Poverty Rate in Spartanburg County, SC
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
Poverty Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Poverty Change
National Distribution
How Spartanburg County's poverty rate of 14.5% 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 Spartanburg County for poverty rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,846 | Newport News city, VA | 14.5% |
| #1,847 | Lawrence County, IL | 14.5% |
| #1,848 | Randolph County, NC | 14.5% |
| #1,849 | Spartanburg County, SC | 14.5% |
| #1,850 | Bell County, TX | 14.5% |
| #1,851 | Faulkner County, AR | 14.5% |
| #1,852 | Hancock County, WV | 14.5% |
About Poverty Rate
Spartanburg County, South Carolina has a poverty rate of 14.5%, ranking #1,849 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 15.1% above the national value of 12.6%. Within South Carolina, it ranks #13 of 46. This places it in the 43th 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.