Population 65 and Over Below Poverty, 1969-1999
| County | 1969 | 1979 | 1989 | 1999 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | |
| Abbeville | 477 | 23.5% | 682 | 24.7% | 633 | 19.0% | 629 | 16.9% |
| Aiken | 1,005 | 16.6% | 2,245 | 22.8% | 2,462 | 18.5% | 2,237 | 12.5% |
| Allendale | 127 | 14.1% | 468 | 37.8% | 549 | 38.1% | 355 | 26.0% |
| Anderson | 1,927 | 21.8% | 3,565 | 25.9% | 3,661 | 19.0% | 2,995 | 13.8% |
| Bamberg | 165 | 11.7% | 563 | 28.3% | 548 | 26.1% | 591 | 25.8% |
| Barnwell | 237 | 15.4% | 618 | 31.6% | 586 | 25.1% | 684 | 24.4% |
| Beaufort | 198 | 8.9% | 1,040 | 19.9% | 1,444 | 13.8% | 1,240 | 6.7% |
| Berkeley | 174 | 7.9% | 1,337 | 29.5% | 1,613 | 22.5% | 1,415 | 12.9% |
| Calhoun | 137 | 13.2% | 392 | 27.8% | 447 | 28.2% | 364 | 18.3% |
| Charleston | 1,176 | 9.0% | 4,778 | 22.9% | 5,057 | 17.6% | 4,461 | 12.7% |
| Cherokee | 604 | 19.5% | 938 | 22.5% | 1,325 | 23.9% | 952 | 15.2% |
| Chester | 389 | 14.7% | 626 | 17.9% | 964 | 22.7% | 614 | 14.9% |
| Chesterfield | 371 | 14.0% | 1,386 | 35.2% | 1,370 | 29.0% | 1,208 | 24.2% |
| Clarendon | 174 | 9.0% | 1,143 | 38.7% | 1,166 | 31.8% | 1,099 | 24.6% |
| Colleton | 316 | 12.8% | 1,069 | 31.2% | 1,294 | 30.5% | 924 | 19.1% |
| Darlington | 391 | 10.3% | 1,713 | 30.8% | 2,001 | 28.5% | 1,683 | 22.1% |
| Dillon | 181 | 8.8% | 861 | 31.8% | 1,263 | 36.8% | 893 | 26.6% |
| Dorchester | 199 | 10.5% | 942 | 25.5% | 1,322 | 22.6% | 1,101 | 13.3% |
| Edgefield | 160 | 12.4% | 645 | 36.9% | 474 | 22.4% | 489 | 18.4% |
| Fairfield | 219 | 12.3% | 674 | 30.4% | 749 | 27.2% | 682 | 24.1% |
| Florence | 613 | 10.3% | 2,633 | 29.6% | 3,377 | 28.0% | 2,262 | 16.5% |
| Georgetown | 199 | 9.0% | 1,239 | 32.5% | 1,261 | 21.6% | 1,159 | 14.0% |
| Greenville | 3,068 | 17.8% | 5,912 | 22.4% | 5,756 | 15.7% | 4,524 | 10.6% |
| Greenwood | 912 | 22.3% | 1,307 | 20.6% | 1,601 | 20.1% | 1,243 | 14.1% |
| Hampton | 179 | 12.9% | 739 | 36.9% | 770 | 35.0% | 537 | 21.7% |
| Horry | 441 | 9.2% | 2,054 | 22.3% | 2,843 | 15.9% | 2,497 | 8.7% |
| Jasper | 129 | 13.4% | 581 | 40.0% | 627 | 33.7% | 465 | 21.4% |
| Kershaw | 444 | 17.0% | 1,134 | 30.3% | 989 | 19.3% | 914 | 14.1% |
| Lancaster | 632 | 20.9% | 1,152 | 23.5% | 1,385 | 21.2% | 1,155 | 15.8% |
| Laurens | 831 | 20.4% | 1,244 | 22.3% | 1,421 | 19.6% | 1,147 | 13.5% |
| Lee | 144 | 10.2% | 641 | 34.3% | 695 | 32.0% | 653 | 27.9% |
| Lexington | 825 | 16.0% | 1,724 | 20.0% | 2,018 | 14.3% | 1,912 | 9.3% |
| McCormick | 105 | 14.6% | 328 | 38.2% | 342 | 31.6% | 169 | 11.9% |
| Marion | 224 | 9.4% | 1,032 | 31.2% | 1,449 | 35.2% | 987 | 23.5% |
| Marlboro | 248 | 11.6% | 1,030 | 32.3% | 1,176 | 32.9% | 766 | 22.7% |
| Newberry | 696 | 21.7% | 1,157 | 26.3% | 980 | 19.7% | 821 | 16.0% |
| Oconee | 785 | 23.1% | 1,387 | 26.9% | 1,355 | 17.6% | 1,307 | 12.9% |
| Orangeburg | 636 | 11.5% | 2,478 | 31.2% | 3,214 | 32.4% | 2,558 | 22.3% |
| Pickens | 989 | 23.2% | 1,281 | 19.1% | 1,530 | 15.2% | 1,422 | 11.7% |
| Richland | 1,527 | 10.7% | 3,477 | 19.0% | 3,768 | 15.1% | 3,554 | 12.0% |
| Saluda | 332 | 23.0% | 648 | 34.3% | 450 | 20.7% | 427 | 16.3% |
| Spartanburg | 2,601 | 18.7% | 4,538 | 22.1% | 4,962 | 18.1% | 4,111 | 13.3% |
| Sumter | 445 | 9.6% | 2,191 | 34.3% | 2,439 | 26.4% | 1,988 | 17.4% |
| Union | 590 | 22.2% | 909 | 25.0% | 1,113 | 25.8% | 724 | 15.9% |
| Williamsburg | 226 | 9.0% | 1,337 | 37.1% | 1,632 | 37.6% | 1,230 | 25.9% |
| York | 1,090 | 18.0% | 1,897 | 21.3% | 2,011 | 15.2% | 1,540 | 9.6% |
| South Carolina | 27,538 | 13.3% | 69,735 | 25.3% | 78,092 | 20.5% | 64,688 | 13.9% |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census of Population and Housing, 1970-2000.