Poverty Rate in Laurens County, SC
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
18.1%
Rank #2,467/3,222 · #28 in SC
23th
Laurens 18.1%
SC 14.1% +28.9%
US 12.6% +43.9%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Laurens County's poverty rate of 18.1% 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 Laurens County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,464 | Charlton County, GA | 18.1% |
| #2,465 | Comanche County, OK | 18.1% |
| #2,466 | Valencia County, NM | 18.1% |
| #2,467 | Laurens County, SC | 18.1% |
| #2,468 | Colfax County, NM | 18.2% |
| #2,469 | Prowers County, CO | 18.2% |
| #2,470 | Montmorency County, MI | 18.2% |
About Poverty Rate
Laurens County, South Carolina has a poverty rate of 18.1%, ranking #2,467 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 43.9% above the national value of 12.6%. Within South Carolina, it ranks #28 of 46. This places it in the 23th 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.