In 2023, 13.9 percent of South Carolina's population lived below the poverty line. This was a slight decrease from the previous year, when about 14 percent of South Carolina residents lived below the poverty line. The poverty rate of the United States since 1990 can be accessed here.

Graph and download economic data for Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Anderson County, SC (S1701ACS045007) from 2012 to 2023 about Anderson County, SC; Anderson; SC; poverty; percent; 5-year; population; and USA.

In South Carolina, the poverty rate is 14.2% and the uninsured rate is 10.0%. Percent of people below the federal poverty line and the share without health insurance. Source: ACS 5-year estimates (derived).

Graph and download economic data for Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Dorchester County, SC (S1701ACS045035) from 2012 to 2023 about Dorchester County, SC; Charleston; SC; poverty; percent; 5-year; population; and USA.

Graph and download economic data for Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Kershaw County, SC (S1701ACS045055) from 2012 to 2023 about Kershaw County, SC; Columbia; SC; poverty; percent; 5-year; population; and USA.

Graph and download economic data for Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Horry County, SC (S1701ACS045051) from 2012 to 2023 about Horry County, SC; Myrtle Beach; SC; poverty; percent; 5-year; population; and USA.

Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Orangeburg County, SC was 23.90% in January of 2023, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Orangeburg County, SC reached a record high of 25.00 in January of 2022 and a record low of 23.10 in January of 2020. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Orangeburg County, SC - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on November of 2025.

Graph and download economic data for Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Chesterfield County, SC (S1701ACS045025) from 2012 to 2023 about Chesterfield County, SC; SC; poverty; percent; 5-year; population; and USA.

Graph and download economic data for Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Greenwood County, SC (S1701ACS045047) from 2012 to 2023 about Greenwood County, SC; SC; poverty; percent; 5-year; population; and USA.

Graph and download economic data for Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Clarendon County, SC (S1701ACS045027) from 2012 to 2023 about Clarendon County, SC; SC; poverty; percent; 5-year; population; and USA.

Graph and download economic data for Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Union County, SC (S1701ACS045087) from 2012 to 2023 about Union County, SC; SC; poverty; percent; 5-year; population; and USA.

Graph and download economic data for Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Richland County, SC (S1701ACS045079) from 2012 to 2023 about Richland County, SC; Columbia; SC; poverty; percent; 5-year; population; and USA.

Graph and download economic data for Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Spartanburg County, SC (S1701ACS045083) from 2012 to 2023 about Spartanburg County, SC; Spartanburg; SC; poverty; percent; 5-year; population; and USA.

Graph and download economic data for Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Berkeley County, SC (S1701ACS045015) from 2012 to 2023 about Berkeley County, SC; Charleston; SC; poverty; percent; 5-year; population; and USA.

This survey was conducted to obtain baseline data as part of an evaluation of the Southern Rural Access Program (SRAP), a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation initiative to improve access to health care services in select rural areas of eight states: Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, West Virginia, and eastern Texas. Within these states, 150 nonmetropolitan counties were selected for SRAP participation based on perceived local health needs, willingness of local organizations and providers to partner with the program's efforts, and prospects for long-term program viability. The SRAP counties demonstrated greater socioeconomic need than other nonmetropolitan counties in the eight states: approximately 50 percent higher poverty rates, 30 percent higher unemployment, and 40 percent greater minority proportions. Topics covered by the survey include health status, health insurance coverage, health care access challenges, confidence in and satisfaction with health care, and utilization of outpatient services including specific disease prevention services. Personal demographic characteristics collected by the survey include age, sex, race, Hispanic origin, primary language spoken at home, marital status, educational achievement, work status, income, number of children at home, and the state, county, town, and ZIP code of residence. The data file also contains county-level and Primary Care Service Area (PCSA)-level contextual variables from external sources, such as population size, population composition by race, number of hospital beds, and variables indicating the presence of short term hospitals and Federally Qualified Health Centers.

Graph and download economic data for Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Orangeburg County, SC (S1701ACS045075) from 2012 to 2023 about Orangeburg County, SC; SC; poverty; percent; 5-year; population; and USA.

Graph and download economic data for Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Charleston County, SC (S1701ACS045019) from 2012 to 2023 about Charleston County, SC; Charleston; SC; poverty; percent; 5-year; population; and USA.

Graph and download economic data for Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Pickens County, SC (S1701ACS045077) from 2012 to 2023 about Pickens County, SC; Greenville; SC; poverty; percent; 5-year; population; and USA.

Graph and download economic data for Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Beaufort County, SC (S1701ACS045013) from 2012 to 2023 about Beaufort County, SC; SC; poverty; percent; 5-year; population; and USA.

Graph and download economic data for Percent of Population Below the Poverty Level (5-year estimate) in Lexington County, SC (S1701ACS045063) from 2012 to 2023 about Lexington County, SC; Columbia; SC; poverty; percent; 5-year; population; and USA.