Persons Below Poverty Level by Race and Hispanic Origin by County (1999)
| County | White | Black | Other Races1/ | Hispanic Origin2/ | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number Below Poverty | Percent Below Poverty | Number Below Poverty | Percent Below Poverty | Number Below Poverty | Percent Below Poverty | Number Below Poverty | Percent Below Poverty | |
| Abbeville | 1,731 | 10.0 | 1,644 | 21.0 | 110 | 37.0 | 71 | 33.0 |
| Aiken | 9,350 | 9.3 | 9,093 | 25.8 | 1,012 | 22.6 | 825 | 27.0 |
| Allendale | 400 | 14.9 | 2,951 | 41.2 | 115 | 56.9 | 82 | 40.2 |
| Anderson | 11,972 | 9.0 | 6,951 | 25.5 | 716 | 23.3 | 329 | 20.7 |
| Bamberg | 904 | 14.9 | 3,440 | 35.7 | 59 | 42.8 | 28 | 20.4 |
| Barnwell | 1,539 | 12.0 | 3,208 | 32.1 | 87 | 24.3 | 47 | 33.1 |
| Beaufort | 4,921 | 6.1 | 6,099 | 22.2 | 1,174 | 20.4 | 2,024 | 27.7 |
| Berkeley | 6,778 | 7.3 | 8,235 | 23.1 | 1,053 | 13.0 | 430 | 12.1 |
| Calhoun | 651 | 8.7 | 1,755 | 24.2 | 33 | 11.8 | 50 | 25.5 |
| Charleston | 16,126 | 8.7 | 30,881 | 29.9 | 2,323 | 21.9 | 2,125 | 28.7 |
| Cherokee | 4,711 | 11.9 | 2,327 | 21.3 | 138 | 11.7 | 119 | 15.3 |
| Chester | 1,933 | 9.6 | 3,153 | 24.3 | 71 | 14.3 | 49 | 20.1 |
| Chesterfield | 3,459 | 12.8 | 4,833 | 34.7 | 269 | 25.4 | 259 | 34.0 |
| Clarendon | 1,580 | 11.2 | 5,242 | 32.1 | 342 | 58.4 | 251 | 53.6 |
| Colleton | 2,515 | 11.9 | 5,340 | 33.2 | 159 | 21.2 | 68 | 15.2 |
| Darlington | 4,016 | 10.7 | 9,037 | 32.9 | 373 | 30.6 | 174 | 26.3 |
| Dillon | 2,038 | 13.4 | 4,811 | 35.1 | 462 | 35.5 | 210 | 42.0 |
| Dorchester | 3,522 | 5.2 | 5,182 | 22.5 | 404 | 10.8 | 146 | 8.8 |
| Edgefield | 1,180 | 9.0 | 2,126 | 25.2 | 101 | 23.6 | 53 | 24.8 |
| Fairfield | 914 | 10.1 | 3,558 | 25.8 | 46 | 19.8 | 35 | 22.3 |
| Florence | 5,802 | 8.1 | 13,721 | 28.7 | 540 | 19.5 | 369 | 33.3 |
| Georgetown | 2,527 | 7.7 | 6,654 | 31.2 | 258 | 26.8 | 250 | 29.6 |
| Greenville | 20,972 | 7.3 | 15,134 | 22.4 | 2,719 | 17.8 | 3,613 | 26.2 |
| Greenwood | 3,659 | 8.7 | 4,789 | 23.8 | 632 | 32.5 | 931 | 51.2 |
| Hampton | 781 | 9.3 | 3,418 | 31.2 | 78 | 31.0 | 25 | 14.9 |
| Horry | 13,623 | 8.7 | 8,235 | 27.5 | 1,498 | 21.3 | 1,173 | 23.9 |
| Jasper | 780 | 9.2 | 2,924 | 30.1 | 292 | 25.1 | 349 | 30.7 |
| Kershaw | 3,016 | 8.1 | 3,483 | 25.6 | 169 | 15.8 | 141 | 16.5 |
| Lancaster | 3,591 | 8.4 | 3,847 | 25.2 | 161 | 15.8 | 193 | 23.1 |
| Laurens | 5,382 | 11.2 | 3,870 | 21.9 | 396 | 25.3 | 421 | 35.6 |
| Lee | 449 | 6.9 | 3,527 | 30.7 | 33 | 7.9 | 89 | 15.3 |
| Lexington | 12,430 | 6.9 | 5,476 | 20.6 | 1,425 | 20.7 | 1,227 | 25.5 |
| McCormick | 290 | 7.4 | 1,205 | 26.5 | 31 | 39.7 | 29 | 48.3 |
| Marion | 1,521 | 10.4 | 6,370 | 32.4 | 226 | 36.5 | 203 | 32.0 |
| Marlboro | 1,642 | 13.2 | 3,936 | 29.4 | 304 | 23.2 | 6 | 3.9 |
| Newberry | 2,501 | 11.1 | 3,319 | 28.4 | 164 | 16.8 | 705 | 44.7 |
| Oconee | 5,982 | 10.2 | 827 | 15.5 | 266 | 14.8 | 230 | 15.6 |
| Orangeburg | 2,980 | 8.9 | 15,504 | 29.2 | 364 | 22.2 | 163 | 24.7 |
| Pickens | 11,700 | 12.5 | 1,760 | 26.1 | 745 | 24.3 | 275 | 15.1 |
| Richland | 11,379 | 7.6 | 26,637 | 20.2 | 2,370 | 17.7 | 1,327 | 18.2 |
| Saluda | 1,122 | 9.1 | 1,598 | 28.4 | 231 | 22.6 | 440 | 31.9 |
| Spartanburg | 15,932 | 8.5 | 12,745 | 25.4 | 1,717 | 16.3 | 1,612 | 23.4 |
| Sumter | 3,553 | 6.9 | 12,457 | 26.5 | 441 | 14.3 | 371 | 24.6 |
| Union | 1,864 | 9.3 | 2,300 | 24.8 | 66 | 24.9 | 81 | 53.6 |
| Williamsburg | 1,777 | 14.6 | 8,402 | 34.4 | 115 | 40.2 | 42 | 27.8 |
| York | 8,844 | 7.1 | 6,414 | 21.3 | 824 | 14.7 | 800 | 27.0 |
| South Carolina | 224,339 | 8.6 | 298,418 | 26.4 | 25,112 | 19.6 | 22,440 | 25.4 |
1/: Other Races includes Asian, American Indian, Native Hawaiian, Some Other Race and Two or More Races.
2/: Persons of Hispanic Origin may be of any race.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2000 Census of Population and Housing.