# Counties in South Carolina by poverty rate (US five-year survey estimate), 2024

All 46 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `poverty_rate_acs`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People with income in the past 12 months below the official US poverty thresholds, as a percentage of people whose poverty status is determined. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B17001: population with income in the past 12 months below the poverty level as a percentage of the population for whom poverty status is determined, calculated with stored inputs (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b17001.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B17001: population with income in the past 12 months below the poverty level as a percentage of the population for whom poverty status is determined, calculated with stored inputs. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b17001.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/poverty-rate-acs/south-carolina-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Marion County | 30 |
| 2 | Marlboro County | 28.5 |
| 3 | Allendale County | 28.2 |
| 4 | Dillon County | 27.7 |
| 5 | Barnwell County | 25 |
| 6 | Lee County | 25 |
| 7 | Bamberg County | 24.3 |
| 8 | Williamsburg County | 23.3 |
| 9 | Union County | 22.6 |
| 10 | Orangeburg County | 22.4 |
| 11 | Darlington County | 21.1 |
| 12 | Hampton County | 20.7 |
| 13 | Chesterfield County | 20.3 |
| 14 | Colleton County | 19.6 |
| 15 | Saluda County | 18.7 |
| 16 | Chester County | 18.7 |
| 17 | Florence County | 18.7 |
| 18 | Cherokee County | 18.4 |
| 19 | Laurens County | 18.1 |
| 20 | Jasper County | 17.8 |
| 21 | Edgefield County | 17.8 |
| 22 | McCormick County | 17.6 |
| 23 | Oconee County | 17.6 |
| 24 | Newberry County | 17.4 |
| 25 | Richland County | 17.2 |
| 26 | Pickens County | 17.2 |
| 27 | Sumter County | 16.6 |
| 28 | Abbeville County | 15.7 |
| 29 | Fairfield County | 15.7 |
| 30 | Clarendon County | 15.4 |
| 31 | Greenwood County | 15.1 |
| 32 | Georgetown County | 15 |
| 33 | Anderson County | 14.6 |
| 34 | Spartanburg County | 14.5 |
| 35 | Aiken County | 14.3 |
| 36 | Horry County | 13.2 |
| 37 | Kershaw County | 13.2 |
| 38 | Calhoun County | 12.9 |
| 39 | Lancaster County | 11.4 |
| 40 | Dorchester County | 11.4 |
| 41 | Charleston County | 11.3 |
| 42 | Lexington County | 11.1 |
| 43 | Greenville County | 10.8 |
| 44 | Berkeley County | 9.9 |
| 45 | Beaufort County | 9.6 |
| 46 | York County | 8.4 |