13-16. Persons for Whom Poverty Status is Determined Below Poverty in 1989 by Age and County


                              PERSONS BELOW POVERTY IN 1989
                    
               Total All                         Total                65 and
  County          Ages     Under 5     5-17     Under 18     18-64     Over

Abbeville 3,110 414 633 1,047 1,430 633 Aiken 16,671 1,886 4,339 6,225 7,984 2,462 Allendale 3,837 475 1,226 1,701 1,587 549 Anderson 17,179 1,792 3,818 5,610 7,908 3,661 Bamberg 4,547 494 1,494 1,988 2,011 548 Barnwell 4,367 516 1,348 1,864 1,917 586 Beaufort 10,801 1,411 2,904 4,315 5,042 1,444 Berkeley 15,672 2,054 4,544 6,598 7,461 1,613 Calhoun 2,546 326 649 975 1,124 447 Charleston 48,508 6,118 12,847 18,965 24,286 5,057 Cherokee 6,523 721 1,521 2,242 2,956 1,325 Chester 5,381 647 1,431 2,078 2,339 964 Chesterfield 7,354 916 1,658 2,574 3,410 1,370 Clarendon 8,160 881 2,203 3,084 3,910 1,166 Colleton 7,950 720 2,205 2,925 3,731 1,294 Darlington 12,043 1,261 3,268 4,529 5,513 2,001 Dillon 8,114 862 2,573 3,435 3,416 1,263 Dorchester 9,360 1,132 2,119 3,251 4,787 1,322 Edgefield 3,026 395 769 1,164 1,388 474 Fairfield 4,501 541 1,134 1,675 2,077 749 Florence 22,500 2,456 6,074 8,530 10,593 3,377 Georgetown 9,307 974 3,030 4,004 4,042 1,261 Greenville 32,652 3,884 7,093 10,977 15,919 5,756 Greenwood 8,873 995 2,275 3,270 4,002 1,601 Hampton 4,989 492 1,674 2,166 2,053 770 Horry 21,358 2,220 5,459 7,679 10,836 2,843 Jasper 3,866 460 1,194 1,654 1,585 627 Kershaw 5,559 517 1,374 1,891 2,679 989 Lancaster 7,959 1,024 2,022 3,046 3,547 1,385 Laurens 7,259 832 1,780 2,612 3,226 1,421 Lee 5,410 1,320 1,566 2,182 2,533 695 Lexington 13,981 126 3,327 4,647 7,316 2,018 McCormick 1,705 1,005 482 608 755 342 Marion 9,613 897 2,997 4,002 4,162 1,449 Marlboro 7,640 625 2,022 2,919 3,545 1,176 Newberry 4,948 580 1,272 1,897 2,071 980 Oconee 6,492 1,955 1,369 1,949 3,188 1,355 Orangeburg 20,171 710 5,698 7,653 9,304 3,214 Pickens 10,735 3,974 1,588 2,298 6,907 1,530 Richland 35,783 265 8,304 12,278 19,737 3,768 Saluda 2,925 265 787 1,052 1,423 450 Spartanburg 26,053 2,859 6,032 8,891 12,200 4,962 Sumter 19,550 2,420 5,608 8,028 9,083 2,439 Union 5,102 446 1,195 1,641 2,348 1,113 Williamsburg 10,487 997 3,250 4,247 4,608 1,632 York 13,207 1,299 3,208 4,507 6,689 2,011 SOUTH CAROLINA 517,793 57,510 133,363 190,873 248,828 78,092
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census, S.C. Summary Tape File 3A, Table P117.

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