Poverty Rate in Edgefield County, SC
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
17.8%
Rank #2,415/3,222 · #26 in SC
25th
Edgefield 17.8%
SC 14.1% +26.2%
US 12.6% +41.0%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Edgefield County's poverty rate of 17.8% 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 Edgefield County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,412 | Cook County, GA | 17.7% |
| #2,413 | Northampton County, VA | 17.7% |
| #2,414 | Pittsburg County, OK | 17.7% |
| #2,415 | Edgefield County, SC | 17.8% |
| #2,416 | Saguache County, CO | 17.8% |
| #2,417 | Talladega County, AL | 17.8% |
| #2,418 | Wilkes County, GA | 17.8% |
About Poverty Rate
Edgefield County, South Carolina has a poverty rate of 17.8%, ranking #2,415 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 41.0% above the national value of 12.6%. Within South Carolina, it ranks #26 of 46. This places it in the 25th 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.