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Persons Below Poverty Level by Race and
Hispanic Origin by County (2009-2013)


County White Black Other Races1/ Hispanic Origin2/
Number Below Poverty Percent Below Poverty Number Below Poverty Percent Below Poverty Number Below Poverty Percent Below Poverty Number Below Poverty Percent Below Poverty
Abbeville 2,586 15.3 2,582 36.1 104 28.9 13 9.3
Aiken 14,906 13.4 11,203 28.6 3,980 44.6 3,793 47.7
Allendale 304 14.4 2,933 43.4 21 11.4 65 26.3
Anderson 20,627 13.8 9,432 31.1 1,042 17.3 1,311 22.9
Bamberg 737 13.2 3,295 36.5 56 24.9 50 32.1
Barnwell 2,107 18.2 4,128 41.2 177 37.0 252 55.3
Beaufort 9,663 8.3 7,965 26.5 2,213 19.4 4,695 25.5
Berkeley 12,904 10.6 10,153 22.6 2,922 21.3 3,549 32.9
Calhoun 613 7.4 1,884 30.0 230 55.2 176 37.6
Charleston 28,465 12.3 31,585 31.1 3,014 20.5 5,914 33.0
Cherokee 8,037 19.3 3,746 34.5 767 36.6 771 37.0
Chester 3,849 19.8 4,027 33.1 74 9.3 107 24.3
Chesterfield 6,359 21.6 5,440 36.2 438 37.8 731 44.5
Clarendon 2,055 13.0 5,750 35.8 398 36.5 301 32.8
Colleton 2,965 13.5 4,615 30.2 230 32.6 54 5.0
Darlington 6,011 15.9 9,524 34.7 595 32.8 381 33.0
Dillon 2,993 20.3 6,159 42.4 605 36.0 406 51.6
Dorchester 7,782 8.2 7,873 22.8 942 11.0 1,189 18.9
Edgefield 2,166 14.7 2,400 28.0 207 29.8 522 63.9
Fairfield 1,010 11.3 4,224 30.8 37 6.5 64 15.7
Florence 8,805 11.8 17,150 31.2 609 13.9 638 20.3
Georgetown 4,735 12.5 7,057 35.4 871 46.4 942 52.2
Greenville 42,511 12.4 22,754 28.2 5,324 22.3 12,458 33.1
Greenwood 6,686 15.5 7,715 38.0 1,098 31.8 2,160 57.4
Hampton 1,204 14.2 3,554 34.4 113 21.2 51 11.6
Horry 31,948 14.5 13,732 37.3 5,164 31.9 5,150 31.3
Jasper 2,305 20.7 2,989 27.1 512 22.1 1,081 29.6
Kershaw 5,415 12.4 4,595 29.9 224 10.1 455 19.1
Lancaster 8,447 14.9 7,128 40.6 439 21.3 853 24.2
Laurens 7,447 16.3 4,565 28.6 1,237 47.1 1,453 53.1
Lee 993 17.2 3,612 33.8 204 28.5 48 13.4
Lexington 22,613 10.6 9,427 25.3 2,820 22.1 3,923 26.5
McCormick 419 9.1 1,090 27.3 1 0.7 1 1.9
Marion 1,754 13.2 6,939 38.1 176 18.5 241 29.3
Marlboro 2,671 24.3 4,483 36.5 580 29.9 115 34.8
Newberry 1,950 8.7 3,293 30.9 1,008 31.8 971 36.5
Oconee 12,020 18.3 1,300 24.1 747 27.1 1,412 41.9
Orangeburg 4,120 13.2 16,093 29.6 779 28.2 667 38.9
Pickens 17,784 17.9 1,636 23.9 1,613 29.4 1,192 32.3
Richland 19,078 11.3 37,816 22.6 5,049 20.8 4,433 26.8
Saluda 1,716 13.6 1,717 32.7 793 43.8 1,141 39.6
Spartanburg 29,149 14.2 16,310 28.9 4,554 25.9 5,907 34.9
Sumter 5,104 9.9 12,441 25.8 1,196 23.8 971 27.3
Union 2,744 14.6 2,504 29.4 409 49.2 147 50.0
Williamsburg 1,439 14.0 8,348 39.0 66 20.4 70 20.6
York 18,292 10.6 10,261 24.3 1,755 15.2 2,452 23.3
South Carolina 397,488 13.0 367,427 29.5 55,393 24.4 73,276 31.5

1/: Other Races includes Asian, American Indian, Native Hawaiian, Some Other Race and Two or More Races.

2/: Persons of Hispanic Origin may be of any race.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2009-2013 American Community Survey Single-Year Estimates, Table S1701.