Poverty Rate in Abbeville County, SC
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
15.7%
Rank #2,066/3,222 · #19 in SC
36th
Abbeville 15.7%
SC 14.1% +11.3%
US 12.6% +24.3%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Abbeville County's poverty rate of 15.7% compares to all 3,222 U.S. counties. Values range from 1.4% to 63.6%.
Distribution of Poverty Rate Across All Counties
Ranking Context
Counties ranked closest to Abbeville County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,063 | Yell County, AR | 15.6% |
| #2,064 | Boyle County, KY | 15.6% |
| #2,065 | Fairfield County, SC | 15.6% |
| #2,066 | Abbeville County, SC | 15.7% |
| #2,067 | Peoria County, IL | 15.7% |
| #2,068 | Blue Earth County, MN | 15.7% |
| #2,069 | Quitman County, GA | 15.7% |
About Poverty Rate
Abbeville County, South Carolina has a poverty rate of 15.7%, ranking #2,066 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 24.3% above the national value of 12.6%. Within South Carolina, it ranks #19 of 46. This places it in the 36th percentile nationally.
Percentage of the population living below the federal poverty line. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-Year Estimates. All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.