Poverty Rate in Fairfield County, SC
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
15.6%
Rank #2,065/3,222 · #18 in SC
36th
Fairfield 15.6%
SC 14.1% +11.2%
US 12.6% +24.2%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Fairfield County's poverty rate of 15.6% 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 Fairfield County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,062 | Harrison County, TX | 15.6% |
| #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% |
About Poverty Rate
Fairfield County, South Carolina has a poverty rate of 15.6%, ranking #2,065 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 24.2% above the national value of 12.6%. Within South Carolina, it ranks #18 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.