Percentage of Families Below Poverty by Race, 1969-1999
| County | 1969 | 1979 | 1989 | 1999 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White | Black | White | Black | White | Black | White | Black | |
| Abbeville | 8.9% | 38.6% | 6.3% | 24.8% | 6.1% | 22.7% | 6.8% | 17.6% |
| Aiken | 8.2% | 39.3% | 6.8% | 24.2% | 6.7% | 26.6% | 6.6% | 22.4% |
| Allendale | 11.0% | 49.9% | 6.2% | 42.4% | 9.4% | 47.0% | 12.2% | 35.9% |
| Anderson | 10.1% | 28.7% | 7.5% | 22.7% | 5.9% | 24.6% | 6.6% | 22.1% |
| Bamberg | 11.6% | 50.7% | 11.0% | 33.3% | 12.1% | 32.5% | 11.3% | 33.0% |
| Barnwell | 10.1% | 53.1% | 9.0% | 27.4% | 7.0% | 34.9% | 7.7% | 32.0% |
| Beaufort | 10.1% | 53.9% | 5.2% | 31.8% | 4.0% | 31.1% | 4.3% | 20.3% |
| Berkeley | 15.7% | 57.4% | 7.8% | 28.5% | 6.2% | 25.8% | 5.5% | 20.8% |
| Calhoun | 14.4% | 54.9% | 6.1% | 30.4% | 5.2% | 29.9% | 6.2% | 21.9% |
| Charleston | 9.8% | 44.6% | 6.1% | 32.2% | 5.0% | 31.3% | 4.2% | 27.8% |
| Cherokee | 11.2% | 35.5% | 8.3% | 24.3% | 7.8% | 28.3% | 8.8% | 19.6% |
| Chester | 10.7% | 43.7% | 5.4% | 28.2% | 5.8% | 26.5% | 6.3% | 22.1% |
| Chesterfield | 14.4% | 44.5% | 9.9% | 31.5% | 8.6% | 32.0% | 9.7% | 30.9% |
| Clarendon | 17.0% | 65.4% | 10.7% | 38.1% | 10.2% | 39.1% | 7.4% | 29.9% |
| Colleton | 14.9% | 58.3% | 9.5% | 37.6% | 7.1% | 37.5% | 8.9% | 30.0% |
| Darlington | 11.6% | 50.5% | 9.5% | 35.8% | 7.3% | 31.0% | 7.5% | 29.3% |
| Dillon | 16.3% | 64.8% | 14.3% | 41.2% | 10.6% | 38.3% | 9.5% | 31.4% |
| Dorchester | 10.8% | 45.0% | 6.1% | 29.2% | 5.1% | 25.1% | 3.3% | 19.2% |
| Edgefield | 20.2% | 42.6% | 15.3% | 26.9% | 5.3% | 25.6% | 7.2% | 22.4% |
| Fairfield | 11.3% | 51.2% | 7.4% | 29.0% | 5.6% | 25.7% | 8.4% | 24.0% |
| Florence | 10.0% | 48.6% | 8.9% | 35.1% | 6.5% | 33.7% | 5.8% | 26.4% |
| Georgetown | 14.5% | 53.0% | 8.0% | 33.9% | 6.4% | 31.3% | 5.1% | 29.4% |
| Greenville | 8.5% | 31.9% | 6.2% | 24.4% | 4.8% | 22.7% | 5.0% | 20.3% |
| Greenwood | 7.0% | 25.5% | 5.7% | 24.2% | 6.3% | 28.4% | 5.1% | 19.5% |
| Hampton | 15.6% | 53.2% | 10.2% | 39.7% | 10.7% | 33.9% | 6.3% | 27.3% |
| Horry | 17.5% | 58.6% | 9.6% | 35.1% | 7.1% | 36.9% | 5.6% | 23.8% |
| Jasper | 15.7% | 55.8% | 10.9% | 39.0% | 11.2% | 32.3% | 4.3% | 24.9% |
| Kershaw | 9.3% | 46.5% | 7.2% | 29.6% | 5.4% | 23.2% | 5.6% | 22.1% |
| Lancaster | 9.7% | 36.4% | 5.4% | 20.6% | 6.4% | 30.7% | 5.9% | 22.0% |
| Laurens | 8.0% | 28.6% | 5.5% | 18.4% | 6.2% | 20.2% | 8.8% | 19.4% |
| Lee | 13.1% | 67.1% | 9.4% | 37.1% | 4.7% | 38.0% | 2.1% | 27.8% |
| Lexington | 9.0% | 39.0% | 5.7% | 28.9% | 4.5% | 22.6% | 4.6% | 18.1% |
| McCormick | 11.4% | 54.6% | 10.3% | 28.9% | 7.1% | 30.2% | 5.9% | 25.5% |
| Marion | 14.0% | 54.7% | 9.2% | 33.9% | 9.8% | 38.7% | 7.6% | 28.9% |
| Marlboro | 14.1% | 49.3% | 10.4% | 31.9% | 13.7% | 31.8% | 10.7% | 25.0% |
| Newberry | 9.5% | 36.2% | 6.2% | 18.5% | 5.4% | 24.7% | 7.3% | 26.8% |
| Oconee | 13.5% | 30.8% | 9.5% | 22.6% | 7.4% | 16.1% | 7.1% | 12.5% |
| Orangeburg | 11.7% | 53.4% | 8.5% | 37.2% | 7.0% | 33.0% | 5.9% | 25.3% |
| Pickens | 11.0% | 27.5% | 6.6% | 21.9% | 6.3% | 20.3% | 6.7% | 21.0% |
| Richland | 8.2% | 34.4% | 5.2% | 22.8% | 3.3% | 19.7% | 3.5% | 17.5% |
| Saluda | 16.4% | 39.5% | 11.9% | 32.2% | 8.1% | 31.4% | 5.6% | 26.2% |
| Spartanburg | 10.0% | 35.0% | 7.2% | 27.9% | 5.6% | 23.3% | 5.7% | 22.5% |
| Sumter | 10.8% | 52.9% | 6.6% | 38.8% | 7.0% | 31.9% | 5.1% | 22.9% |
| Union | 10.9% | 31.5% | 5.6% | 18.6% | 8.8% | 26.5% | 5.8% | 23.1% |
| Williamsburg | 18.0% | 59.5% | 8.3% | 34.2% | 7.7% | 36.2% | 10.3% | 31.3% |
| York | 8.1% | 35.9% | 5.1% | 23.4% | 4.4% | 22.5% | 4.6% | 19.0% |
| South Carolina | 10.5% | 44.7% | 7.1% | 29.9% | 5.9% | 28.5% | 5.6% | 23.5% |
* White and other
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census of Population and Housing, 1970-2000.