Percentage of Population Below Poverty by Race, 1969-1999
| County | 1969 | 1979 | 1989 | 1999 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White* | Black | White | Black | White | Black | White | Black | |
| Abbeville | 10.1% | 43.6% | 8.7% | 27.1% | 8.3% | 24.4% | 10.0% | 21.0% |
| Aiken | 10.2% | 44.9% | 8.7% | 25.9% | 9.0% | 30.3% | 9.3% | 25.8% |
| Allendale | 13.4% | 52.2% | 9.5% | 46.0% | 12.5% | 46.7% | 14.9% | 41.2% |
| Anderson | 12.3% | 35.2% | 9.7% | 26.1% | 8.8% | 27.9% | 9.0% | 25.5% |
| Bamberg | 14.0% | 54.5% | 12.9% | 38.7% | 16.6% | 35.9% | 14.9% | 35.7% |
| Barnwell | 11.9% | 54.3% | 11.8% | 30.8% | 9.5% | 38.4% | 12.0% | 32.1% |
| Beaufort | 9.4% | 58.5% | 7.0% | 35.8% | 5.2% | 33.3% | 6.0% | 22.2% |
| Berkeley | 17.7% | 61.3% | 9.0% | 31.3% | 7.4% | 27.8% | 7.3% | 23.1% |
| Calhoun | 15.8% | 61.3% | 7.5% | 33.9% | 6.3% | 33.0% | 8.7% | 24.2% |
| Charleston | 10.7% | 49.5% | 8.2% | 35.2% | 7.9% | 34.2% | 8.7% | 29.9% |
| Cherokee | 13.8% | 38.8% | 10.6% | 27.9% | 10.8% | 30.7% | 11.9% | 21.3% |
| Chester | 12.8% | 48.6% | 7.9% | 29.3% | 8.2% | 29.6% | 9.6% | 24.3% |
| Chesterfield | 17.4% | 51.4% | 12.4% | 33.9% | 11.9% | 34.1% | 12.7% | 34.7% |
| Clarendon | 19.8% | 68.4% | 12.9% | 41.5% | 12.0% | 41.9% | 11.2% | 32.1% |
| Colleton | 17.8% | 60.6% | 12.4% | 41.5% | 9.5% | 40.0% | 11.9% | 33.2% |
| Darlington | 13.6% | 57.0% | 11.7% | 39.6% | 10.3% | 34.1% | 10.7% | 32.9% |
| Dillon | 21.8% | 69.5% | 17.2% | 45.4% | 15.2% | 44.0% | 13.3% | 35.1% |
| Dorchester | 12.0% | 49.2% | 6.9% | 31.9% | 7.2% | 26.0% | 5.2% | 22.5% |
| Edgefield | 26.8% | 44.6% | 21.0% | 31.1% | 7.3% | 27.1% | 9.0% | 25.1% |
| Fairfield | 12.2% | 55.1% | 9.6% | 30.8% | 8.5% | 29.1% | 10.1% | 25.8% |
| Florence | 11.6% | 55.2% | 10.9% | 38.9% | 9.3% | 37.1% | 8.1% | 28.7% |
| Georgetown | 17.1% | 57.5% | 9.1% | 37.3% | 9.4% | 34.4% | 7.7% | 31.2% |
| Greenville | 10.7% | 36.5% | 8.5% | 26.9% | 7.3% | 24.8% | 7.3% | 22.4% |
| Greenwood | 9.1% | 28.5% | 7.8% | 27.9% | 8.8% | 30.2% | 8.7% | 23.8% |
| Hampton | 18.2% | 57.2% | 12.3% | 42.7% | 14.0% | 39.2% | 9.3% | 31.2% |
| Horry | 20.3% | 64.7% | 11.7% | 39.9% | 9.8% | 40.6% | 8.7% | 27.5% |
| Jasper | 16.9% | 54.8% | 12.9% | 41.1% | 14.2% | 33.5% | 9.2% | 30.0% |
| Kershaw | 11.7% | 49.5% | 9.6% | 31.5% | 7.2% | 27.5% | 8.1% | 25.6% |
| Lancaster | 10.3% | 39.6% | 7.5% | 22.6% | 8.7% | 32.7% | 8.4% | 25.2% |
| Laurens | 9.3% | 31.0% | 7.5% | 21.1% | 9.0% | 22.3% | 11.2% | 21.9% |
| Lee | 15.3% | 67.7% | 12.0% | 41.8% | 8.3% | 42.0% | 6.9% | 30.7% |
| Lexington | 11.0% | 45.9% | 7.1% | 32.0% | 6.5% | 24.2% | 6.9% | 20.6% |
| McCormick | 14.6% | 55.1% | 15.0% | 34.0% | 10.0% | 31.5% | 7.4% | 26.4% |
| Marion | 16.2% | 59.9% | 12.1% | 39.4% | 12.7% | 41.6% | 10.4% | 32.4% |
| Marlboro | 17.7% | 56.0% | 13.7% | 36.6% | 16.6% | 37.3% | 13.2% | 29.4% |
| Newberry | 12.1% | 38.0% | 8.2% | 21.8% | 7.9% | 28.7% | 11.1% | 28.4% |
| Oconee | 16.5% | 30.7% | 12.9% | 24.1% | 10.3% | 22.4% | 10.2% | 15.5% |
| Orangeburg | 14.8% | 60.0% | 11.1% | 39.4% | 10.0% | 36.1% | 8.9% | 29.2% |
| Pickens | 12.5% | 31.6% | 9.6% | 23.7% | 11.6% | 20.5% | 12.5% | 26.1% |
| Richland | 9.5% | 39.2% | 8.2% | 26.2% | 7.3% | 22.4% | 7.6% | 20.2% |
| Saluda | 17.8% | 39.5% | 14.6% | 35.8% | 10.4% | 34.4% | 9.1% | 28.4% |
| Spartanburg | 12.3% | 40.1% | 9.6% | 30.3% | 8.1% | 26.1% | 8.5% | 25.4% |
| Sumter | 12.0% | 59.7% | 7.8% | 43.2% | 8.8% | 35.6% | 6.9% | 26.4% |
| Union | 12.4% | 32.6% | 8.2% | 20.8% | 11.6% | 29.5% | 9.3% | 24.7% |
| Williamsburg | 20.5% | 66.6% | 10.8% | 38.3% | 10.3% | 39.0% | 14.6% | 34.4% |
| York | 10.0% | 35.8% | 6.9% | 24.6% | 6.8% | 24.5% | 7.1% | 21.3% |
| South Carolina | 12.3% | 49.7% | 9.2% | 33.2% | 8.5% | 31.4% | 8.5% | 26.3% |
* White and other
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census of Population and Housing, 1970-2000.