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Poverty Status by Age in South Carolina

• Two age groups that tend to be strongly affected by poverty are children and the elderly.
   
• According to 2000 Census data, 18.8 percent of children under 18 in South Carolina and 16.6 percent of children under 18 in the United States lived below poverty in 1999.
   
• 17.0 percent of people age 75 and over in South Carolina and 11.5 percent of people age 75 and over in the United States lived below poverty in 1999.
   

Poverty Status by Age in 1999

Under Age 5

	South Carolina		United States
	#	%	#	%
Total Population Under Age 5	259,831	100.0	18,726,688	100.0
Below Poverty	52,453	20.2	3,412,025	18.2
Above Poverty	207,378	79.8	15,314,663	81.8

 

Age 5

	South Carolina		United States
	#	%	#	%
Total Age 5 Population	52,323	100.0	3,909,962	100.0
Below Poverty	10,403	19.9	689,664	17.6
Above Poverty	41,920	80.1	3,220,298	82.4

 

Ages 6 to 11

	South Carolina		United States
	#	%	#	%
Total Population Ages 6 to 11	348,631	100.0	24,587,815	100.0
Below Poverty	66,197	19.0	4,148,573	16.9
Above Poverty	282,434	81.0	20,439,242	83.1

 

Ages 12 to 17

	South Carolina		United States
	#	%	#	%
Total Population Aged 12 to 17 Years	333,563	100.0	23,700,796	100.0
Below Poverty	58,222	17.5	3,496,596	14.8
Above Poverty	275,341	82.5	20,204,200	85.2

 

Ages 18 to 24

	South Carolina		United States
	#	%	#	%
Total Population Aged 18 to 24 Years	345,628	100.0	24,336,119	100.0
Below Poverty	75,362	21.8	5,098,584	21.0
Above Poverty	270,266	78.2	19,237,535	79.0

 

Ages 25 to 34

	South Carolina		United States
	#	%	#	%
Total Population Aged 25 to 34	538,096	100.0	38,757,567	100.0
Below Poverty	64,564	12.0	4,548,547	11.7
Above Poverty	473,532	88.0	34,209,020	88.3

 

Ages 35 to 44

	South Carolina		United States
	#	%	#	%
Total Population Aged 35 to 44	627,189	100.0	45,232,905	100.0
Below Poverty	65,408	10.4	4,235,740	9.4
Above Poverty	561,781	89.6	40,997,165	90.6

 

Ages 45 to 54

	South Carolina		United States
	#	%	#	%
Total Population Aged 45 to 54	542531	100.0	37278189	100.0
Below Poverty	50,042	9.2	2,819,338	7.6
Above Poverty	492,489	90.8	34,458,851	92.4

 

Ages 55 to 64

	South Carolina		United States
	#	%	#	%
Total Population Ages 55 to 64	369,690	100.0	24,005,643	100.0
Below Poverty	40,530	11.0	2,162,971	9.0
Above Poverty	329,160	89.0	21,842,672	91.0

 

Ages 65 to 74

	South Carolina		United States
	#	%	#	%
Total Population Ages 65 to 74	270,294	100.0	18,253,226	100.0
Below Poverty	31,507	11.7	1,550,969	8.5
Above Poverty	238,787	88.3	16,702,257	91.5

 

Ages 75 and Over

	South Carolina		United States
	#	%	#	%
Total Population Aged 75 Years and Over	195,553	100.0	15,093,322	100.0
Below Poverty	33,181	17.0	1,736,805	11.5
Above Poverty	162,372	83.0	13,356,517	88.5

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000. SF3, Table PCT49.