Female-Headed Families Below Poverty, 1969-1999
| County | 1969 | 1979 | 1989 | 1999 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | |
| Abbeville | 273 | 38.7% | 340 | 34.8% | 406 | 34.5% | 394 | 28.2% |
| Aiken | 1,109 | 44.1% | 1,345 | 33.4% | 1,921 | 36.6% | 2,493 | 31.9% |
| Allendale | 279 | 65.5% | 376 | 60.2% | 594 | 64.1% | 470 | 50.3% |
| Anderson | 989 | 31.4% | 1,255 | 26.4% | 1,709 | 27.8% | 2,318 | 27.9% |
| Bamberg | 360 | 63.9% | 447 | 50.2% | 612 | 54.5% | 616 | 44.5% |
| Barnwell | 291 | 47.9% | 360 | 37.7% | 585 | 48.9% | 702 | 39.0% |
| Beaufort | 874 | 68.7% | 996 | 45.7% | 1,448 | 40.1% | 1,373 | 28.9% |
| Berkeley | 1,518 | 71.8% | 1,245 | 47.7% | 1,845 | 38.7% | 1,935 | 29.2% |
| Calhoun | 243 | 59.4% | 181 | 38.0% | 278 | 39.8% | 295 | 31.0% |
| Charleston | 4,984 | 54.6% | 5,147 | 39.5% | 6,485 | 41.3% | 6,586 | 35.0% |
| Cherokee | 466 | 37.9% | 457 | 29.4% | 835 | 35.2% | 797 | 26.8% |
| Chester | 548 | 47.4% | 482 | 33.6% | 663 | 33.6% | 656 | 27.9% |
| Chesterfield | 446 | 41.3% | 637 | 35.7% | 850 | 39.8% | 1,020 | 37.8% |
| Clarendon | 713 | 69.8% | 647 | 42.7% | 1,032 | 54.3% | 906 | 38.8% |
| Colleton | 606 | 61.3% | 629 | 47.0% | 988 | 53.6% | 1,019 | 38.9% |
| Darlington | 1,019 | 50.0% | 1,379 | 46.3% | 1,507 | 39.5% | 1,703 | 36.2% |
| Dillon | 621 | 58.3% | 657 | 43.6% | 847 | 44.0% | 970 | 39.2% |
| Dorchester | 496 | 56.2% | 683 | 36.8% | 1,026 | 34.6% | 1,122 | 23.4% |
| Edgefield | 208 | 50.1% | 280 | 43.1% | 365 | 43.0% | 394 | 31.3% |
| Fairfield | 329 | 55.5% | 441 | 46.8% | 492 | 36.7% | 645 | 38.0% |
| Florence | 1,534 | 49.2% | 1,960 | 39.6% | 2,784 | 41.8% | 2,879 | 33.4% |
| Georgetown | 753 | 63.9% | 846 | 47.8% | 1,093 | 45.2% | 1,205 | 37.4% |
| Greenville | 2,353 | 33.7% | 3,188 | 28.8% | 4,019 | 27.6% | 4,599 | 25.9% |
| Greenwood | 543 | 32.6% | 713 | 30.4% | 1,164 | 37.6% | 1,031 | 26.9% |
| Hampton | 353 | 58.4% | 451 | 50.3% | 598 | 55.5% | 563 | 43.1% |
| Horry | 1,213 | 56.0% | 1,250 | 33.5% | 2,215 | 35.0% | 2,282 | 24.9% |
| Jasper | 297 | 70.9% | 415 | 51.6% | 500 | 53.4% | 448 | 38.1% |
| Kershaw | 508 | 46.0% | 503 | 34.1% | 591 | 29.1% | 862 | 30.8% |
| Lancaster | 487 | 37.8% | 536 | 28.6% | 966 | 38.3% | 990 | 28.4% |
| Laurens | 510 | 33.8% | 458 | 21.6% | 836 | 27.8% | 1,103 | 27.0% |
| Lee | 390 | 61.6% | 417 | 40.8% | 700 | 51.4% | 573 | 36.2% |
| Lexington | 681 | 32.1% | 1,120 | 24.8% | 1,286 | 20.0% | 2,036 | 22.4% |
| McCormick | 137 | 60.3% | 189 | 52.3% | 197 | 41.7% | 218 | 35.3% |
| Marion | 736 | 55.7% | 794 | 40.8% | 1,272 | 49.4% | 1,197 | 40.0% |
| Marlboro | 549 | 51.0% | 690 | 40.7% | 855 | 39.6% | 802 | 36.3% |
| Newberry | 387 | 40.6% | 255 | 20.4% | 618 | 34.8% | 759 | 33.5% |
| Oconee | 466 | 35.7% | 436 | 27.7% | 570 | 24.7% | 758 | 29.8% |
| Orangeburg | 1,582 | 60.8% | 2,157 | 51.5% | 2,603 | 47.7% | 2,540 | 37.2% |
| Pickens | 337 | 26.6% | 502 | 24.7% | 733 | 27.0% | 944 | 24.2% |
| Richland | 3,201 | 43.9% | 3,648 | 31.0% | 4,396 | 28.8% | 5,120 | 27.1% |
| Saluda | 174 | 41.6% | 241 | 36.6% | 260 | 39.5% | 343 | 34.0% |
| Spartanburg | 2,034 | 36.6% | 2,569 | 31.4% | 3,190 | 29.4% | 3,547 | 27.6% |
| Sumter | 1,653 | 59.2% | 1,947 | 47.3% | 2,491 | 45.7% | 2,271 | 34.1% |
| Union | 394 | 37.1% | 301 | 24.0% | 678 | 38.1% | 639 | 32.2% |
| Williamsburg | 873 | 66.0% | 882 | 51.5% | 1,137 | 47.3% | 1,294 | 45.4% |
| York | 1,068 | 39.3% | 1,015 | 27.1% | 1,638 | 27.7% | 1,832 | 24.7% |
| South Carolina | 39,585 | 47.1% | 45,467 | 35.8% | 61,878 | 36.0% | 67,249 | 30.6% |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census of Population and Housing, 1970-2000.
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