Ballentine, South Carolina
# 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.

