Poverty Rate in Marlboro County, SC
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
28.5%
Rank #3,068/3,222 · #45 in SC
5th
Marlboro 28.5%
SC 14.1% +102.6%
US 12.6% +126.2%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Marlboro County's poverty rate of 28.5% 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 Marlboro County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #3,065 | Bent County, CO | 28.4% |
| #3,066 | Cibola County, NM | 28.4% |
| #3,067 | St. Francis County, AR | 28.5% |
| #3,068 | Marlboro County, SC | 28.5% |
| #3,069 | Luna County, NM | 28.6% |
| #3,070 | Radford city, VA | 28.7% |
| #3,071 | Jefferson Davis County, MS | 28.7% |
About Poverty Rate
Marlboro County, South Carolina has a poverty rate of 28.5%, ranking #3,068 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 126.2% above the national value of 12.6%. Within South Carolina, it ranks #45 of 46. This places it in the 5th 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.