< $8,000 $8,000 - $12,999 $13,000 - $24,999 $25,000 & OVER
COUNTY PERCENT RANK PERCENT RANK PERCENT RANK PERCENT RANK
Abbeville 36.5 23 16.2 7 23.6 9 23.7 34
Aiken 27.9 46 11.2 46 19.4 40 41.6 1
Allendale 44.7 4 15.2 19 18.1 46 21.9 37
Anderson 30.6 38 14.5 27 23.2 11 31.6 12
Bamberg 42.7 9 15.1 22 18.2 45 24.1 33
Barnwell 36.8 20 13.8 35 18.4 44 31.0 14
Beaufort 29.8 40 12.5 44 20.6 33 37.1 2
Berkeley 32.0 32 13.9 33 23.2 11 30.9 15
Calhoun 38.4 13 14.7 26 19.7 38 27.1 23
Charleston 32.2 31 12.8 42 21.5 26 33.5 8
Cherokee 31.4 35 15.9 10 24.4 2 28.3 21
Chester 34.7 27 16.3 6 23.8 7 25.2 26
Chesterfield 34.4 29 17.3 4 24.1 3 24.3 30
Clarendon 43.2 7 15.7 13 20.1 34 20.9 39
Colleton 39.5 11 15.2 19 22.2 20 23.1 36
Darlington 36.7 21 14.2 30 20.0 35 29.1 20
Dillon 45.4 3 15.4 16 19.4 40 19.8 42
Dorchester 30.8 37 13.1 38 21.9 23 34.2 6
Edgefield 36.6 22 14.1 32 21.0 29 28.2 22
Fairfield 37.6 17 16.8 5 22.1 22 23.5 35
Florence 35.4 25 13.4 37 20.9 30 30.2 16
Georgetown 37.8 16 13.1 38 19.4 40 29.6 19
Greenville 28.5 43 13.0 40 22.5 18 35.9 5
Greenwood 32.4 30 14.2 30 23.2 11 30.2 16
Hampton 41.3 10 14.5 27 19.9 36 24.3 30
Horry 38.4 13 15.3 17 21.2 27 25.1 27
Jasper 44.5 5 15.3 17 19.7 38 20.5 41
Kershaw 31.8 33 13.8 35 22.4 19 32.1 10
Lancaster 31.6 34 14.9 23 23.7 8 29.8 18
Laurens 34.7 27 16.1 9 23.9 5 25.4 25
Lee 46.0 2 14.9 23 19.8 37 19.3 44
Lexington 28.1 45 12.6 43 22.8 14 36.5 4
McCormick 37.6 17 18.8 1 22.6 17 21.1 38
Marion 46.2 1 15.2 19 19.0 43 19.6 43
Marlboro 42.8 8 17.4 3 20.9 30 18.8 46
Newberry 35.2 26 15.8 11 22.8 14 26.2 24
Oconee 30.2 39 14.9 23 23.9 5 31.1 13
Orangeburg 39.3 12 15.5 14 20.8 32 24.4 29
Pickens 29.5 42 13.9 33 23.6 9 33.0 9
Richland 31.3 36 13.0 40 21.7 25 34.0 7
Saluda 37.1 19 15.8 11 22.8 14 24.3 30
Spartanburg 29.7 41 14.3 29 24.1 3 31.9 11
Sumter 37.9 15 15.5 14 21.8 24 24.8 28
Union 35.7 24 18.1 2 25.4 1 20.9 39
Williamsburg 43.4 6 16.2 7 21.1 28 19.3 44
York 28.5 43 12.5 44 22.2 20 36.9 3
STATE TOTAL 32.5 13.9 22.1 31.5
COUNTY MEDIAN 36.1 14.9 21.9 26.7
Source: S.C. Department of Education, "Rankings of the Counties and School Districts of S.C.," 1995-96 (1997 ed.)
Tables 23-26, pp 60-63; citing calculations prepared by the S.C. Deptment of Education, Educational Data Center,
Education Information Services, from the "Statistical Report- Taxable 1995" (R.D. TXP11840) supplied by the S.C.
Department of Revenue and Taxation.
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