Census tract rankings · South Carolina

Highest-poverty census tracts in South Carolina

Largest share of residents under the federal poverty line. Group-quarters tracts (universities, prisons) get a population floor to avoid skewing the list. Filtered to South Carolina, ranked among all tracts in the state.

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Rank	Tract	County	high poverty
#1	Tract 606	York, SC	100.0%
#2	Tract 104.08	Richland, SC	97.8%
#3	Tract 28	Richland, SC	74.3%
#4	Tract 208	Spartanburg, SC	73.7%
#5	Tract 31	Richland, SC	69.4%
#6	Tract 106.02	Orangeburg, SC	69.1%
#7	Tract 109	Richland, SC	64.5%
#8	Tract 112.05	Pickens, SC	64.3%
#9	Tract 4	Beaufort, SC	64.3%
#10	Tract 113	Orangeburg, SC	64.0%
#11	Tract 105.02	Richland, SC	61.8%
#12	Tract 117.01	Richland, SC	60.5%
#13	Tract 7	Florence, SC	59.1%
#14	Tract 112.02	Pickens, SC	56.6%
#15	Tract 218.05	Spartanburg, SC	54.2%
#16	Tract 9	Richland, SC	52.1%
#17	Tract 29	Richland, SC	50.8%
#18	Tract 507	Horry, SC	49.4%
#19	Tract 203.01	Spartanburg, SC	49.0%
#20	Tract 19.02	Florence, SC	48.5%
#21	Tract 8	Sumter, SC	48.2%
#22	Tract 6	Anderson, SC	46.7%
#23	Tract 217	Spartanburg, SC	45.9%
#24	Tract 223.05	Spartanburg, SC	45.9%
#25	Tract 107	Darlington, SC	45.3%
#26	Tract 9705.02	Cherokee, SC	44.8%
#27	Tract 9206	Laurens, SC	44.0%
#28	Tract 112.04	Pickens, SC	43.7%
#29	Tract 9702.01	Allendale, SC	43.3%
#30	Tract 9	Florence, SC	42.7%
#31	Tract 23.03	Greenville, SC	42.7%
#32	Tract 20.03	Greenville, SC	42.3%
#33	Tract 9704.01	Dillon, SC	42.2%
#34	Tract 207.01	Spartanburg, SC	42.2%
#35	Tract 7	Charleston, SC	41.9%
#36	Tract 9703.02	Cherokee, SC	41.9%
#37	Tract 13	Sumter, SC	41.8%
#38	Tract 9507	Marion, SC	41.7%
#39	Tract 9206	Lee, SC	41.5%
#40	Tract 302	Union, SC	40.7%
#41	Tract 506	Horry, SC	40.6%
#42	Tract 9	Charleston, SC	40.5%
#43	Tract 7.02	Anderson, SC	40.3%
#44	Tract 210.01	Spartanburg, SC	40.3%
#45	Tract 22.04	Greenville, SC	40.3%
#46	Tract 112.01	Darlington, SC	40.0%
#47	Tract 55	Charleston, SC	39.6%
#48	Tract 108.04	Richland, SC	39.6%
#49	Tract 9705	Greenwood, SC	39.4%
#50	Tract 22.03	Greenville, SC	39.4%
#51	Tract 9703.02	Dillon, SC	39.4%
#52	Tract 204.02	Aiken, SC	39.2%
#53	Tract 7.01	Anderson, SC	38.7%
#54	Tract 37.04	Greenville, SC	38.6%
#55	Tract 9508	Marion, SC	38.4%
#56	Tract 15	Sumter, SC	38.2%
#57	Tract 9504	Marion, SC	38.0%
#58	Tract 9604.02	Fairfield, SC	38.0%
#59	Tract 104.12	Richland, SC	37.8%
#60	Tract 27	Richland, SC	37.7%
#61	Tract 4	Charleston, SC	37.6%
#62	Tract 10	Charleston, SC	37.3%
#63	Tract 204	Spartanburg, SC	37.2%
#64	Tract 10	Florence, SC	37.2%
#65	Tract 5	Richland, SC	37.1%
#66	Tract 9506.02	Chesterfield, SC	36.9%
#67	Tract 111.04	Pickens, SC	36.9%
#68	Tract 101.01	Orangeburg, SC	36.8%
#69	Tract 22.04	Florence, SC	36.7%
#70	Tract 304.04	Oconee, SC	36.6%
#71	Tract 214.02	Aiken, SC	36.5%
#72	Tract 11.04	Beaufort, SC	36.5%
#73	Tract 220.04	Spartanburg, SC	36.2%
#74	Tract 9203.02	Lee, SC	35.9%
#75	Tract 101.08	Richland, SC	35.9%
#76	Tract 605.01	York, SC	35.7%
#77	Tract 105	Lancaster, SC	35.7%
#78	Tract 9506	Marion, SC	35.6%
#79	Tract 9501.02	Chesterfield, SC	35.3%
#80	Tract 11	Sumter, SC	35.3%
#81	Tract 30	Richland, SC	35.2%
#82	Tract 203	Chester, SC	35.2%
#83	Tract 40	Charleston, SC	35.0%
#84	Tract 9602.02	Bamberg, SC	35.0%
#85	Tract 9208	Georgetown, SC	34.8%
#86	Tract 304.02	Union, SC	34.5%
#87	Tract 119.01	Anderson, SC	34.1%
#88	Tract 106.04	Orangeburg, SC	34.0%
#89	Tract 111	Orangeburg, SC	33.9%
#90	Tract 53	Charleston, SC	33.8%
#91	Tract 9705.01	Colleton, SC	33.8%
#92	Tract 214.01	Aiken, SC	33.6%
#93	Tract 9202.04	Georgetown, SC	33.6%
#94	Tract 31.15	Charleston, SC	33.5%
#95	Tract 114	Orangeburg, SC	33.5%
#96	Tract 102	Dorchester, SC	33.5%
#97	Tract 9204.01	Lee, SC	33.4%
#98	Tract 37.05	Greenville, SC	33.3%
#99	Tract 106	Darlington, SC	33.2%
#100	Tract 3	Richland, SC	33.1%