Poverty Rate in Georgetown County, SC
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
15.0%
Rank #1,943/3,222 · #15 in SC
40th
Georgetown 15.0%
SC 14.1% +6.4%
US 12.6% +18.8%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Georgetown County's poverty rate of 15.0% 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 Georgetown County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,940 | Perry County, IN | 15.0% |
| #1,941 | Erie County, PA | 15.0% |
| #1,942 | Hamilton County, OH | 15.0% |
| #1,943 | Georgetown County, SC | 15.0% |
| #1,944 | Suwannee County, FL | 15.0% |
| #1,945 | Love County, OK | 15.0% |
| #1,946 | Lawrence County, TN | 15.0% |
About Poverty Rate
Georgetown County, South Carolina has a poverty rate of 15.0%, ranking #1,943 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 18.8% above the national value of 12.6%. Within South Carolina, it ranks #15 of 46. This places it in the 40th 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.