Poverty Rate in Calhoun County, SC
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
12.9%
Rank #1,512/3,222 · #9 in SC
53th
Calhoun 12.9%
SC 14.1% -8.1%
US 12.6% +2.7%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Calhoun County's poverty rate of 12.9% 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 Calhoun County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,509 | Mitchell County, NC | 12.9% |
| #1,510 | Klickitat County, WA | 12.9% |
| #1,511 | Big Stone County, MN | 12.9% |
| #1,512 | Calhoun County, SC | 12.9% |
| #1,513 | Milam County, TX | 12.9% |
| #1,514 | Del Norte County, CA | 12.9% |
| #1,515 | Lincoln County, TN | 12.9% |
About Poverty Rate
Calhoun County, South Carolina has a poverty rate of 12.9%, ranking #1,512 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 2.7% above the national value of 12.6%. Within South Carolina, it ranks #9 of 46. This places it in the 53th 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.