Poverty Rate in Newberry County, SC
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
17.4%
Rank #2,362/3,222 · #23 in SC
27th
Newberry 17.4%
SC 14.1% +23.3%
US 12.6% +37.7%
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Newberry County's poverty rate of 17.4% 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 Newberry County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,359 | Long County, GA | 17.3% |
| #2,360 | Halifax County, VA | 17.3% |
| #2,361 | Blaine County, OK | 17.4% |
| #2,362 | Newberry County, SC | 17.4% |
| #2,363 | Colbert County, AL | 17.4% |
| #2,364 | Anderson County, TX | 17.4% |
| #2,365 | Claiborne County, TN | 17.4% |
About Poverty Rate
Newberry County, South Carolina has a poverty rate of 17.4%, ranking #2,362 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 37.7% above the national value of 12.6%. Within South Carolina, it ranks #23 of 46. This places it in the 27th 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.