2000 vs. 2015 Personal Income Growth and Change

South Carolina Real Personal Income Growth by County

2000 vs. 2015, Net Percent Change

Lancaster County 2000 vs. 2015

Net Percent Change = 108.01%

Rank = #1

Abbeville County 2000 vs. 2015

Net Percent Change = -6.19%

Rank = #46

McCormick County 2000 vs. 2015

Net Percent Change = 33.35%

Rank = #19

With a spotlight on McCormick County, the chart above displays the distribution of the net percent change of real (inflation adjusted) personal income across South Carolina's 46 counties over the period 2000-2015.

Those counties whose real personal income growth registered above the statewide average over this period realized an increase in their statewide share of real personal income. Likewise, those counties whose real personal income growth registered below the statewide average experienced a decline in their relative share of real personal income statewide.

Statewide Snippets:

Over 2000-2015 real personal income grew in forty-four South Carolina counties while declining in two.
Real personal income growth in eight counties outpaced the statewide average (44.69%), while growth in thirty-eight counties trailed.
At the extremes of the distribution, Lancaster County posted the highest growth of real personal income (108.01%), while Abbeville County placed last by logging a -6.19% decline.
The spread in real personal income growth between the highest (Lancaster County, 108.01%) and lowest (Abbeville County, -6.19%) over 2000-2015 equated to 114.20% ( = 108.01% − -6.19%).
Real personal income growth statewide is but a weighted metric that stems from each county's share of real personal income statewide. On this point, as the largest county in South Carolina, Greenville County's net real personal income growth over 2000-2015 of $6,824,624K made up 11.19% of the total net growth statewide ($60,969,652K):

Greenville County: Percent Share of South Carolina's
Real Personal Income Growth, 2000-2015:

11.19% = ($6,824,624K / $60,969,652K) x 100

McCormick County Snippets:

Over 2000-2015, McCormick County posted a 33.35% net gain in real personal income.
McCormick County was joined by thirty-seven other counties whose real personal income growth over 2000-2015 registered below the statewide average (44.69%).
Ranked #19 among South Carolina's 46 counties, McCormick County's real personal income growth (33.35%) trailed the statewide average of 44.69% by a 11.34% margin.
McCormick County's net real personal income growth (33.35%, #19) over 2000-2015 registered just above that of Pickens County (33.25%, #20) and just below that of Edgefield County (33.47%, #18).
McCormick County's share of real personal income statewide slipped from 0.18% in 2000 to 0.16% in 2015, resulting in a share-shift of -0.01%.

Real Personal Income Growth by County

2000 vs. 2015, Net Percent Change

County Distribution of Real Personal Income Growth, 2000 vs. 2015

	More than 60%	60% to 50%	50% to 40%	40% to 30%	30% to 20%	20% to 10%	10% to 0%	0% or Below	Total
2000 vs. 2015	7	0	5	8	6	11	7	2	46

Real Personal Income by County, 2015

Greenville County 2015

Real Personal Income = $22,204M

Percent of State = 11.25%

Rank = #1

Allendale County 2015

Real Personal Income = $261M

Percent of State = 0.13%

Rank = #46

McCormick County 2015

Real Personal Income = $319M

Percent of State = 0.16%

Rank = #45

Again highlighting McCormick County's position, the bar graph above displays the disposition by county of 2015 real personal income statewide ($197,386M).

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Statewide Snippets:

Ranked #1, Greenville County's 2015 personal income totaled $22,204M, equating to 11.25% of the statewide total.
Ranked last (#46), Allendale County's real personal income of $261M in 2015 comprised just 0.13% of the total statewide. Allendale County's real personal income in 2015 equates to just 1.2% to that of Greenville County's.
Greenville County's 2015 personal income ($22,204M) exceeded the combined personal income ($21,491M) of South Carolina's twenty-four smallest counties.

McCormick County Snippets:

McCormick County's personal income in 2015 ranked #45, amounting to 0.16% of the statewide total.
McCormick County's personal income of $319M placed below that of Bamberg County's ($451M, #44), and just above that of Allendale County's ($261M, #46).

Real Personal Income by County, 2015

County Distribution of Real Personal Income, 2015

	More than $12,500M	$12,500M to $10,000M	$10,000M to $7,500M	$7,500M to $5,000M	$5,000M to $2,500M	$2,500M or Below	Total
2015	3	4	2	4	7	26	46

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South Carolina Real* Personal Income by County:
2000 vs. 2015

	2000		2015		2000 - 2015
County	Constant Dollars (1000s)	Percent of State Total	Constant Dollars (1000s)	Percent of State Total	Net Percent Change	Net Change (1000s)	Share (%) of State Change
Abbeville	831,447	0.61	780,008	0.40	-6.19	-51,439	-0.08
Aiken	4,875,300	3.57	6,601,067	3.34	35.40	1,725,767	2.83
Allendale	244,855	0.18	261,160	0.13	6.66	16,305	0.03
Anderson	5,534,292	4.06	7,122,773	3.61	28.70	1,588,481	2.61
Bamberg	399,932	0.29	451,283	0.23	12.84	51,351	0.08
Barnwell	703,912	0.52	682,040	0.35	-3.11	-21,872	-0.04
Beaufort	5,485,298	4.02	9,375,982	4.75	70.93	3,890,684	6.38
Berkeley	4,091,307	3.00	7,502,971	3.80	83.39	3,411,664	5.60
Calhoun	464,328	0.34	534,771	0.27	15.17	70,443	0.12
Charleston	12,614,240	9.25	21,441,939	10.86	69.98	8,827,699	14.48
Cherokee	1,473,540	1.08	1,723,595	0.87	16.97	250,055	0.41
Chester	937,554	0.69	1,009,613	0.51	7.69	72,059	0.12
Chesterfield	1,160,101	0.85	1,327,657	0.67	14.44	167,556	0.27
Clarendon	814,007	0.60	1,057,927	0.54	29.97	243,920	0.40
Colleton	1,026,099	0.75	1,216,143	0.62	18.52	190,044	0.31
Darlington	2,067,485	1.52	2,333,833	1.18	12.88	266,348	0.44
Dillon	762,754	0.56	828,144	0.42	8.57	65,391	0.11
Dorchester	2,966,301	2.17	5,657,589	2.87	90.73	2,691,288	4.41
Edgefield	655,581	0.48	874,983	0.44	33.47	219,402	0.36
Fairfield	656,031	0.48	801,970	0.41	22.25	145,939	0.24
Florence	4,162,411	3.05	5,299,932	2.69	27.33	1,137,521	1.87
Georgetown	1,858,847	1.36	2,639,463	1.34	41.99	780,616	1.28
Greenville	15,378,986	11.27	22,203,609	11.25	44.38	6,824,624	11.19
Greenwood	2,111,104	1.55	2,432,164	1.23	15.21	321,060	0.53
Hampton	542,268	0.40	585,350	0.30	7.94	43,082	0.07
Horry	6,586,744	4.83	10,977,104	5.56	66.65	4,390,360	7.20
Jasper	519,410	0.38	767,363	0.39	47.74	247,953	0.41
Kershaw	1,737,757	1.27	2,505,789	1.27	44.20	768,032	1.26
Lancaster	1,743,617	1.28	3,626,946	1.84	108.01	1,883,329	3.09
Laurens	1,950,443	1.43	2,176,960	1.10	11.61	226,517	0.37
Lee	491,165	0.36	506,667	0.26	3.16	15,502	0.03
Lexington	8,687,111	6.37	12,145,144	6.15	39.81	3,458,033	5.67
McCormick	239,441	0.18	319,303	0.16	33.35	79,863	0.13
Marion	879,961	0.65	928,985	0.47	5.57	49,024	0.08
Marlboro	679,111	0.50	789,013	0.40	16.18	109,903	0.18
Newberry	1,020,429	0.75	1,369,709	0.69	34.23	349,280	0.57
Oconee	2,210,120	1.62	3,019,981	1.53	36.64	809,860	1.33
Orangeburg	2,508,924	1.84	2,820,727	1.43	12.43	311,803	0.51
Pickens	3,235,714	2.37	4,311,679	2.18	33.25	1,075,965	1.76
Richland	12,275,635	9.00	17,272,706	8.75	40.71	4,997,071	8.20
Saluda	559,343	0.41	687,052	0.35	22.83	127,710	0.21
Spartanburg	8,652,127	6.34	12,009,930	6.08	38.81	3,357,803	5.51
Sumter	3,033,159	2.22	3,877,231	1.96	27.83	844,072	1.38
Union	837,680	0.61	848,768	0.43	1.32	11,088	0.02
Williamsburg	818,440	0.60	962,992	0.49	17.66	144,552	0.24
York	5,932,110	4.35	10,716,056	5.43	80.64	4,783,946	7.85

South Carolina	136,416,422	100.00	197,386,074	100.00	44.69	60,969,652	100.00
Metropolitan	115,616,291	84.75	172,892,921	87.59	49.54	57,276,630	93.94
Nonmetropolitan	20,800,131	15.25	24,493,153	12.41	17.75	3,693,022	6.06

United States	11,677,052,911		15,896,476,839		36.13	4,219,423,928
Metropolitan U.S.	10,325,098,869		14,131,493,002		36.87	3,806,394,133
Nonmetropolitan U.S.	1,351,954,042		1,764,983,837		30.55	413,029,795

*Real total 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 Personal Income by County:
2000 vs. 2015

	2000		2015		2000 - 2015
County	Current Dollars (1000s)	Percent of State Total	Current Dollars (1000s)	Percent of State Total	Net Percent Change	Net Change (1000s)	Share (%) of State Change
Abbeville	613,791	0.61	758,940	0.40	23.65	145,149	0.16
Aiken	3,599,044	3.57	6,422,772	3.34	78.46	2,823,728	3.09
Allendale	180,757	0.18	254,106	0.13	40.58	73,349	0.08
Anderson	4,085,525	4.06	6,930,387	3.61	69.63	2,844,862	3.11
Bamberg	295,238	0.29	439,094	0.23	48.73	143,856	0.16
Barnwell	519,642	0.52	663,618	0.35	27.71	143,976	0.16
Beaufort	4,049,357	4.02	9,122,737	4.75	125.29	5,073,380	5.55
Berkeley	3,020,285	3.00	7,300,316	3.80	141.71	4,280,031	4.69
Calhoun	342,776	0.34	520,327	0.27	51.80	177,551	0.19
Charleston	9,312,084	9.25	20,862,792	10.86	124.04	11,550,708	12.64
Cherokee	1,087,797	1.08	1,677,041	0.87	54.17	589,244	0.65
Chester	692,121	0.69	982,343	0.51	41.93	290,222	0.32
Chesterfield	856,410	0.85	1,291,797	0.67	50.84	435,387	0.48
Clarendon	600,916	0.60	1,029,352	0.54	71.30	428,436	0.47
Colleton	757,487	0.75	1,183,295	0.62	56.21	425,808	0.47
Darlington	1,526,259	1.52	2,270,796	1.18	48.78	744,537	0.82
Dillon	563,080	0.56	805,776	0.42	43.10	242,696	0.27
Dorchester	2,189,783	2.17	5,504,778	2.87	151.38	3,314,995	3.63
Edgefield	483,963	0.48	851,350	0.44	75.91	367,387	0.40
Fairfield	484,295	0.48	780,309	0.41	61.12	296,014	0.32
Florence	3,072,775	3.05	5,156,781	2.69	67.82	2,084,006	2.28
Georgetown	1,372,238	1.36	2,568,171	1.34	87.15	1,195,933	1.31
Greenville	11,353,075	11.27	21,603,890	11.25	90.29	10,250,815	11.22
Greenwood	1,558,459	1.55	2,366,471	1.23	51.85	808,012	0.88
Hampton	400,313	0.40	569,540	0.30	42.27	169,227	0.19
Horry	4,862,466	4.83	10,680,612	5.56	119.65	5,818,146	6.37
Jasper	383,439	0.38	746,637	0.39	94.72	363,198	0.40
Kershaw	1,282,847	1.27	2,438,108	1.27	90.05	1,155,261	1.26
Lancaster	1,287,173	1.28	3,528,982	1.84	174.17	2,241,809	2.45
Laurens	1,439,856	1.43	2,118,160	1.10	47.11	678,304	0.74
Lee	362,588	0.36	492,982	0.26	35.96	130,394	0.14
Lexington	6,412,999	6.37	11,817,104	6.15	84.27	5,404,105	5.92
McCormick	176,760	0.18	310,679	0.16	75.76	133,919	0.15
Marion	649,605	0.65	903,893	0.47	39.15	254,288	0.28
Marlboro	501,333	0.50	767,702	0.40	53.13	266,369	0.29
Newberry	753,301	0.75	1,332,713	0.69	76.92	579,412	0.63
Oconee	1,631,555	1.62	2,938,411	1.53	80.10	1,306,856	1.43
Orangeburg	1,852,138	1.84	2,744,539	1.43	48.18	892,401	0.98
Pickens	2,388,669	2.37	4,195,221	2.18	75.63	1,806,552	1.98
Richland	9,062,119	9.00	16,806,170	8.75	85.46	7,744,051	8.48
Saluda	412,918	0.41	668,495	0.35	61.90	255,577	0.28
Spartanburg	6,387,173	6.34	11,685,542	6.08	82.95	5,298,369	5.80
Sumter	2,239,139	2.22	3,772,507	1.96	68.48	1,533,368	1.68
Union	618,392	0.61	825,843	0.43	33.55	207,451	0.23
Williamsburg	604,189	0.60	936,982	0.49	55.08	332,793	0.36
York	4,379,202	4.35	10,426,615	5.43	138.09	6,047,413	6.62

South Carolina	100,705,331	100.00	192,054,676	100.00	90.71	91,349,345	100.00
Metropolitan	85,350,258	84.75	168,223,083	87.59	97.10	82,872,825	90.72
Nonmetropolitan	15,355,073	15.25	23,831,593	12.41	55.20	8,476,520	9.28

United States	8,620,234,000		15,467,113,000		79.43	6,846,879,000
Metropolitan U.S.	7,622,194,487		13,749,801,376		80.39	6,127,606,889
Nonmetropolitan U.S.	998,039,513		1,717,311,624		72.07	719,272,111

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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