Lowest poverty rate in South Carolina

South Carolina counties and cities ranked by poverty rate.

This page ranks the counties and cities of South Carolina by poverty rate — which have the lowest poverty rate, according to the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

Among counties, York County leads at 8.9%.

Among cities & places, Abney Crossroads leads at 0.0%.

Counties

#	Name	Poverty rate
1	York County	8.9%
2	Berkeley County	10.3%
3	Beaufort County	10.5%
4	Greenville County	11.0%
5	Lexington County	11.4%
6	Dorchester County	11.5%
7	Charleston County	11.6%
8	Lancaster County	12.3%
9	Horry County	12.8%
10	Aiken County	13.9%
11	Kershaw County	14.1%
12	Abbeville County	14.1%
13	Anderson County	14.4%
14	Georgetown County	14.4%
15	Spartanburg County	14.5%
16	Newberry County	16.0%
17	Calhoun County	16.3%
18	Sumter County	16.4%
19	Oconee County	16.4%
20	Edgefield County	16.4%
21	Richland County	16.9%
22	Fairfield County	16.9%
23	Greenwood County	17.1%
24	Pickens County	17.2%
25	Laurens County	17.6%
26	McCormick County	18.0%
27	Florence County	18.3%
28	Jasper County	18.3%
29	Cherokee County	18.5%
30	Clarendon County	18.5%
31	Colleton County	18.7%
32	Chester County	19.3%
33	Saluda County	19.4%
34	Hampton County	20.0%
35	Chesterfield County	20.2%
36	Darlington County	20.3%
37	Bamberg County	21.6%
38	Union County	22.7%
39	Lee County	23.3%
40	Williamsburg County	23.6%
41	Orangeburg County	23.9%
42	Marlboro County	26.2%
43	Allendale County	26.5%
44	Marion County	27.3%
45	Barnwell County	28.5%
46	Dillon County	29.2%

Cities & places

Top 100.

#	Name	Poverty rate
1	Abney Crossroads	0.0%
2	Ashwood	0.0%
3	Boykin	0.0%
4	Browntown	0.0%
5	Caesars Head	0.0%
6	Cherokee Falls	0.0%
7	Cokesbury	0.0%
8	DeBordieu Colony	0.0%
9	Dunbar	0.0%
10	Foreston	0.0%
11	Glenn Springs	0.0%
12	Gramling	0.0%
13	Green Sea	0.0%
14	Islandton	0.0%
15	Ketchuptown	0.0%
16	Live Oak	0.0%
17	Longcreek	0.0%
18	Pauline	0.0%
19	Pomaria	0.0%
20	Princeton	0.0%
21	Rains	0.0%
22	Rembert	0.0%
23	Shiloh	0.0%
24	Tamassee	0.0%
25	Fripp Island	0.5%
26	Tega Cay	0.6%
27	Lake Murray of Richland	0.7%
28	Pimlico	1.1%
29	India Hook	1.1%
30	Jamestown	1.4%
31	South Union	1.5%
32	Isle of Palms	1.8%
33	Pinopolis	1.8%
34	Cateechee	1.9%
35	Keowee Key	1.9%
36	Smoaks	2.0%
37	Tatum	2.1%
38	Five Forks	2.1%
39	Reidville	2.4%
40	Rockville	2.4%
41	Daufuskie Island	2.5%
42	Kiawah Island	2.7%
43	Arcadia Lakes	2.8%
44	North Santee	3.2%
45	Danwood	3.4%
46	Murphys Estates	3.5%
47	Edisto Beach	3.5%
48	Blythewood	3.6%
49	Fort Mill	3.7%
50	Lesslie	4.0%
51	Smyrna	4.0%
52	Harbor Island	4.2%
53	Ulmer	4.2%
54	Elgin	4.4%
55	Shell Point	4.4%
56	McClellanville	4.5%
57	Riverview	4.6%
58	Seabrook Island	4.6%
59	Furman	4.7%
60	Elgin	4.8%
61	Bluffton	4.8%
62	Windsor	4.9%
63	Stateburg	4.9%
64	Dacusville	5.1%
65	Peak	5.1%
66	Wisacky	5.1%
67	Van Wyck	5.2%
68	Pawleys Island	5.2%
69	Chapin	5.2%
70	St. Charles	5.3%
71	Gilbert	5.3%
72	James Island	5.4%
73	Cane Savannah	5.5%
74	Lake Secession	5.6%
75	Moncks Corner	5.6%
76	Mount Pleasant	5.8%
77	Baxter Village	5.9%
78	Forestbrook	6.0%
79	Simpsonville	6.1%
80	Six Mile	6.1%
81	North Myrtle Beach	6.1%
82	Buford	6.4%
83	Carlisle	6.4%
84	Murrells Inlet	6.4%
85	Mount Croghan	6.5%
86	Goose Creek	6.6%
87	Summit	6.7%
88	White Knoll	6.7%
89	North Augusta	6.9%
90	Chickasaw Point	7.0%
91	Welcome	7.0%
92	Centerville	7.3%
93	Lexington	7.4%
94	Warrenville	7.5%
95	West Union	7.6%
96	Finklea	7.9%
97	Ware Place	7.9%
98	Irmo	8.1%
99	Reevesville	8.1%
100	Jackson	8.1%

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