South Carolina is the thirty-seventh-richest state in the United States of America, with a per capita income of $18,795 (2000).
South Carolina Counties Ranked by Per Capita Income
Note: Data is from the 2010 United States Census Data and the 2006–2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Rank County Per capitaincome Medianhouseholdincome Medianfamilyincome Population Number ofhouseholds 1 Beaufort $32,731 $55,286 $65,071 162,233 64,945 2 Charleston $29,401 $48,433 $61,525 350,209 144,309 United States $27,334 $51,914 $62,982 308,745,538 116,716,292 3 Lexington $26,393 $52,205 $64,630 262,391 102,733 4 Greenville $25,931 $46,830 $59,043 451,225 176,531 5 Richland $25,805 $47,922 $61,622 384,504 145,194 6 York $25,707 $51,925 $65,188 226,073 85,864 7 Horry $24,811 $43,142 $51,608 269,291 112,225 8 Dorchester $24,497 $55,034 $63,847 136,555 50,259 9 Aiken $24,172 $44,468 $57,064 160,099 64,253 10 Oconee $24,055 $42,266 $52,332 74,273 30,676 11 Georgetown $23,942 $42,666 $54,115 60,158 24,524 South Carolina $23,443 $43,939 $54,223 4,625,364 1,801,181 12 Berkeley $22,865 $50,777 $56,869 177,843 65,419 13 Anderson $22,117 $42,871 $53,229 187,126 73,829 14 Florence $21,932 $40,487 $48,896 136,885 52,653 15 Spartanburg $21,924 $42,680 $53,149 284,307 109,246 16 Kershaw $21,777 $44,064 $53,053 61,697 23,928 17 Greenwood $21,728 $38,797 $49,785 69,661 27,547 18 Newberry $21,410 $41,815 $49,560 37,508 14,709 19 Calhoun $20,845 $36,790 $51,975 15,175 6,080 20 Pickens $20,647 $41,898 $53,911 119,224 45,228 21 Darlington $20,096 $38,379 $46,894 68,681 26,531 22 Edgefield $19,901 $42,834 $57,114 26,985 9,348 23 Marion $19,411 $35,858 $43,021 33,062 13,058 24 Lancaster $19,308 $38,959 $46,388 76,652 29,697 25 Sumter $18,944 $39,137 $45,460 107,456 40,398 26 Fairfield $18,877 $32,022 $40,849 23,956 9,419 27 Laurens $18,757 $37,529 $45,769 66,537 25,525 28 Saluda $18,717 $40,508 $45,173 19,875 7,527 29 Union $18,495 $33,470 $42,537 28,961 11,974 30 Jasper $17,997 $37,393 $45,800 24,777 8,517 31 Cherokee $17,862 $34,132 $46,164 55,342 21,519 32 Colleton $17,842 $33,263 $40,955 38,892 15,131 33 Chester $17,687 $32,743 $42,074 33,140 12,876 34 Barnwell $17,592 $33,816 $41,764 22,621 8,937 35 Orangeburg $17,579 $32,849 $40,332 92,501 35,788 36 Chesterfield $17,162 $32,979 $41,225 46,734 18,173 37 Abbeville $16,653 $33,143 $45,147 25,417 9,990 38 Marlboro $16,653 $30,629 $38,043 28,933 10,383 39 Clarendon $16,562 $33,066 $40,492 34,971 13,132 40 Hampton $16,262 $34,846 $43,234 21,090 7,598 41 Bamberg $16,236 $32,538 $41,625 15,987 6,048 42 Dillon $14,684 $26,818 $34,693 32,062 11,923 43 Allendale $14,190 $20,081 $25,146 10,419 3,706 44 McCormick $13,817 $27,688 $32,485 10,233 4,027 45 Williamsburg $13,513 $24,191 $33,705 34,423 13,007 46 Lee $12,924 $23,378 $35,279 19,220 6,797
South Carolina Places Ranked by Per Capita Income