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                                                                  % OF FAMILIES 
                                  % OF FAMILIES    % OF FAMILIES  WITH CHILDREN
                   PER CAPITA     BELOW POVERTY    BELOW POVERTY  BELOW POVERTY
                 INCOME IN 1989  LEVEL IN 1989 1/  LEVEL IN 1989  IN 1989   2/

County            Dollars  Rank   Percent Rank     Percent Rank   Percent Rank

Abbeville $10,214 26 13.5 35 10.9 34 14.5 34 Aiken $13,127 6 14.0 32 11.0 32 15.0 33 Allendale $7,458 46 35.8 1 33.5 1 42.9 1 Anderson $12,027 11 12.0 40 8.6 41 12.7 39 Bamberg $8,438 37 28.2 6 23.1 6 31.5 3 Barnwell $10,611 22 21.8 14 17.6 14 24.6 14 Beaufort $15,213 1 13.6 34 11.0 32 16.6 30 Berkeley $10,942 19 12.3 39 10.5 35 13.1 38 Calhoun $9,983 28 20.1 18 16.0 17 21.7 17 Charleston $13,068 7 17.3 23 13.8 23 20.4 22 Cherokee $10,406 25 14.9 30 11.3 31 15.9 32 Chester $9,806 30 16.8 25 13.0 26 16.7 29 Chesterfield $9,455 32 19.3 21 15.6 21 20.7 20 Clarendon $8,181 39 29.0 3 25.3 2 33.2 2 Colleton $9,193 33 23.4 12 19.8 12 26.3 13 Darlington $10,510 23 19.9 20 15.7 20 21.0 19 Dillon $8,077 40 28.1 7 22.1 8 29.5 6 Dorchester $11,884 13 11.5 42 9.2 39 11.2 42 Edgefield $10,651 21 16.6 26 13.7 24 17.8 25 Fairfield $9,011 34 20.6 15 16.1 16 21.5 18 Florence $11,007 18 20.1 18 15.9 18 20.7 20 Georgetown $11,084 16 20.2 17 15.8 19 23.4 15 Greenville $13,918 3 10.5 44 7.8 43 11.6 41 Greenwood $11,429 14 15.4 27 12.2 27 17.6 27 Hampton $8,578 36 27.7 8 22.0 9 28.9 7 Horry $12,385 8 15.2 29 11.6 28 17.4 28 Jasper $7,984 41 25.3 10 22.4 7 28.7 9 Kershaw $11,937 12 12.9 36 10.0 37 13.2 37 Lancaster $11,041 17 14.8 31 11.5 29 16.4 31 Laurens $10,739 20 12.9 36 9.7 38 14.1 36 Lee $7,569 45 29.6 2 23.9 5 31.2 4 Lexington $14,259 2 8.4 46 6.3 46 8.4 46 McCormick $7,929 43 22.8 13 19.8 12 27.6 11 Marion $8,185 38 28.6 5 24.1 4 31.2 4 Marlboro $7,948 42 26.6 9 21.5 10 27.9 10 Newberry $10,487 24 15.3 28 11.4 30 17.8 25 Oconee $12,352 9 11.4 43 8.1 42 10.8 43 Orangeburg $9,004 35 24.9 11 20.7 11 27.1 12 Pickens $11,427 15 12.5 38 7.3 45 9.3 45 Richland $13,243 5 13.8 33 10.1 36 14.4 35 Saluda $9,814 39 18.3 22 14.5 22 20.0 23 Spartanburg $12,218 10 11.8 41 8.8 40 12.4 40 Sumter $9,997 27 20.6 15 16.9 15 22.3 16 Union $9,669 31 17.0 24 13.4 25 19.0 24 Williamsburg $7,632 44 28.7 4 24.2 3 28.8 8 York $13,306 4 10.3 45 7.6 44 10.5 44 SOUTH CAROLINA $11,897 x 15.4 x 11.9 x 16.6 x
1/: Data for persons for whom poverty status has been determined.

2/: Related children under 18 years of age.

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