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
#301	Tract 9604	Saluda, SC	21.7%
#302	Tract 223.03	Spartanburg, SC	21.7%
#303	Tract 4.02	Sumter, SC	21.7%
#304	Tract 9704.01	Cherokee, SC	21.6%
#305	Tract 8	Florence, SC	21.6%
#306	Tract 108	Beaufort, SC	21.6%
#307	Tract 9704.01	Barnwell, SC	21.5%
#308	Tract 9706.01	Cherokee, SC	21.5%
#309	Tract 102	Darlington, SC	21.5%
#310	Tract 106.01	Pickens, SC	21.5%
#311	Tract 203.01	Horry, SC	21.4%
#312	Tract 603	York, SC	21.4%
#313	Tract 302.01	Oconee, SC	21.3%
#314	Tract 222.02	Spartanburg, SC	21.3%
#315	Tract 108	Darlington, SC	21.3%
#316	Tract 210.01	Aiken, SC	21.2%
#317	Tract 210	Berkeley, SC	21.2%
#318	Tract 9708.01	Williamsburg, SC	21.1%
#319	Tract 114	Darlington, SC	21.1%
#320	Tract 205	Chester, SC	21.1%
#321	Tract 104.03	Anderson, SC	21.0%
#322	Tract 114.02	Anderson, SC	21.0%
#323	Tract 202.02	Berkeley, SC	21.0%
#324	Tract 9705	Allendale, SC	21.0%
#325	Tract 113.05	Richland, SC	21.0%
#326	Tract 25.04	Greenville, SC	20.9%
#327	Tract 6	Charleston, SC	20.9%
#328	Tract 207	Chester, SC	20.9%
#329	Tract 22.02	Greenville, SC	20.9%
#330	Tract 9702	Kershaw, SC	20.9%
#331	Tract 208.03	Lexington, SC	20.8%
#332	Tract 203	Lexington, SC	20.8%
#333	Tract 512.02	Horry, SC	20.8%
#334	Tract 308.02	Oconee, SC	20.7%
#335	Tract 207.15	Berkeley, SC	20.7%
#336	Tract 604.03	Horry, SC	20.7%
#337	Tract 21.06	Greenville, SC	20.7%
#338	Tract 11	Richland, SC	20.6%
#339	Tract 115	Darlington, SC	20.6%
#340	Tract 237	Spartanburg, SC	20.6%
#341	Tract 18.04	Sumter, SC	20.6%
#342	Tract 104.07	Richland, SC	20.5%
#343	Tract 113	Beaufort, SC	20.5%
#344	Tract 703	Horry, SC	20.5%
#345	Tract 16.01	Florence, SC	20.5%
#346	Tract 116.07	Richland, SC	20.4%
#347	Tract 215	Spartanburg, SC	20.4%
#348	Tract 105	Orangeburg, SC	20.4%
#349	Tract 213.11	Lexington, SC	20.3%
#350	Tract 107.01	Anderson, SC	20.3%
#351	Tract 226	Spartanburg, SC	20.3%
#352	Tract 9603	Bamberg, SC	20.3%
#353	Tract 103	Lancaster, SC	20.2%
#354	Tract 28.20	Greenville, SC	20.2%
#355	Tract 113.01	Darlington, SC	20.2%
#356	Tract 117.04	Orangeburg, SC	20.1%
#357	Tract 21.08	Greenville, SC	20.1%
#358	Tract 201	Horry, SC	20.1%
#359	Tract 112.02	Darlington, SC	20.0%
#360	Tract 9602.01	Bamberg, SC	20.0%
#361	Tract 9705.02	Colleton, SC	20.0%
#362	Tract 2	Greenville, SC	19.9%
#363	Tract 206.03	Aiken, SC	19.9%
#364	Tract 118.02	Orangeburg, SC	19.9%
#365	Tract 101	Lancaster, SC	19.9%
#366	Tract 225	Spartanburg, SC	19.8%
#367	Tract 214.03	Lexington, SC	19.8%
#368	Tract 9601	Saluda, SC	19.7%
#369	Tract 206.02	Chester, SC	19.7%
#370	Tract 222.01	Spartanburg, SC	19.6%
#371	Tract 105.01	Richland, SC	19.6%
#372	Tract 9702	Dillon, SC	19.6%
#373	Tract 207.03	Lexington, SC	19.6%
#374	Tract 214.04	Lexington, SC	19.6%
#375	Tract 706.01	Horry, SC	19.5%
#376	Tract 218	Aiken, SC	19.5%
#377	Tract 205.05	Lexington, SC	19.5%
#378	Tract 118.02	Richland, SC	19.5%
#379	Tract 213.07	Lexington, SC	19.5%
#380	Tract 9.03	Beaufort, SC	19.5%
#381	Tract 25	Florence, SC	19.5%
#382	Tract 9707	Williamsburg, SC	19.4%
#383	Tract 9704	Williamsburg, SC	19.4%
#384	Tract 209.10	Lexington, SC	19.4%
#385	Tract 229.02	Spartanburg, SC	19.3%
#386	Tract 301	Union, SC	19.3%
#387	Tract 209	Spartanburg, SC	19.3%
#388	Tract 9602	Fairfield, SC	19.3%
#389	Tract 9204.01	Hampton, SC	19.2%
#390	Tract 307	Union, SC	19.2%
#391	Tract 205	Spartanburg, SC	19.2%
#392	Tract 11	Florence, SC	19.1%
#393	Tract 106.08	Dorchester, SC	19.1%
#394	Tract 50.02	Charleston, SC	19.0%
#395	Tract 212.04	Aiken, SC	19.0%
#396	Tract 18.08	Greenville, SC	18.9%
#397	Tract 108	Lancaster, SC	18.8%
#398	Tract 9706.03	Kershaw, SC	18.8%
#399	Tract 603.01	Horry, SC	18.8%
#400	Tract 604.02	York, SC	18.8%