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Population with Income Below Poverty by County (2010 through 2013)


County Income Below Poverty Level1/
2010 2011 2012 2013 Percent Change 2010-2013
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Abbeville 4,694 19.1 4,986 20.4 4,911 20.2 4,918 20.3 4.8
Aiken 27,966 17.7 31,892 20.2 27,465 17.1 29,553 18.3 5.7
Allendale 3,646 40.4 3,539 39.9 3,562 41.1 3,616 42.4 -0.8
Anderson 34,446 18.7 29,142 15.7 33,021 17.7 31,258 16.7 -9.3
Bamberg 4,126 27.6 4,428 29.5 4,325 29.2 4,430 30.7 7.4
Barnwell 6,780 30.4 5,319 24.1 6,304 28.8 5,455 25 -19.5
Beaufort 20,390 13 20,549 12.9 21,292 13.1 23,447 14.1 15
Berkeley 26,217 15 27,721 15.5 25,549 13.8 29,750 15.7 13.5
Calhoun 2,767 18.5 3,003 20 2,977 20.1 2,939 19.7 6.2
Charleston 63,867 18.7 66,260 19.1 63,775 18 63,040 17.4 -1.3
Cherokee 11,246 20.6 12,346 22.5 12,331 22.4 13,348 24.3 18.7
Chester 6,824 20.8 9,597 29.4 8,019 24.8 6,980 21.6 2.3
Chesterfield 10,910 23.7 11,585 25.2 11,355 25 12,067 26.5 10.6
Clarendon 9,247 27.8 7,569 22.9 9,826 30 8,915 27.3 -3.6
Colleton 8,677 22.6 10,743 28.1 8,283 22 8,956 24 3.2
Darlington 15,571 23.2 15,988 23.9 16,894 25.3 18,755 28.2 20.4
Dillon 8,302 26.2 10,286 32.9 8,695 28 8,325 27.1 0.3
Dorchester 15,859 11.7 17,843 12.9 15,930 11.4 19,017 13.3 19.9
Edgefield 4,939 20.6 4,657 19.6 4,932 21.1 4,630 19.7 -6.3
Fairfield 5,507 23.4 5,295 22.8 5,537 24.1 5,245 23.1 -4.8
Florence 29,054 21.7 28,655 21.3 26,967 20 27,126 20.1 -6.6
Georgetown 12,065 20.3 13,289 22.4 11,814 19.8 12,749 21.3 5.7
Greenville 68,073 15.4 71,212 15.8 74,268 16.3 74,913 16.2 10
Greenwood 14,861 22.1 13,633 20.2 14,055 20.9 17,211 25.6 15.8
Hampton 4,625 23.7 5,458 28.3 5,105 26.6 5,139 27.3 11.1
Horry 52,095 19.5 51,367 18.8 54,748 19.6 54,572 19.1 4.8
Jasper 6,059 25.9 6,105 25.8 6,137 25.2 6,835 27.2 12.8
Kershaw 11,200 18.3 11,407 18.5 9,961 16.1 10,125 16.3 -9.6
Lancaster 14,688 19.7 13,988 18.5 15,295 19.9 14,696 18.8 0.1
Laurens 12,520 19.5 14,819 23.1 13,986 21.9 14,737 23 17.7
Lee 4,670 27.1 5,186 30.4 4,989 29.8 5,378 32.8 15.2
Lexington 33,587 12.9 38,243 14.5 39,034 14.6 34,587 12.8 3
McCormick 1,871 21 1,710 19.6 1,906 22.1 1,889 21.9 1
Marion 9,657 29.5 10,295 31.6 8,390 26 9,762 30.7 1.1
Marlboro 8,464 33.1 8,191 32.5 7,062 28.4 7,709 31.3 -8.9
Newberry 6,911 19 7,317 20 6,361 17.5 7,170 19.8 3.7
Oconee 10,037 13.6 13,953 19 12,955 17.5 12,484 16.8 24.4
Orangeburg 23,765 26.7 21,439 24.2 22,196 25.2 22,501 25.7 -5.3
Pickens 19,018 17 22,193 19.8 21,012 18.7 21,060 18.7 10.7
Richland 60,307 17 66,542 18.6 61,197 16.9 68,491 18.6 13.6
Saluda 3,795 19.3 3,709 18.9 3,428 17.4 4,396 22.1 15.8
Spartanburg 47,656 17.2 53,098 19 54,389 19.4 52,982 18.7 11.2
Sumter 21,875 20.9 18,429 17.6 20,990 19.9 21,893 20.8 0.1
Union 5,306 18.7 5,730 20.3 6,102 22 5,143 18.7 -3.1
Williamsburg 10,583 32.2 10,062 30.9 9,924 30.9 10,562 33.4 -0.2
York 29,216 13.1 34,223 15.1 30,075 13 29,799 12.7 2
South Carolina 813,939 18.1 852,999 18.8 837,327 18.3 858,553 18.5 5.5

1/: The average poverty threshold for a family of four persons was $22,314 in 2010, $23,021 in 2011, $23,492 in 2012, and $23,834 in 2013.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area and Income and Poverty Estimates, 2010 through 2013.