2000 vs. 2017 Per Capita Income Growth and Change

South Carolina Real Per Capita Income Growth by County

2000 vs. 2017, Net Percent Change

Lancaster County 2000 vs. 2017

Net Percent Change = 71.45%

Rank = #1

Abbeville County 2000 vs. 2017

Net Percent Change = 2.84%

Rank = #46

Oconee County 2000 vs. 2017

Net Percent Change = 27.19%

Rank = #15

With a spotlight on Oconee County, the chart above displays the distribution of the net percent change of real (inflation adjusted) per capita income (PCI) across South Carolina's 46 counties over the period 2000-2017.

Statewide Snippets:

Over 2000-2017 real PCI grew in all 46 South Carolina counties.
Real PCI growth in seventeen counties outpaced the statewide average (24.98%), while growth in twenty-nine counties trailed.
At the extremes of the distribution, Lancaster County posted the highest growth of real PCI (71.45%), while Abbeville County placed last by logging a 2.84% gain.
The spread in real PCI growth between the highest (Lancaster County, 71.45%) and lowest (Abbeville County, 2.84%) over 2000-2017 equated to 68.62% ( = 71.45% − 2.84%).

Oconee County Snippets:

Over 2000-2017, Oconee County posted a 27.19% net gain in real PCI.
Oconee County was joined by sixteen other counties whose real PCI growth over 2000-2017 registered above the statewide average (24.98%).
Ranked #15 among South Carolina's 46 counties, Oconee County's real PCI growth (27.19%) outperformed the statewide average of 24.98% by a 2.20% margin.
Oconee County's net real PCI growth (27.19%, #15) over 2000-2017 registered just above that of Marlboro County (25.44%, #16) and just below that of York County (28.07%, #14).
Oconee County's real PCI as a percent of the statewide average rose from 98.14% in 2000 to 99.87% in 2017, resulting in a gain of 1.73%.

Real Per Capita Income Growth by County

2000 vs. 2017, Net Percent Change

County Distribution of Real Per Capita Income Growth, 2000 vs. 2017

	More than 40%	40% to 35%	35% to 30%	30% to 25%	25% to 20%	20% to 15%	15% to 10%	10% or Below	Total
2000 vs. 2017	4	4	4	4	15	6	7	2	46

Real Per Capita Income by County, 2017

Charleston County 2017

PCI = $58,735

Percent of State = 138.63%

Rank = #1

Dillon County 2017

PCI = $28,969

Percent of State = 68.38%

Rank = #46

Oconee County 2017

PCI = $42,312

Percent of State = 99.87%

Rank = #9

Again highlighting Oconee County's position, the bar graph above displays the disposition by county of 2017 real per capita income statewide ($42,368).

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Statewide Snippets:

Ranked #1, Charleston County's 2017 PCI totaled $58,735, equating to 138.63% of the statewide average.
Ranked last (#46), Dillon County's real per capita income of $28,969 in 2017 comprised just 68.38% of the total statewide. Dillon County's real per capita income in 2017 equates to just 49.3% to that of Charleston County's.

Oconee County Snippets:

Oconee County's PCI in 2017 ranked #9, amounting to 99.87% of the statewide average.
Oconee County's PCI of $42,312 placed below that of Richland County's ($43,688, #8), and just above that of Aiken County's ($41,504, #10).

Real Per Capita Income by County, 2017

County Distribution of Real Per Capita Income, 2017

	More than $45,000	$45,000 to $42,500	$42,500 to $40,000	$40,000 to $37,500	$37,500 to $35,000	$35,000 to $32,500	$32,500 to $30,000	$30,000 or Below	Total
2017	6	2	4	5	10	6	11	2	46

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South Carolina Real* Per Capita Income by County:
2000 vs. 2017

	2000		2017		2000 - 2017
County	Constant Dollars	Percent of State Average	Constant Dollars	Percent of State Average	Net Percent Change	Net Change	Change in Percent of State Avg.
Abbeville	31,700	93.51	32,599	76.94	2.84	900	-16.57
Aiken	34,155	100.75	41,504	97.96	21.52	7,349	-2.79
Allendale	21,876	64.53	31,599	74.58	44.45	9,724	10.05
Anderson	33,278	98.17	38,216	90.20	14.84	4,938	-7.97
Bamberg	23,977	70.73	32,808	77.44	36.83	8,831	6.71
Barnwell	29,982	88.44	32,109	75.79	7.10	2,128	-12.66
Beaufort	44,849	132.30	55,226	130.35	23.14	10,377	-1.95
Berkeley	28,529	84.16	39,632	93.54	38.92	11,103	9.38
Calhoun	30,564	90.16	38,203	90.17	24.99	7,639	0.01
Charleston	40,593	119.75	58,735	138.63	44.69	18,142	18.88
Cherokee	27,988	82.56	32,348	76.35	15.58	4,360	-6.21
Chester	27,447	80.97	32,225	76.06	17.41	4,778	-4.91
Chesterfield	27,035	79.75	30,926	72.99	14.39	3,891	-6.76
Clarendon	25,025	73.82	33,706	79.56	34.69	8,681	5.73
Colleton	26,788	79.02	33,352	78.72	24.50	6,564	-0.30
Darlington	30,619	90.32	37,231	87.88	21.59	6,612	-2.45
Dillon	24,846	73.30	28,969	68.38	16.59	4,123	-4.92
Dorchester	30,657	90.44	37,715	89.02	23.02	7,058	-1.42
Edgefield	26,665	78.66	37,160	87.71	39.36	10,495	9.05
Fairfield	27,941	82.43	37,496	88.50	34.20	9,555	6.08
Florence	33,096	97.63	39,604	93.48	19.66	6,508	-4.15
Georgetown	33,146	97.78	44,706	105.52	34.87	11,560	7.74
Greenville	40,370	119.09	46,780	110.41	15.88	6,410	-8.68
Greenwood	31,840	93.93	36,106	85.22	13.40	4,266	-8.71
Hampton	25,406	74.95	30,480	71.94	19.97	5,074	-3.01
Horry	33,263	98.12	37,262	87.95	12.02	3,999	-10.17
Jasper	25,067	73.95	30,088	71.02	20.03	5,021	-2.93
Kershaw	32,880	97.00	40,585	95.79	23.43	7,705	-1.20
Lancaster	28,319	83.54	48,554	114.60	71.45	20,235	31.06
Laurens	28,093	82.87	34,076	80.43	21.30	5,983	-2.44
Lee	24,451	72.13	30,462	71.90	24.59	6,012	-0.23
Lexington	40,056	118.16	45,784	108.06	14.30	5,727	-10.10
McCormick	24,047	70.94	35,629	84.09	48.16	11,581	13.15
Marion	24,814	73.20	30,792	72.68	24.09	5,979	-0.52
Marlboro	23,580	69.56	29,578	69.81	25.44	5,998	0.25
Newberry	28,378	83.71	37,129	87.63	30.83	8,750	3.92
Oconee	33,268	98.14	42,312	99.87	27.19	9,044	1.73
Orangeburg	27,413	80.87	33,110	78.15	20.78	5,697	-2.72
Pickens	29,134	85.94	36,158	85.34	24.11	7,024	-0.60
Richland	38,125	112.47	43,688	103.12	14.59	5,562	-9.35
Saluda	29,146	85.98	36,006	84.98	23.53	6,860	-1.00
Spartanburg	34,004	100.31	41,155	97.14	21.03	7,151	-3.17
Sumter	28,942	85.38	37,399	88.27	29.22	8,457	2.90
Union	27,950	82.45	30,972	73.10	10.81	3,022	-9.35
Williamsburg	22,034	65.00	30,519	72.03	38.51	8,485	7.03
York	35,818	105.66	45,873	108.27	28.07	10,055	2.61

South Carolina	33,899	100.00	42,368	100.00	24.98	8,469	0.00
Metropolitan	35,217	103.89	43,710	103.17	24.12	8,493	-0.72
Nonmetropolitan	28,062	82.78	34,609	81.69	23.33	6,546	-1.10

United States	41,384		51,004		23.24	9,619
Metropolitan U.S.	43,392		52,884		21.87	9,492
Nonmetropolitan U.S.	30,577		39,344		28.67	8,766

*Real per capita personal income determined using the Implicit Price Deflator for
Personal Consumption (2017=1.00).

Source: Calculations by the South Carolina Regional Economic Analysis Project (SC-REAP)
with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis

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South Carolina Per Capita Income by County:
2000 vs. 2017

	2000		2017		2000 - 2017
County	Current Dollars	Percent of State Average	Current Dollars	Percent of State Average	Net Percent Change	Net Change	Change in Percent of State Avg.
Abbeville	23,401	93.51	32,599	76.94	39.31	9,198	-16.57
Aiken	25,214	100.75	41,504	97.96	64.61	16,290	-2.79
Allendale	16,149	64.53	31,599	74.58	95.67	15,450	10.05
Anderson	24,567	98.17	38,216	90.20	55.56	13,649	-7.97
Bamberg	17,700	70.73	32,808	77.44	85.35	15,108	6.71
Barnwell	22,133	88.44	32,109	75.79	45.07	9,976	-12.66
Beaufort	33,108	132.30	55,226	130.35	66.80	22,118	-1.95
Berkeley	21,060	84.16	39,632	93.54	88.18	18,572	9.38
Calhoun	22,563	90.16	38,203	90.17	69.32	15,640	0.01
Charleston	29,967	119.75	58,735	138.63	96.00	28,769	18.88
Cherokee	20,661	82.56	32,348	76.35	56.56	11,687	-6.21
Chester	20,262	80.97	32,225	76.06	59.04	11,963	-4.91
Chesterfield	19,958	79.75	30,926	72.99	54.96	10,968	-6.76
Clarendon	18,474	73.82	33,706	79.56	82.45	15,232	5.73
Colleton	19,776	79.02	33,352	78.72	68.65	13,576	-0.30
Darlington	22,604	90.32	37,231	87.88	64.71	14,627	-2.45
Dillon	18,342	73.30	28,969	68.38	57.94	10,627	-4.92
Dorchester	22,632	90.44	37,715	89.02	66.65	15,083	-1.42
Edgefield	19,684	78.66	37,160	87.71	88.78	17,475	9.05
Fairfield	20,627	82.43	37,496	88.50	81.78	16,870	6.08
Florence	24,432	97.63	39,604	93.48	62.10	15,172	-4.15
Georgetown	24,469	97.78	44,706	105.52	82.70	20,237	7.74
Greenville	29,802	119.09	46,780	110.41	56.97	16,978	-8.68
Greenwood	23,505	93.93	36,106	85.22	53.61	12,601	-8.71
Hampton	18,755	74.95	30,480	71.94	62.51	11,724	-3.01
Horry	24,556	98.12	37,262	87.95	51.75	12,707	-10.17
Jasper	18,505	73.95	30,088	71.02	62.59	11,583	-2.93
Kershaw	24,273	97.00	40,585	95.79	67.20	16,312	-1.20
Lancaster	20,906	83.54	48,554	114.60	132.25	27,648	31.06
Laurens	20,739	82.87	34,076	80.43	64.31	13,338	-2.44
Lee	18,050	72.13	30,462	71.90	68.77	12,412	-0.23
Lexington	29,570	118.16	45,784	108.06	54.83	16,213	-10.10
McCormick	17,752	70.94	35,629	84.09	100.70	17,876	13.15
Marion	18,318	73.20	30,792	72.68	68.10	12,474	-0.52
Marlboro	17,407	69.56	29,578	69.81	69.92	12,171	0.25
Newberry	20,949	83.71	37,129	87.63	77.23	16,179	3.92
Oconee	24,559	98.14	42,312	99.87	72.29	17,753	1.73
Orangeburg	20,237	80.87	33,110	78.15	63.61	12,873	-2.72
Pickens	21,508	85.94	36,158	85.34	68.12	14,651	-0.60
Richland	28,145	112.47	43,688	103.12	55.22	15,543	-9.35
Saluda	21,516	85.98	36,006	84.98	67.34	14,489	-1.00
Spartanburg	25,103	100.31	41,155	97.14	63.95	16,053	-3.17
Sumter	21,365	85.38	37,399	88.27	75.04	16,033	2.90
Union	20,633	82.45	30,972	73.10	50.11	10,339	-9.35
Williamsburg	16,266	65.00	30,519	72.03	87.63	14,253	7.03
York	26,441	105.66	45,873	108.27	73.49	19,432	2.61

South Carolina	25,025	100.00	42,368	100.00	69.30	17,343	0.00
Metropolitan	25,998	103.89	43,710	103.17	68.13	17,712	-0.72
Nonmetropolitan	20,716	82.78	34,609	81.69	67.06	13,892	-1.10

United States	30,551		51,004		66.95	20,453
Metropolitan U.S.	32,033		52,884		65.09	20,851
Nonmetropolitan U.S.	22,573		39,344		74.30	16,771

Source: Calculations by the South Carolina Regional Economic Analysis Project (SC-REAP)
with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis

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