Interpretation of Demographics Data
Demographic Data Report for South Carolina by County
Poverty: Families below poverty
All Ages, All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes
2019-2023 American Community Survey 5-Year Data
Sorted by Value
United States
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : N/A
- Value (Percent) : The value is 8.7 percent.
- Families (Below Poverty) : The number of families (below poverty) is 7,176,933.
- Rank within US : N/A
South Carolina
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : N/A
- Value (Percent) : The value is 10.1 percent.
- Families (Below Poverty) : The number of families (below poverty) is 136,306.
- Rank within US : This state is ranked 41 of 52
York County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Value (Percent) : The value is 6.0 percent.
- Families (Below Poverty) : The number of families (below poverty) is 4,684.
- Rank within US : This county is ranked 637 of 3143
Charleston County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Value (Percent) : The value is 7.2 percent.
- Families (Below Poverty) : The number of families (below poverty) is 7,256.
- Rank within US : This county is ranked 988 of 3143
Greenville County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Value (Percent) : The value is 7.9 percent.
- Families (Below Poverty) : The number of families (below poverty) is 11,210.
- Rank within US : This county is ranked 1205 of 3143
Berkeley County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Value (Percent) : The value is 8.0 percent.
- Families (Below Poverty) : The number of families (below poverty) is 4,991.
- Rank within US : This county is ranked 1231 of 3143
Beaufort County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Value (Percent) : The value is 8.1 percent.
- Families (Below Poverty) : The number of families (below poverty) is 4,412.
- Rank within US : This county is ranked 1265 of 3143
Dorchester County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Value (Percent) : The value is 8.4 percent.
- Families (Below Poverty) : The number of families (below poverty) is 3,624.
- Rank within US : This county is ranked 1362 of 3143
Horry County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Value (Percent) : The value is 8.6 percent.
- Families (Below Poverty) : The number of families (below poverty) is 8,336.
- Rank within US : This county is ranked 1424 of 3143
Lexington County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Value (Percent) : The value is 8.7 percent.
- Families (Below Poverty) : The number of families (below poverty) is 7,065.
- Rank within US : This county is ranked 1453 of 3143
Lancaster County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Value (Percent) : The value is 9.0 percent.
- Families (Below Poverty) : The number of families (below poverty) is 2,456.
- Rank within US : This county is ranked 1551 of 3143
Pickens County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Value (Percent) : The value is 9.1 percent.
- Families (Below Poverty) : The number of families (below poverty) is 2,949.
- Rank within US : This county is ranked 1580 of 3143
Abbeville County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Value (Percent) : The value is 9.3 percent.
- Families (Below Poverty) : The number of families (below poverty) is 580.
- Rank within US : This county is ranked 1646 of 3143
Aiken County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Value (Percent) : The value is 9.6 percent.
- Families (Below Poverty) : The number of families (below poverty) is 4,402.
- Rank within US : This county is ranked 1726 of 3143
Georgetown County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Value (Percent) : The value is 10.0 percent.
- Families (Below Poverty) : The number of families (below poverty) is 1,833.
- Rank within US : This county is ranked 1819 of 3143
McCormick County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Value (Percent) : The value is 10.5 percent.
- Families (Below Poverty) : The number of families (below poverty) is 277.
- Rank within US : This county is ranked 1912 of 3143
Oconee County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Value (Percent) : The value is 10.5 percent.
- Families (Below Poverty) : The number of families (below poverty) is 2,416.
- Rank within US : This county is ranked 1912 of 3143
Anderson County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Value (Percent) : The value is 11.1 percent.
- Families (Below Poverty) : The number of families (below poverty) is 6,191.
- Rank within US : This county is ranked 2047 of 3143
Newberry County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Value (Percent) : The value is 11.1 percent.
- Families (Below Poverty) : The number of families (below poverty) is 1,146.
- Rank within US : This county is ranked 2047 of 3143
Spartanburg County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Value (Percent) : The value is 11.1 percent.
- Families (Below Poverty) : The number of families (below poverty) is 9,815.
- Rank within US : This county is ranked 2047 of 3143
Kershaw County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Value (Percent) : The value is 11.3 percent.
- Families (Below Poverty) : The number of families (below poverty) is 2,045.
- Rank within US : This county is ranked 2101 of 3143
Richland County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Value (Percent) : The value is 11.7 percent.
- Families (Below Poverty) : The number of families (below poverty) is 11,173.
- Rank within US : This county is ranked 2189 of 3143
Edgefield County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Value (Percent) : The value is 12.4 percent.
- Families (Below Poverty) : The number of families (below poverty) is 829.
- Rank within US : This county is ranked 2298 of 3143
Fairfield County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Value (Percent) : The value is 12.4 percent.
- Families (Below Poverty) : The number of families (below poverty) is 701.
- Rank within US : This county is ranked 2298 of 3143
Cherokee County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Value (Percent) : The value is 12.5 percent.
- Families (Below Poverty) : The number of families (below poverty) is 1,696.
- Rank within US : This county is ranked 2318 of 3143
Greenwood County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Value (Percent) : The value is 12.5 percent.
- Families (Below Poverty) : The number of families (below poverty) is 2,068.
- Rank within US : This county is ranked 2318 of 3143
Jasper County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Value (Percent) : The value is 12.6 percent.
- Families (Below Poverty) : The number of families (below poverty) is 1,033.
- Rank within US : This county is ranked 2341 of 3143
Sumter County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Value (Percent) : The value is 12.7 percent.
- Families (Below Poverty) : The number of families (below poverty) is 3,395.
- Rank within US : This county is ranked 2361 of 3143
Florence County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Value (Percent) : The value is 13.0 percent.
- Families (Below Poverty) : The number of families (below poverty) is 4,340.
- Rank within US : This county is ranked 2410 of 3143
Laurens County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Value (Percent) : The value is 13.0 percent.
- Families (Below Poverty) : The number of families (below poverty) is 2,266.
- Rank within US : This county is ranked 2410 of 3143
Clarendon County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Value (Percent) : The value is 13.9 percent.
- Families (Below Poverty) : The number of families (below poverty) is 1,077.
- Rank within US : This county is ranked 2537 of 3143
Hampton County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Value (Percent) : The value is 14.1 percent.
- Families (Below Poverty) : The number of families (below poverty) is 631.
- Rank within US : This county is ranked 2551 of 3143
Calhoun County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Value (Percent) : The value is 14.9 percent.
- Families (Below Poverty) : The number of families (below poverty) is 584.
- Rank within US : This county is ranked 2637 of 3143
Bamberg County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Value (Percent) : The value is 15.3 percent.
- Families (Below Poverty) : The number of families (below poverty) is 410.
- Rank within US : This county is ranked 2678 of 3143
Chester County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Value (Percent) : The value is 15.7 percent.
- Families (Below Poverty) : The number of families (below poverty) is 1,370.
- Rank within US : This county is ranked 2719 of 3143
Darlington County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Value (Percent) : The value is 15.8 percent.
- Families (Below Poverty) : The number of families (below poverty) is 2,497.
- Rank within US : This county is ranked 2725 of 3143
Colleton County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Value (Percent) : The value is 15.9 percent.
- Families (Below Poverty) : The number of families (below poverty) is 1,612.
- Rank within US : This county is ranked 2740 of 3143
Lee County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Value (Percent) : The value is 16.8 percent.
- Families (Below Poverty) : The number of families (below poverty) is 637.
- Rank within US : This county is ranked 2820 of 3143
Orangeburg County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Value (Percent) : The value is 17.0 percent.
- Families (Below Poverty) : The number of families (below poverty) is 3,416.
- Rank within US : This county is ranked 2836 of 3143
Chesterfield County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Value (Percent) : The value is 17.1 percent.
- Families (Below Poverty) : The number of families (below poverty) is 1,909.
- Rank within US : This county is ranked 2852 of 3143
Williamsburg County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Value (Percent) : The value is 17.3 percent.
- Families (Below Poverty) : The number of families (below poverty) is 1,296.
- Rank within US : This county is ranked 2862 of 3143
Marlboro County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Value (Percent) : The value is 17.4 percent.
- Families (Below Poverty) : The number of families (below poverty) is 865.
- Rank within US : This county is ranked 2871 of 3143
Union County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Value (Percent) : The value is 17.9 percent.
- Families (Below Poverty) : The number of families (below poverty) is 1,273.
- Rank within US : This county is ranked 2904 of 3143
Marion County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Value (Percent) : The value is 18.2 percent.
- Families (Below Poverty) : The number of families (below poverty) is 1,201.
- Rank within US : This county is ranked 2916 of 3143
Saluda County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Value (Percent) : The value is 19.7 percent.
- Families (Below Poverty) : The number of families (below poverty) is 1,096.
- Rank within US : This county is ranked 2979 of 3143
Allendale County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Value (Percent) : The value is 22.3 percent.
- Families (Below Poverty) : The number of families (below poverty) is 389.
- Rank within US : This county is ranked 3052 of 3143
Barnwell County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Value (Percent) : The value is 22.7 percent.
- Families (Below Poverty) : The number of families (below poverty) is 1,133.
- Rank within US : This county is ranked 3061 of 3143
Dillon County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Value (Percent) : The value is 24.9 percent.
- Families (Below Poverty) : The number of families (below poverty) is 1,721.
- Rank within US : This county is ranked 3093 of 3143
Notes:
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Φ Rural-Urban Continuum Codes provided by the USDA.
Source: Demographic data provided by the Census Bureau and the American Community Survey.
For more information about Poverty: Families below poverty, see the dictionary.
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.