Families Below Poverty, 1969-1999
| County | 1969 | 1979 | 1989 | 1999 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | |
| Abbeville | 891 | 16.7% | 712 | 11.5% | 720 | 10.9% | 738 | 10.1% |
| Aiken | 3,336 | 14.3% | 3,047 | 10.5% | 3,693 | 11.0% | 4,175 | 10.6% |
| Allendale | 715 | 31.7% | 699 | 27.2% | 908 | 33.5% | 747 | 28.4% |
| Anderson | 3,642 | 12.8% | 3,672 | 9.7% | 3,601 | 8.6% | 4,328 | 9.1% |
| Bamberg | 992 | 28.5% | 961 | 21.8% | 982 | 23.1% | 1,021 | 23.9% |
| Barnwell | 1,011 | 24.6% | 800 | 15.6% | 960 | 17.6% | 1,169 | 17.9% |
| Beaufort | 2,387 | 23.2% | 2,086 | 13.3% | 2,534 | 11.0% | 2,681 | 8.0% |
| Berkeley | 3,456 | 26.1% | 2,997 | 12.2% | 3,626 | 10.5% | 3,664 | 9.7% |
| Calhoun | 880 | 34.4% | 534 | 17.3% | 549 | 16.0% | 568 | 13.2% |
| Charleston | 11,003 | 19.4% | 9,796 | 14.5% | 10,181 | 13.8% | 9,643 | 12.4% |
| Cherokee | 1,395 | 14.7% | 1,217 | 11.1% | 1,408 | 11.3% | 1,616 | 11.0% |
| Chester | 1,543 | 20.4% | 1,001 | 12.6% | 1,125 | 13.0% | 1,118 | 11.9% |
| Chesterfield | 1,866 | 22.3% | 1,625 | 15.9% | 1,642 | 15.6% | 1,973 | 16.7% |
| Clarendon | 2,360 | 42.5% | 1,681 | 24.6% | 1,902 | 25.3% | 1,601 | 18.7% |
| Colleton | 2,084 | 31.7% | 1,697 | 20.8% | 1,853 | 19.8% | 1,829 | 17.3% |
| Darlington | 3,070 | 23.4% | 2,990 | 18.5% | 2,643 | 15.7% | 3,042 | 16.4% |
| Dillon | 2,105 | 33.0% | 1,815 | 24.4% | 1,644 | 22.1% | 1,572 | 16.4% |
| Dorchester | 1,599 | 20.7% | 1,740 | 11.3% | 2,045 | 9.2% | 1,883 | 7.1% |
| Edgefield | 1,052 | 29.4% | 893 | 20.2% | 675 | 13.7% | 807 | 13.0% |
| Fairfield | 1,403 | 31.2% | 951 | 18.5% | 914 | 16.1% | 1,096 | 17.2% |
| Florence | 4,804 | 21.9% | 4,883 | 17.3% | 4,794 | 15.9% | 4,609 | 13.5% |
| Georgetown | 2,260 | 29.6% | 1,944 | 17.9% | 1,979 | 15.8% | 2,126 | 13.4% |
| Greenville | 7,347 | 11.7% | 7,088 | 9.1% | 6,882 | 7.8% | 8,158 | 7.9% |
| Greenwood | 1,469 | 11.2% | 1,622 | 10.4% | 2,005 | 12.2% | 1,759 | 9.9% |
| Hampton | 1,206 | 31.1% | 1,134 | 21.1% | 1,087 | 22.0% | 954 | 17.8% |
| Horry | 4,417 | 25.2% | 3,941 | 14.2% | 4,695 | 11.6% | 4,575 | 8.3% |
| Jasper | 967 | 36.1% | 929 | 25.7% | 905 | 22.4% | 788 | 15.4% |
| Kershaw | 1,615 | 18.8% | 1,378 | 13.0% | 1,232 | 10.0% | 1,463 | 9.7% |
| Lancaster | 1,649 | 14.7% | 1,245 | 8.6% | 1,770 | 11.5% | 1,638 | 9.7% |
| Laurens | 1,580 | 13.0% | 1,175 | 8.8% | 1,548 | 9.7% | 2,194 | 11.6% |
| Lee | 1,573 | 39.8% | 1,135 | 24.3% | 1,118 | 23.9% | 875 | 17.7% |
| Lexington | 2,761 | 11.8% | 2,901 | 7.6% | 3,004 | 6.3% | 3,842 | 6.4% |
| McCormick | 597 | 33.9% | 391 | 20.4% | 409 | 19.8% | 391 | 15.1% |
| Marion | 2,270 | 31.8% | 1,714 | 20.3% | 2,181 | 24.1% | 1,808 | 18.9% |
| Marlboro | 1,736 | 27.4% | 1,515 | 19.4% | 1,633 | 21.5% | 1,301 | 17.7% |
| Newberry | 1,245 | 16.5% | 804 | 9.5% | 1,046 | 11.4% | 1,341 | 13.6% |
| Oconee | 1,638 | 14.9% | 1,472 | 10.6% | 1,391 | 8.1% | 1,489 | 7.6% |
| Orangeburg | 4,968 | 31.0% | 4,630 | 22.7% | 4,479 | 20.7% | 4,076 | 17.0% |
| Pickens | 1,846 | 12.3% | 1,562 | 7.6% | 1,763 | 7.3% | 2,222 | 7.8% |
| Richland | 7,591 | 15.5% | 7,131 | 11.6% | 6,882 | 10.1% | 7,717 | 10.0% |
| Saluda | 798 | 22.5% | 777 | 18.1% | 659 | 14.5% | 637 | 11.9% |
| Spartanburg | 6,438 | 14.1% | 5,909 | 10.7% | 5,533 | 8.8% | 6,401 | 9.2% |
| Sumter | 4,747 | 25.9% | 4,288 | 19.3% | 4,389 | 16.9% | 3,630 | 13.1% |
| Union | 1,148 | 15.4% | 738 | 8.8% | 1,145 | 13.4% | 947 | 11.1% |
| Williamsburg | 3,041 | 40.1% | 2,126 | 23.0% | 2,285 | 24.2% | 2,388 | 23.7% |
| York | 2,807 | 13.5% | 2,381 | 8.4% | 2,754 | 7.6% | 3,299 | 7.3% |
| South Carolina | 119,308 | 19.0% | 105,727 | 13.1% | 111,173 | 11.9% | 115,899 | 10.7% |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census of Population and Housing, 1970-2000.