Percentage of Female-Headed Families Below Poverty by Race, 1969-1999
| County | 1969 | 1979 | 1989 | 1999 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White | Black | White | Black | White | Black | White | Black | |
| Abbeville | 20.8% | 52.8% | 19.9% | 44.7% | 23.4% | 42.0% | 24.9% | 28.9% |
| Aiken | 26.6% | 68.8% | 22.0% | 47.2% | 24.2% | 47.7% | 24.2% | 39.5% |
| Allendale | 31.6% | 72.9% | 20.3% | 68.9% | 16.5% | 68.4% | 39.0% | 51.3% |
| Anderson | 22.8% | 52.2% | 19.5% | 38.5% | 20.2% | 39.2% | 20.1% | 38.0% |
| Bamberg | 43.1% | 72.7% | 29.5% | 56.9% | 27.7% | 62.1% | 38.1% | 45.4% |
| Barnwell | 14.5% | 68.9% | 23.9% | 45.8% | 26.2% | 56.0% | 15.2% | 45.7% |
| Beaufort | 35.3% | 85.5% | 26.4% | 56.3% | 21.2% | 51.2% | 21.5% | 34.2% |
| Berkeley | 66.0% | 83.3% | 36.2% | 62.8% | 29.3% | 50.4% | 18.4% | 37.8% |
| Calhoun | 22.0% | 75.5% | 18.3% | 45.5% | 18.3% | 44.7% | 20.6% | 34.3% |
| Charleston | 41.5% | 68.0% | 20.7% | 51.3% | 18.8% | 53.3% | 14.8% | 44.7% |
| Cherokee | 30.3% | 58.6% | 21.8% | 63.0% | 27.4% | 45.1% | 24.1% | 30.0% |
| Chester | 27.5% | 68.8% | 14.5% | 45.8% | 18.7% | 41.3% | 16.4% | 34.3% |
| Chesterfield | 20.8% | 62.9% | 24.0% | 48.4% | 24.9% | 47.7% | 24.9% | 45.9% |
| Clarendon | 35.0% | 83.4% | 13.1% | 51.5% | 22.5% | 61.5% | 18.7% | 44.6% |
| Colleton | 30.5% | 80.8% | 14.7% | 62.5% | 27.9% | 62.4% | 24.3% | 46.7% |
| Darlington | 26.7% | 68.6% | 23.5% | 59.7% | 18.0% | 49.7% | 20.9% | 42.4% |
| Dillon | 26.6% | 79.9% | 29.3% | 52.9% | 26.3% | 51.3% | 21.0% | 45.3% |
| Dorchester | 39.0% | 72.7% | 26.8% | 46.3% | 20.6% | 48.3% | 13.7% | 33.1% |
| Edgefield | 23.1% | 71.2% | 42.1% | 43.4% | 27.5% | 47.8% | 23.2% | 35.0% |
| Fairfield | 36.1% | 64.9% | 27.8% | 52.5% | 17.7% | 42.1% | 30.8% | 40.0% |
| Florence | 25.0% | 67.0% | 19.1% | 52.7% | 18.1% | 53.7% | 15.5% | 41.7% |
| Georgetown | 36.6% | 76.9% | 23.5% | 57.7% | 22.6% | 53.4% | 23.3% | 43.1% |
| Greenville | 23.6% | 54.0% | 18.6% | 43.9% | 17.1% | 40.5% | 17.0% | 35.8% |
| Greenwood | 22.1% | 47.2% | 16.0% | 42.6% | 17.9% | 52.5% | 15.4% | 31.9% |
| Hampton | 30.6% | 72.9% | 18.9% | 65.0% | 34.9% | 61.6% | 23.0% | 46.6% |
| Horry | 41.8% | 81.3% | 20.8% | 53.2% | 20.7% | 56.1% | 17.2% | 37.4% |
| Jasper | 57.0% | 76.5% | 30.7% | 58.2% | 29.4% | 60.4% | 13.7% | 42.9% |
| Kershaw | 27.3% | 62.6% | 23.7% | 42.8% | 19.0% | 37.1% | 22.4% | 36.6% |
| Lancaster | 25.1% | 56.1% | 14.8% | 41.3% | 25.6% | 50.5% | 20.9% | 34.6% |
| Laurens | 19.5% | 51.2% | 13.0% | 30.8% | 19.4% | 35.8% | 27.2% | 26.2% |
| Lee | 29.0% | 75.2% | 23.3% | 44.4% | 12.9% | 58.1% | 6.7% | 39.7% |
| Lexington | 24.8% | 53.6% | 18.4% | 47.4% | 14.2% | 38.6% | 17.5% | 32.4% |
| McCormick | 27.9% | 67.9% | 26.8% | 58.6% | 14.9% | 47.1% | 15.1% | 40.3% |
| Marion | 25.5% | 70.5% | 20.1% | 50.3% | 24.3% | 55.9% | 23.5% | 43.9% |
| Marlboro | 26.4% | 69.4% | 18.1% | 55.2% | 28.0% | 46.3% | 28.0% | 40.3% |
| Newberry | 22.0% | 56.6% | 10.6% | 26.9% | 22.2% | 40.4% | 24.5% | 38.3% |
| Oconee | 31.9% | 57.1% | 23.0% | 45.4% | 24.3% | 26.0% | 29.6% | 31.1% |
| Orangeburg | 27.1% | 74.6% | 19.9% | 60.1% | 23.1% | 53.7% | 20.8% | 40.2% |
| Pickens | 22.5% | 41.5% | 20.7% | 41.6% | 25.2% | 33.7% | 22.8% | 30.1% |
| Richland | 26.1% | 61.1% | 15.5% | 40.8% | 12.5% | 36.4% | 11.5% | 32.1% |
| Saluda | 36.2% | 46.6% | 18.4% | 49.3% | 24.4% | 47.5% | 16.6% | 41.5% |
| Spartanburg | 24.7% | 57.1% | 20.9% | 46.4% | 19.5% | 41.7% | 18.7% | 36.5% |
| Sumter | 34.5% | 74.2% | 23.5% | 57.8% | 25.8% | 54.2% | 22.9% | 38.3% |
| Union | 29.1% | 49.5% | 14.1% | 33.9% | 30.3% | 43.6% | 24.4% | 38.4% |
| Williamsburg | 38.0% | 76.7% | 21.4% | 59.9% | 15.6% | 53.3% | 25.6% | 47.2% |
| York | 22.2% | 61.1% | 15.7% | 40.8% | 15.4% | 40.2% | 18.2% | 32.1% |
| South Carolina | 24.8% | 66.3% | 20.1% | 49.2% | 20.1% | 47.8% | 19.2% | 38.3% |
* White and other
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census of Population and Housing, 1970-2000.