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
#401	Tract 9703.01	Dillon, SC	18.8%
#402	Tract 205.10	Lexington, SC	18.7%
#403	Tract 118.01	Orangeburg, SC	18.7%
#404	Tract 24.02	Charleston, SC	18.7%
#405	Tract 224.11	Spartanburg, SC	18.7%
#406	Tract 202.02	Horry, SC	18.6%
#407	Tract 116.06	Richland, SC	18.6%
#408	Tract 24	Florence, SC	18.6%
#409	Tract 9204	Georgetown, SC	18.6%
#410	Tract 207.08	Lexington, SC	18.6%
#411	Tract 120	Orangeburg, SC	18.6%
#412	Tract 108.03	Richland, SC	18.5%
#413	Tract 109.05	Pickens, SC	18.5%
#414	Tract 21.07	Greenville, SC	18.5%
#415	Tract 14	Florence, SC	18.5%
#416	Tract 111	Lancaster, SC	18.4%
#417	Tract 207.10	Berkeley, SC	18.4%
#418	Tract 4	Richland, SC	18.3%
#419	Tract 102	Anderson, SC	18.3%
#420	Tract 211.11	Lexington, SC	18.3%
#421	Tract 2.01	Sumter, SC	18.3%
#422	Tract 9708	Kershaw, SC	18.3%
#423	Tract 119.02	Richland, SC	18.2%
#424	Tract 9504.01	Abbeville, SC	18.1%
#425	Tract 51	Charleston, SC	18.1%
#426	Tract 109.02	Darlington, SC	18.1%
#427	Tract 102	Richland, SC	18.1%
#428	Tract 30.05	Greenville, SC	18.1%
#429	Tract 9704.02	Barnwell, SC	18.1%
#430	Tract 616.01	York, SC	18.0%
#431	Tract 310	Oconee, SC	18.0%
#432	Tract 9207.02	Georgetown, SC	18.0%
#433	Tract 213.05	Lexington, SC	17.9%
#434	Tract 209.04	Aiken, SC	17.9%
#435	Tract 107	Dorchester, SC	17.9%
#436	Tract 26.04	Greenville, SC	17.9%
#437	Tract 114.18	Richland, SC	17.9%
#438	Tract 19.02	Charleston, SC	17.8%
#439	Tract 18.01	Sumter, SC	17.8%
#440	Tract 56.02	Charleston, SC	17.8%
#441	Tract 110.05	Pickens, SC	17.8%
#442	Tract 103	Anderson, SC	17.7%
#443	Tract 9204	Laurens, SC	17.7%
#444	Tract 46.19	Charleston, SC	17.7%
#445	Tract 9203.01	Georgetown, SC	17.7%
#446	Tract 109.01	Pickens, SC	17.7%
#447	Tract 9202	McCormick, SC	17.6%
#448	Tract 22.03	Florence, SC	17.6%
#449	Tract 209	Chester, SC	17.6%
#450	Tract 10	Anderson, SC	17.5%
#451	Tract 110.01	Lancaster, SC	17.5%
#452	Tract 220.06	Spartanburg, SC	17.4%
#453	Tract 104	Orangeburg, SC	17.4%
#454	Tract 114.25	Richland, SC	17.4%
#455	Tract 301.02	Horry, SC	17.3%
#456	Tract 9205.03	Laurens, SC	17.3%
#457	Tract 609.08	York, SC	17.3%
#458	Tract 113.04	Richland, SC	17.3%
#459	Tract 9603	Clarendon, SC	17.3%
#460	Tract 9710	Greenwood, SC	17.3%
#461	Tract 9502.02	Calhoun, SC	17.2%
#462	Tract 31.05	Charleston, SC	17.2%
#463	Tract 218.03	Spartanburg, SC	17.2%
#464	Tract 9504.02	Chesterfield, SC	17.2%
#465	Tract 114.19	Richland, SC	17.1%
#466	Tract 101	Dorchester, SC	17.1%
#467	Tract 9702	Williamsburg, SC	17.1%
#468	Tract 9505.01	Chesterfield, SC	17.1%
#469	Tract 111	Anderson, SC	17.0%
#470	Tract 104.06	Anderson, SC	17.0%
#471	Tract 9607.02	Clarendon, SC	17.0%
#472	Tract 207.12	Berkeley, SC	17.0%
#473	Tract 17	Greenville, SC	17.0%
#474	Tract 9701	Kershaw, SC	16.9%
#475	Tract 103.01	Dorchester, SC	16.9%
#476	Tract 102.01	Lancaster, SC	16.9%
#477	Tract 208.06	Lexington, SC	16.8%
#478	Tract 106.03	Pickens, SC	16.8%
#479	Tract 213	Aiken, SC	16.8%
#480	Tract 34.01	Greenville, SC	16.8%
#481	Tract 111.05	Pickens, SC	16.7%
#482	Tract 619	York, SC	16.7%
#483	Tract 9707.02	Colleton, SC	16.7%
#484	Tract 206.01	Lexington, SC	16.7%
#485	Tract 209.03	Berkeley, SC	16.6%
#486	Tract 203.03	Aiken, SC	16.6%
#487	Tract 9.01	Sumter, SC	16.6%
#488	Tract 9503	Abbeville, SC	16.6%
#489	Tract 108.19	Dorchester, SC	16.6%
#490	Tract 217	Aiken, SC	16.6%
#491	Tract 108.03	Orangeburg, SC	16.6%
#492	Tract 111.01	Pickens, SC	16.6%
#493	Tract 9.02	Sumter, SC	16.6%
#494	Tract 210.37	Lexington, SC	16.6%
#495	Tract 9201.02	Laurens, SC	16.6%
#496	Tract 18.03	Greenville, SC	16.6%
#497	Tract 601.02	Horry, SC	16.5%
#498	Tract 9207	Laurens, SC	16.5%
#499	Tract 113.02	Darlington, SC	16.5%
#500	Tract 103.04	Orangeburg, SC	16.5%