lexington & Richland County School District Five, which operates Ballentine Elementary School in the community.
  
  Ballentine has a public library, a branch of the Richland County Library.
  
  