Related Children Under 18 Below Poverty, 1969-1999
| County | 1969 | 1979 | 1989 | 1999 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | |
| Abbeville | 1,550 | 21.7% | 1,155 | 17.5% | 1,008 | 16.8% | 1,117 | 17.2% |
| Aiken | 7,139 | 20.5% | 5,024 | 15.9% | 6,144 | 18.8% | 6,908 | 18.9% |
| Allendale | 1,584 | 42.7% | 1,387 | 38.5% | 1,687 | 48.9% | 1,417 | 48.1% |
| Anderson | 6,089 | 17.0% | 5,559 | 14.5% | 5,506 | 15.4% | 6,132 | 15.3% |
| Bamberg | 2,430 | 39.3% | 1,989 | 34.9% | 1,872 | 39.0% | 1,454 | 35.0% |
| Barnwell | 2,171 | 32.2% | 1,613 | 24.3% | 1,859 | 30.4% | 1,782 | 27.3% |
| Beaufort | 6,058 | 32.5% | 4,064 | 23.5% | 4,288 | 20.0% | 4,249 | 15.4% |
| Berkeley | 8,965 | 34.9% | 5,752 | 17.2% | 6,513 | 15.8% | 6,082 | 15.6% |
| Calhoun | 1,991 | 45.2% | 1,077 | 27.8% | 961 | 27.7% | 763 | 20.4% |
| Charleston | 26,969 | 29.5% | 18,147 | 23.7% | 18,829 | 25.9% | 16,614 | 22.9% |
| Cherokee | 2,754 | 21.0% | 2,128 | 17.0% | 2,201 | 19.2% | 2,254 | 16.9% |
| Chester | 3,482 | 31.7% | 2,206 | 23.4% | 2,059 | 22.6% | 1,895 | 21.2% |
| Chesterfield | 4,237 | 32.5% | 2,586 | 21.4% | 2,545 | 23.9% | 2,747 | 24.7% |
| Clarendon | 6,574 | 57.8% | 3,281 | 36.1% | 3,070 | 37.2% | 2,318 | 28.1% |
| Colleton | 4,910 | 45.0% | 3,308 | 32.2% | 2,903 | 29.2% | 2,955 | 28.7% |
| Darlington | 7,510 | 36.0% | 6,043 | 29.2% | 4,453 | 26.2% | 4,651 | 26.7% |
| Dillon | 5,971 | 47.9% | 4,229 | 37.4% | 3,388 | 37.0% | 2,930 | 33.3% |
| Dorchester | 3,702 | 27.6% | 2,905 | 14.7% | 3,224 | 13.3% | 3,096 | 11.4% |
| Edgefield | 2,664 | 42.1% | 1,940 | 34.5% | 1,158 | 21.8% | 1,146 | 19.6% |
| Fairfield | 3,591 | 43.9% | 1,746 | 26.1% | 1,675 | 26.4% | 1,493 | 24.7% |
| Florence | 11,162 | 32.0% | 9,784 | 29.4% | 8,467 | 26.3% | 7,148 | 22.3% |
| Georgetown | 6,355 | 44.2% | 3,897 | 26.8% | 3,936 | 28.7% | 3,568 | 25.8% |
| Greenville | 13,543 | 16.3% | 11,593 | 14.6% | 10,725 | 13.8% | 12,070 | 13.2% |
| Greenwood | 2,728 | 15.8% | 2,884 | 17.3% | 3,214 | 21.1% | 2,907 | 17.7% |
| Hampton | 2,638 | 42.4% | 2,185 | 36.0% | 2,158 | 37.9% | 1,604 | 27.6% |
| Horry | 9,945 | 37.3% | 7,278 | 24.0% | 7,550 | 22.4% | 7,323 | 17.9% |
| Jasper | 2,200 | 44.5% | 1,777 | 35.4% | 1,644 | 33.4% | 1,437 | 26.3% |
| Kershaw | 3,587 | 26.8% | 2,269 | 18.9% | 1,847 | 16.2% | 2,291 | 16.9% |
| Lancaster | 3,012 | 18.6% | 2,162 | 13.3% | 2,994 | 20.8% | 2,503 | 16.5% |
| Laurens | 3,170 | 18.4% | 1,968 | 13.4% | 2,562 | 17.5% | 3,360 | 19.6% |
| Lee | 4,643 | 57.2% | 2,552 | 38.8% | 2,163 | 38.4% | 1,307 | 25.6% |
| Lexington | 5,362 | 16.2% | 4,724 | 11.0% | 4,534 | 10.4% | 6,155 | 11.1% |
| McCormick | 1,555 | 46.4% | 912 | 35.2% | 598 | 29.8% | 503 | 26.5% |
| Marion | 5,180 | 43.4% | 3,825 | 33.2% | 3,951 | 37.4% | 3,175 | 33.3% |
| Marlboro | 4,383 | 39.7% | 3,425 | 31.1% | 2,914 | 34.6% | 2,159 | 29.2% |
| Newberry | 2,239 | 23.5% | 1,131 | 13.5% | 1,880 | 22.8% | 2,034 | 23.8% |
| Oconee | 2,604 | 18.4% | 2,307 | 16.5% | 1,880 | 13.6% | 2,061 | 14.0% |
| Orangeburg | 12,715 | 46.3% | 8,908 | 34.2% | 7,608 | 32.4% | 6,372 | 27.2% |
| Pickens | 2,597 | 13.9% | 2,136 | 10.4% | 2,271 | 11.2% | 2,960 | 12.2% |
| Richland | 17,380 | 23.2% | 13,456 | 19.8% | 12,039 | 18.0% | 13,064 | 17.5% |
| Saluda | 1,449 | 26.4% | 1,346 | 27.2% | 1,037 | 25.1% | 1,007 | 21.4% |
| Spartanburg | 11,957 | 20.1% | 9,529 | 16.8% | 8,654 | 15.8% | 9,282 | 15.0% |
| Sumter | 12,424 | 38.2% | 8,455 | 29.2% | 7,988 | 27.4% | 6,227 | 21.6% |
| Union | 1,978 | 19.3% | 1,125 | 12.9% | 1,576 | 21.3% | 1,293 | 18.7% |
| Williamsburg | 8,464 | 56.1% | 4,644 | 33.9% | 4,247 | 36.1% | 3,823 | 36.1% |
| York | 5,788 | 18.8% | 4,610 | 14.3% | 4,330 | 12.9% | 5,121 | 12.1% |
| South Carolina | 269,399 | 28.2% | 195,021 | 21.0% | 188,110 | 20.8% | 182,757 | 18.5% |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census of Population and Housing, 1970-2000.