›› Kids Count 2002: South Carolina Indicators


Percent of Children in Poverty (Current Population Survey)

  1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
South Carolina Rank 42 38 38 38 40 37 41 44 40 45 45 39
South Carolina Rate 25 23 22 22 22 22 24 25 24 26 26 24
U.S. Rate 21 21 20 20 20 20 20 21 21 21 21 20

Note: For the most recent poverty data, please refer to the Office of Research and Statistics' South Carolina Community Profiles web site.