ncorporated Place Persons for Whom Poverty Status Is Determined1/
1989 1999 Income Below Poverty Level2/ Percent Change 1989-1999
1989 1999
Number Percent Number Percent
Abbeville City 5,638 5,623 1,110 19.7 1,116 19.8 0.5
Aiken City 19,166 24,243 3,008 15.7 3,487 14.4 15.9
Anderson City 24,749 23,631 4,922 19.9 4,921 20.8 0.0
Barnwell City 4,945 5,146 1,259 25.5 1,130 22.0 -10.2
Beaufort City 9,327 10,805 1,335 14.3 1,400 13.0 4.9
Bennettsville City 9,327 7,988 2,698 28.9 2,175 27.2 -19.4
Camden City 6,571 6,504 1,220 18.6 1,096 16.9 -10.2
Cayce City 11,005 11,922 1,024 9.3 2,032 17.0 98.4
Charleston City 75,090 91,513 16,227 21.6 17,518 19.1 8.0
Cheraw Town 5,404 5,479 1,561 28.9 1,757 32.1 12.6
Chester City 6,973 6,259 1,495 21.4 1,214 19.4 -18.8
Clemson City 10,984 11,792 3,159 28.8 3,905 33.1 23.6
Clinton City 6,952 6,545 1,140 16.4 1,514 23.1 32.8
Columbia City 78,656 94,166 16,652 21.2 20,778 22.1 24.8
Conway City 9,628 10,842 2,273 23.6 2,195 20.2 -3.4
Darlington City 7,051 6,755 2,026 28.7 1,989 29.4 -1.8
Dillon City 6,718 6,142 1,676 24.9 1,595 26.0 -4.8
Easley City 15,072 17,885 1,616 10.7 1,952 10.9 20.8
Florence City 28,703 29,453 6,266 21.8 5,699 19.3 -9.0
Forest Acres City 7,197 10,545 394 5.5 777 7.4 97.2
Gaffney City 12,802 12,308 2,656 20.7 1,996 16.2 -24.8
Georgetown City 9,319 8,661 2,756 29.6 2,087 24.1 -24.3
Goose Creek City 24,647 26,172 2,209 9.0 1,782 6.8 -19.3
Greenville City 54,210 52,408 9,605 17.7 8,439 16.1 -12.1
Greenwood City 19,373 20,340 4,437 22.9 5,089 25.0 14.7
Greer City 6,386 16,323 1,216 19.0 2,584 15.8 112.5
Hanahan City 12,991 12,162 978 7.5 900 7.4 -8.0
Hartsville City 7,958 7,220 1,868 23.5 1,864 25.8 -0.2
Hilton Head Island Town 23,644 33,265 1,662 7.0 2,442 7.3 46.9
Irmo Town 7,178 11,037 119 1.7 472 4.3 296.6
Lake City City 7,119 6,374 2,846 40.0 2,012 31.6 -29.3
Lancaster City 8,848 8,345 2,340 26.4 1,916 23.0 -18.1
Laurens City 9,378 9,449 1,862 19.9 1,677 17.7 -9.9
Marion City 7,549 7,026 2,375 31.5 1,928 27.4 -18.8
Mauldin City 11,548 14,887 405 3.5 661 4.4 63.2
Moncks Corner Town 5,416 5,531 1,167 21.5 975 17.6 -16.5
Mount Pleasant Town 29,659 46,781 1,724 5.8 2,335 5.0 35.4
Mullins City 5,895 4,780 1,838 31.2 1,370 28.7 -25.5
Myrtle Beach City 22,210 22,531 2,602 11.7 2,702 12.0 3.8
Newberry Town 9,786 9,571 2,468 25.2 2,677 28.0 8.5
North Augusta City 15,209 16,994 1,413 9.3 1,866 11.0 32.1
North Charleston City 59,906 75,005 13,241 22.1 17,376 23.2 31.2
North Myrtle Beach Town 8,628 10,972 851 9.9 930 8.5 9.3
Orangeburg City 10,575 10,354 2,644 25.0 2,562 24.7 -3.1
Rock Hill City 38,534 47,236 6,312 16.4 6,631 14.0 5.1
Seneca Town 7,690 7,927 1,344 17.5 1,239 15.6 -7.8
Simpsonville Town 11,549 14,309 467 4.0 877 6.1 87.8
Spartanburg City 41,064 37,443 8,946 21.8 8,733 23.3 -2.4
Summerville Town 21,174 27,885 2,159 10.2 2,566 9.2 18.9
Sumter City 35,293 38,288 7,309 20.7 6,369 16.6 -12.9
Union City 9,736 8,615 2,148 22.1 1,789 20.8 -16.7
Walterboro City 5,270 4,705 1,700 32.3 1,034 22.0 -39.2
West Columbia City 10,576 13,046 1,549 14.6 2,189 16.8 41.3
York City 6,622 6,840 1,165 17.6 1,161 17.0 -0.3

1/: All persons except inmates of institutions; persons in military group quarters and in college dormitories; and unrelated individuals under 15 years.

2/: The average poverty threshold for a family of four persons was $12,674 in 1989 and $17,184 in 1999.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census of Population and Housing, 1990 and 2000.

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