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Demographic Data Report for South Carolina by County
Poverty: Persons below poverty
All Ages, All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes
2019-2023 American Community Survey 5-Year Data
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2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ
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People (Below Poverty)
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Rank within US
(of 3143 counties)
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United States N/A 12.4 40,390,045 N/A
South Carolina N/A 14.2 719,720 42 of 52
Richland County Urban 16.9 65,996 2,255
Greenville County Urban 11.0 57,760 1,010
Spartanburg County Urban 14.5 47,882 1,844
Charleston County Urban 11.6 47,041 1,154
Horry County Urban 12.8 46,454 1,452
Lexington County Urban 11.4 34,010 1,109
Anderson County Urban 14.4 29,358 1,824
York County Urban 8.9 25,243 550
Florence County Urban 18.3 24,483 2,472
Berkeley County Urban 10.3 24,152 848
Aiken County Urban 13.9 23,440 1,708
Pickens County Urban 17.2 21,473 2,305
Beaufort County Urban 10.5 19,494 896
Orangeburg County Rural 23.9 19,137 2,933
Dorchester County Urban 11.5 18,643 1,138
Sumter County Urban 16.4 16,710 2,175
Oconee County Rural 16.4 12,905 2,175
Darlington County Urban 20.3 12,500 2,678
Lancaster County Urban 12.3 12,160 1,323
Laurens County Urban 17.6 11,621 2,369
Greenwood County Rural 17.1 11,306 2,293
Cherokee County Rural 18.5 10,191 2,500
Kershaw County Urban 14.1 9,358 1,752
Georgetown County Rural 14.4 9,157 1,824
Chesterfield County Rural 20.2 8,685 2,669
Dillon County Rural 29.2 8,057 3,075
Marion County Rural 27.3 7,807 3,035
Colleton County Rural 18.7 7,055 2,520
Williamsburg County Rural 23.6 6,833 2,919
Marlboro County Rural 26.2 6,241 3,013
Chester County Urban 19.3 6,177 2,595
Union County Urban 22.7 6,037 2,877
Newberry County Rural 16.0 5,893 2,114
Barnwell County Rural 28.5 5,750 3,060
Clarendon County Rural 18.5 5,501 2,500
Jasper County Urban 18.3 5,338 2,472
Edgefield County Urban 16.4 4,003 2,175
Saluda County Urban 19.4 3,630 2,608
Hampton County Rural 20.0 3,597 2,654
Lee County Rural 23.3 3,525 2,910
Fairfield County Urban 16.9 3,460 2,255
Abbeville County Rural 14.1 3,318 1,752
Bamberg County Rural 21.6 2,676 2,793
Calhoun County Urban 16.3 2,267 2,150
Allendale County Rural 26.5 1,824 3,018
McCormick County Rural 18.0 1,572 2,433
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/13/2025 6:56 am.

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: Persons below poverty, see the dictionary.

Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.

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