13-8. Median Income of Households and Families in South Carolina by County:
1979 and 1989

                  MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME       MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME

                                    Percent                       Percent
                                     Change                        Change
  County           1979      1989  1979-1989   1979       1989   1979-1989

Abbeville        $13,735   $23,170   68.7    $16,477    $28,501    73.0
Aiken            $16,006   $29,994   87.4    $18,429    $35,307    91.6
Allendale         $9,646   $15,013   55.6    $11,878    $18,227    53.5
Anderson         $15,435   $25,748   66.8    $17,587    $31,228    77.6
Bamberg          $10,486   $17,496   66.9    $12,241    $21,378    74.6
                                          
Barnwell         $12,640   $23,501   85.9    $14,832    $28,571    92.6
Beaufort         $15,490   $30,450   96.6    $17,044    $34,534   102.6
Berkeley         $16,200   $29,106   79.7    $17,562    $30,913    76.0
Calhoun          $12,527   $23,750   89.6    $14,926    $28,678    92.1
Charleston       $14,826   $26,875   81.3    $17,211    $31,374    82.3

Cherokee         $14,801   $24,655   66.6    $17,116    $28,925    69.0
Chester          $13,922   $23,054   65.6    $16,610    $26,812    61.4
Chesterfield     $12,277   $21,069   71.6    $14,410    $25,559    77.4
Clarendon        $11,108   $17,645   58.8    $12,652    $21,207    67.6
Colleton         $11,668   $20,617   76.7    $13,765    $25,508    85.3

Darlington       $12,989   $22,642   74.3    $15,523    $26,754    72.4
Dillon           $10,909   $18,365   68.3    $12,748    $22,144    73.7
Dorchester       $17,169   $30,764   79.2    $18,843    $34,209    81.5
Edgefield        $12,101   $23,021   90.2    $14,537    $28,613    96.8
Fairfield        $12,563   $21,484   71.0    $15,171    $25,781    69.9

Florence         $13,914   $24,264   74.4    $15,798    $28,718    81.8
Georgetown       $14,325   $23,981   67.4    $16,542    $27,448    65.9
Greenville       $15,998   $29,088   81.8    $18,810    $34,560    83.7
Greenwood        $14,612   $23,584   61.4    $17,868    $29,385    64.5
Hampton          $10,855   $18,615   71.5    $13,052    $22,964    75.9

Horry            $13,485   $24,959   85.1    $15,249    $28,504    86.9
Jasper           $10,804   $18,071   67.3    $12,695    $22,409    76.5
Kershaw          $15,077   $28,282   87.6    $17,493    $31,562    80.4
Lancaster        $15,756   $25,320   60.7    $18,047    $29,864    65.5
Laurens          $15,025   $24,905   65.8    $17,515    $29,195    66.7

Lee              $11,322   $18,174   60.5    $13,026    $22,201    70.4
Lexington        $18,253   $32,914   80.3    $20,562    $37,358    81.7
McCormick        $11,756   $19,226   63.5    $14,438    $24,040    66.5
Marion           $11,351   $17,825   57.0    $13,518    $21,873    61.8
Marlboro         $11,744   $18,068   53.8    $14,139    $22,231    57.2

Newberry         $14,389   $23,405   62.7    $17,379    $28,005    61.1
Oconee           $13,635   $25,723   88.7    $16,101    $30,858    91.7
Orangeburg       $11,520   $20,216   75.5    $13,659    $24,473    79.2
Pickens          $15,586   $26,336   69.0    $17,920    $32,492    81.3
Richland         $15,691   $28,848   83.9    $18,597    $34,357    84.7

Saluda           $12,103   $22,176   83.2    $14,364    $27,466    91.2
Spartanburg      $15,094   $26,941   78.5    $17,453    $31,857    82.5
Sumter           $12,191   $22,387   83.6    $14,078    $25,683    82.4
Union            $14,183   $21,526   51.8    $16,523    $26,003    57.4
Williamsburg     $11,758   $18,409   56.6    $13,383    $21,985    64.3
York             $17,075   $31,288   83.2    $19,336    $35,875    85.5

SOUTH CAROLINA   $14,711   $26,256   78.5    $16,978    $30,797    81.4

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