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Highest poverty rate, South Carolina counties · 2000

South Carolina counties with the highest share of residents below the federal poverty line (2023 ACS). This list covers the 46 counties in South Carolina that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPPOVERTY RATEVS 2000

01Allendale County, SCSC7,35534.5%+0%

02Williamsburg County, SCSC29,66227.9%+0%

03Bamberg County, SCSC12,79627.8%+0%

04Dillon County, SCSC27,45824.2%+0%

05Marion County, SCSC28,24223.2%+0%

06Clarendon County, SCSC31,04323.1%+0%

07Hampton County, SCSC18,17421.8%+0%

08Lee County, SCSC15,73021.8%+0%

09Marlboro County, SCSC25,48821.7%+0%

10Orangeburg County, SCSC83,17721.4%+0%

11Colleton County, SCSC39,38221.1%+0%

12Barnwell County, SCSC20,65320.9%+0%

13Jasper County, SCSC38,53320.7%+0%

14Chesterfield County, SCSC44,74020.3%+0%

15Darlington County, SCSC62,88820.3%+0%

16Fairfield County, SCSC20,34019.6%+0%

17McCormick County, SCSC10,21517.9%+0%

18Georgetown County, SCSC65,91217.1%+0%

19Newberry County, SCSC39,56117.0%+0%

20Charleston County, SCSC436,20016.4%+0%

21Florence County, SCSC138,50416.4%+0%

22Sumter County, SCSC105,06716.2%+0%

23Calhoun County, SCSC14,18816.2%+0%

24Saluda County, SCSC19,68015.6%+0%

25Edgefield County, SCSC29,80815.5%+0%

26Chester County, SCSC33,00115.3%+0%

27Laurens County, SCSC71,84814.3%+0%

28Union County, SCSC26,79914.3%+0%

29Greenwood County, SCSC70,37914.2%+0%

30Cherokee County, SCSC58,27513.9%+0%

31Aiken County, SCSC181,51513.8%+0%

32Pickens County, SCSC139,19813.7%+0%

33Abbeville County, SCSC24,83613.7%+0%

34Richland County, SCSC434,95613.7%+0%

35Lancaster County, SCSC114,29612.8%+0%

36Kershaw County, SCSC73,16612.8%+0%

37Spartanburg County, SCSC380,85712.3%+0%

38Horry County, SCSC427,55112.0%+0%

39Anderson County, SCSC219,93012.0%+0%

40Berkeley County, SCSC274,66611.8%+0%

41Oconee County, SCSC83,77510.8%+0%

42Beaufort County, SCSC204,43310.7%+0%

43Greenville County, SCSC583,12510.5%+0%

44York County, SCSC306,88710.0%+0%

45Dorchester County, SCSC178,3979.7%+0%

46Lexington County, SCSC317,5889.0%+0%

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UPDATED 2026-06-02 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES