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PantryPath Research · Senior Hunger Atlas

Senior Food Insecurity in
South Carolina

South Carolina's senior poverty rate is 10.7%, and 25.9% of seniors 65+ live alone — across 46 counties. Use the interactive map to see how senior food-insecurity risk varies within the state.

10.7%

Senior poverty (65+)

25.9%

Seniors living alone

37.8%

Senior SNAP take-up

$52,271

Senior median income

South Carolina by county

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South Carolina at a glance

Seniors in poverty

101K

Ages 65+

Senior poverty rate

10.7%

Ages 65+

Living alone

25.9%

1-person HH, 65+

Senior SNAP

37.8%

HH with 60+ member

Senior median income

$52,271

Householder 65+

Isolation index

0.35

Blended 0–1

County-level hotspots

Top five counties across 46 counties in South Carolina.

Highest senior poverty

Ages 65+, rate

  1. 1 Allendale 29.6%
  2. 2 Marlboro 29.4%
  3. 3 Williamsburg 25.0%
  4. 4 Dillon 23.1%
  5. 5 Marion 21.3%

Most seniors living alone

1-person HH, 65+

  1. 1 Marlboro 39.8%
  2. 2 Allendale 35.6%
  3. 3 Barnwell 33.7%
  4. 4 Hampton 33.5%
  5. 5 Bamberg 32.9%

Largest senior population

Absolute count, 65+

  1. 1 Horry 94K
  2. 2 Greenville 86K
  3. 3 Charleston 71K
  4. 4 Richland 56K
  5. 5 Spartanburg 53K

Every county in South Carolina

All 46 counties across the five senior-hunger metrics plus senior population counts.

County Senior poverty Living alone Senior SNAP Senior income Seniors (count) Isolation idx
Abbeville 10.1% 26.6% 46.9% $45,121 5,405 0.36
Aiken 11.7% 23.7% 43.1% $54,871 34,197 0.33
Allendale 29.6% 35.6% 51.9% $22,534 1,613 0.90
Anderson 10.8% 26.4% 34.1% $47,308 36,740 0.37
Bamberg 17.4% 32.9% 55.4% $29,541 2,990 0.67
Barnwell 19.2% 33.7% 37.2% $32,479 3,761 0.72
Beaufort 6.6% 19.8% 41.7% $82,115 53,150 0.12
Berkeley 9.0% 24.6% 35.1% $61,170 34,407 0.29
Calhoun 14.4% 29.9% 48.2% $45,780 3,305 0.53
Charleston 9.2% 27.7% 39.6% $64,212 71,134 0.36
Cherokee 16.0% 32.9% 36.2% $37,651 9,421 0.63
Chester 15.7% 29.1% 33.0% $40,299 6,034 0.54
Chesterfield 15.0% 26.7% 35.4% $39,265 8,005 0.47
Clarendon 12.5% 27.3% 53.8% $39,744 7,451 0.43
Colleton 11.3% 27.4% 43.9% $39,309 7,298 0.40
Darlington 12.9% 29.1% 39.0% $38,375 11,878 0.48
Dillon 23.1% 24.8% 31.6% $40,240 4,652 0.61
Dorchester 8.4% 24.5% 28.3% $61,209 24,039 0.27
Edgefield 15.9% 23.0% 49.7% $37,675 5,059 0.41
Fairfield 16.5% 27.1% 49.2% $36,090 4,602 0.51
Florence 14.3% 28.9% 38.6% $40,093 23,431 0.51
Georgetown 8.1% 22.9% 45.2% $60,795 18,865 0.23
Greenville 9.3% 26.0% 35.8% $55,774 86,241 0.32
Greenwood 11.9% 31.9% 34.9% $39,702 12,786 0.52
Hampton 20.1% 33.5% 43.5% $38,242 3,353 0.74
Horry 7.8% 22.3% 38.5% $58,149 94,033 0.21
Jasper 15.1% 20.5% 29.7% $62,572 6,596 0.33
Kershaw 10.0% 22.4% 39.3% $50,786 12,412 0.26
Lancaster 8.9% 25.3% 38.7% $55,097 21,329 0.30
Laurens 13.6% 26.3% 36.3% $43,316 12,081 0.43
Lee 18.3% 31.9% 51.1% $32,091 3,134 0.66
Lexington 8.7% 25.6% 32.7% $58,786 49,234 0.30
Marion 21.3% 31.8% 44.5% $28,518 5,981 0.73
Marlboro 29.4% 39.8% 44.5% $25,644 4,773 1.00
McCormick 14.3% 22.2% 46.9% $54,353 3,587 0.35
Newberry 9.7% 25.2% 29.3% $43,955 7,347 0.32
Oconee 8.6% 20.6% 36.1% $55,244 18,967 0.19
Orangeburg 18.5% 31.0% 46.5% $33,304 16,781 0.65
Pickens 9.1% 27.3% 41.0% $45,069 22,186 0.35
Richland 11.3% 30.3% 33.1% $51,949 55,889 0.47
Saluda 15.8% 22.1% 19.8% $42,440 3,648 0.39
Spartanburg 11.9% 25.8% 34.1% $45,868 53,407 0.38
Sumter 16.3% 29.4% 42.2% $41,940 17,580 0.56
Union 12.2% 28.6% 30.5% $34,255 5,459 0.45
Williamsburg 25.0% 32.7% 53.5% $29,991 6,542 0.83
York 8.4% 24.2% 35.1% $58,407 42,716 0.26

Senior food help in South Carolina

SNAP, CSFP senior boxes, Meals on Wheels, and senior-specific pantry programs.

Seniors Resource Guide

South Carolina senior SNAP

Senior-specific SNAP rules, how to apply in South Carolina, and benefit amounts.

South Carolina SNAP guide

Find a food pantry

Search South Carolina's verified pantries — many serve seniors with home delivery or box programs.

South Carolina food pantries