Percent Change in Persons Below Poverty Level by Race and Hispanic Origin by County (1989-1999)
| County | White | Black | Other Races 1/ | Hispanic or Latino 2/ | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Change in Number 1989-1999 | Percent Change 1989-1999 | Change in Number 1989-1999 | Percent Change 1989-1999 | Change in Number 1989-1999 | Percent Change 1989-1999 | Change in Number 1989-1999 | Percent Change 1989-1999 | |
| Abbeville | 429 | 32.9 | -159 | -8.8 | 105 | 2,100.0 | 71 | 100.0 |
| Aiken | 1,321 | 16.5 | 539 | 6.3 | 924 | 1,050.0 | 704 | 581.8 |
| Allendale | -15 | -3.6 | -449 | -13.2 | 93 | 422.7 | 57 | 228.0 |
| Anderson | 1,479 | 14.1 | 345 | 5.2 | 636 | 795.0 | 255 | 344.6 |
| Bamberg | -158 | -14.9 | -36 | -1.0 | 50 | 555.6 | -16 | -36.4 |
| Barnwell | 461 | 42.8 | -74 | -2.3 | 80 | 1,142.9 | 37 | 370.0 |
| Beaufort | 2,063 | 72.2 | -1,529 | -20.0 | 859 | 272.7 | 1,713 | 550.8 |
| Berkeley | -74 | -1.1 | -246 | -2.9 | 714 | 210.6 | 161 | 59.9 |
| Calhoun | 272 | 71.8 | -412 | -19.0 | 33 | 0.0 | 43 | 614.3 |
| Charleston | 2,198 | 15.8 | -3,198 | -9.4 | 1,822 | 363.7 | 1,618 | 319.1 |
| Cherokee | 978 | 26.2 | -421 | -15.3 | 96 | 228.6 | 119 | 100.0 |
| Chester | 380 | 24.5 | -623 | -16.5 | 19 | 36.5 | -24 | -32.9 |
| Chesterfield | 450 | 15.0 | 500 | 11.5 | 257 | 2,141.7 | 250 | 2,777.8 |
| Clarendon | 126 | 8.7 | -1,419 | -21.3 | 297 | 660.0 | 165 | 191.9 |
| Colleton | 763 | 43.6 | -790 | -12.9 | 91 | 133.8 | 20 | 41.7 |
| Darlington | 307 | 8.3 | 761 | 9.2 | 315 | 543.1 | 97 | 126.0 |
| Dillon | -355 | -14.8 | -695 | -12.6 | 247 | 114.9 | 202 | 2,525.0 |
| Dorchester | -909 | -20.5 | 466 | 9.9 | 191 | 89.7 | 39 | 36.4 |
| Edgefield | 475 | 67.4 | -162 | -7.1 | 68 | 206.1 | 25 | 89.3 |
| Fairfield | 148 | 19.3 | -166 | -4.5 | 35 | 318.2 | 24 | 218.2 |
| Florence | -512 | -8.1 | -2,366 | -14.7 | 441 | 445.5 | 278 | 305.5 |
| Georgetown | 89 | 3.7 | -164 | -2.4 | 207 | 405.9 | 244 | 4,066.7 |
| Greenville | 2,664 | 14.6 | 1,177 | 8.4 | 2,332 | 602.6 | 3,289 | 1,015.1 |
| Greenwood | 164 | 4.7 | -515 | -9.7 | 558 | 754.1 | 919 | 7,658.3 |
| Hampton | -372 | -32.3 | -417 | -10.9 | 77 | 7,700.0 | -3 | -10.7 |
| Horry | 2,391 | 21.3 | -1,708 | -17.2 | 1,315 | 718.6 | 948 | 421.3 |
| Jasper | -137 | -14.9 | -19 | -0.6 | 286 | 4,766.7 | 344 | 6,880.0 |
| Kershaw | 819 | 37.3 | 121 | 3.6 | 169 | 0.0 | 134 | 1,914.3 |
| Lancaster | 84 | 2.4 | -616 | -13.8 | 153 | 1,912.5 | 171 | 777.3 |
| Laurens | 1,796 | 50.1 | 264 | 7.3 | 329 | 491.0 | 408 | 3,138.5 |
| Lee | -111 | -19.8 | -1,259 | -26.3 | -31 | -48.4 | 39 | 78.0 |
| Lexington | 2,988 | 31.6 | 1,088 | 24.8 | 1,274 | 843.7 | 1,110 | 948.7 |
| McCormick | -9 | -3.0 | -201 | -14.3 | 31 | 0.0 | 23 | 383.3 |
| Marion | -395 | -20.6 | -1,254 | -16.4 | 153 | 209.6 | 130 | 178.1 |
| Marlboro | -711 | -30.2 | -1,215 | -23.6 | 168 | 123.5 | -20 | -76.9 |
| Newberry | 843 | 50.8 | 80 | 2.5 | 113 | 221.6 | 686 | 3,610.5 |
| Oconee | 631 | 11.8 | -283 | -25.5 | 235 | 758.1 | 137 | 147.3 |
| Orangeburg | -424 | -12.5 | -1,148 | -6.9 | 249 | 216.5 | 110 | 207.5 |
| Pickens | 2,494 | 27.1 | 492 | 38.8 | 484 | 185.4 | 203 | 281.9 |
| Richland | 708 | 6.6 | 2,509 | 10.4 | 1,386 | 140.9 | 788 | 146.2 |
| Saluda | 13 | 1.2 | -218 | -12.0 | 231 | 0.0 | 435 | 8,700.0 |
| Spartanburg | 1,917 | 13.7 | 1,005 | 8.6 | 1,419 | 476.2 | 1,396 | 646.3 |
| Sumter | -1,046 | -22.7 | -2,400 | -16.2 | 347 | 369.1 | 286 | 336.5 |
| Union | -567 | -23.3 | -367 | -13.8 | 62 | 1,550.0 | 74 | 1,057.1 |
| Williamsburg | 440 | 32.9 | -738 | -8.1 | 105 | 1,050.0 | -19 | -31.1 |
| York | 2,057 | 30.3 | 185 | 3.0 | 633 | 331.4 | 726 | 981.1 |
| South Carolina | 26,153 | 13.2 | -15,735 | -5.0 | 19,658 | 360.4 | 18,396 | 454.9 |
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.