County · South Carolina

Clarendon County, South Carolina

Clarendon County, South Carolina has a quality-of-life score of 9 out of 100 (very low), ranking #2,853 of 3,143 US counties. Within South Carolina it ranks #34 of 46 counties. It ranks best on public EV charging ports (high), comfortable days (high) and new business applications (high). It ranks worst on property crime rate (high), violent crime rate (high) and time spent in the emergency room (high).

9Very low

Quality-of-life score: #2,853 of 3,143 counties
South Carolina: #34 of 46 in SC
Population: 31,043 (2025)
Land area: 607 mi²
Density: 51.1 /mi²
FIPS code: 45027

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 78 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety2#3,041/3,096
Economy12#2,768/3,143
Housing33#2,108/3,140
Health18#2,583/3,144
Healthcare28#2,274/3,143
Environment41#1,842/3,108
Education5#3,000/3,144
Infrastructure24#2,375/3,144
Community45#1,716/3,144
Leisure & amenities17#2,611/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Clarendon County, South Carolina ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Public EV charging ports · high21.9 /10k
96/100South Carolina 4.0 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of Energy
Comfortable days · high31.7%
91/100South Carolina 31.6%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
New business applications · high16.2 /1k
85/100South Carolina 16.9 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census Bureau
Job growth · high1.7%
78/100South Carolina 0.7%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional data
Drinking water violations · low0
78/100South Carolina 0United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Effective property tax rate · low0.52%
77/100South Carolina 0.49%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090

Weaknesses

Property crime rate · high2,576 /100k
3/100South Carolina 1,676 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of Investigation
Violent crime rate · high642 /100k
4/100South Carolina 388 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of Investigation
Time spent in the emergency room · high212 min
6/100South Carolina 163 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Food insecurity · high28.2%
7/100South Carolina 18.3%United States 15.6%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Unemployment rate · high6.1%
7/100South Carolina 4.5%United States 4.3%2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPartial year
Reading scores · low2.58
7/100South Carolina 2.93United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Drought exposureWorsening
19% (2021) → 75% (Nov 2025–Oct 2026)
+55 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Gyms and fitness centersWorsening
0.6 /10k (2020) → 0.0 /10k (2025)
−100%5 yearsUS 1.2 /10k → 1.3 /10k
Child poverty rateImproving
41.8% (2019) → 24.4% (2024)
−17 pts5 yearsUS 16.8% → 15.5%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
70.5% (2015-2019) → 85.9% (2020-2024)
+15 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Child care cost burdenWorsening
17.5% (2020 & 2021) → 29.2% (2023 & 2024)
+12 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
Suicide rateImproving
35.6 /100k (2019) → 15.3 /100k (2024)
−57%5 yearsUS 14.5 /100k → 14.6 /100k

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Clarendon County, South Carolina improved on 11 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 16 moved within the margin of error and 3 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved11

Child poverty−17 points41.8% → 24.4%
Poverty−7.7 points25.1% → 17.4%
High school++5.8 points78.5% → 84.3%
Weekly wage+35%$624 → $841
Broadband+15 points70.5% → 85.9%

Declined1

Price / income+0.5×2.5× → 3.0×

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of Clarendon County, South Carolina between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	2.9 /10k2020	1.9 /10k2025	−34%	Within the margin of error	7%
Average commute time	29.4 min2015-2019	31.0 min2020-2024	+1.5 min	Within the margin of error	27%
Average weekly wage	$6242020	$8412025	+35%	Improved	94%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.1%2015-2019	18.2%2020-2024	+3.1 points	Improved	57%
Broadband subscriptions	70.5%2015-2019	85.9%2020-2024	+15 points	Improved	82%
Child poverty rate	41.8%2019	24.4%2024	−17 points	Improved	100%
Distance to an airport	53 mi2020	53 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	19.5 /100k2020	20.0 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	+2.6%	Within the margin of error	23%
Effective property tax rate	0.55%2015-2019	0.52%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	23%
Firearm deaths	26.5 /100k2020	32.3 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+22%	Within the margin of error	21%
Grocery stores	1.3 /10k2020	1.3 /10k2025	−0.7%	Within the margin of error	51%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.6 /10k2020	0.0 /10k2025	−100%	Within the margin of error	2%
High school diploma or higher	78.5%2015-2019	84.3%2020-2024	+5.8 points	Improved	92%
Home price to income ratio	2.5×2015-2019	3.0×2020-2024	+0.5×	Declined	36%
Homicide rate	14.5 /100k2020	9.6 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−34%	Within the margin of error	57%
Income adjusted for local prices	$44,2362019	$59,9122024	+35%	Improved	71%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4992015-2019	0.4712020-2024	−0.028	Within the margin of error	87%
Median household income	$39,9002019	$53,1062024	+33%	Improved	85%
New business applications	12.3 /1k2020	16.2 /1k2025	+32%	Improved	34%
Pharmacies	2.3 /10k2020	1.9 /10k2025	−15%	Within the margin of error	33%
Poverty rate	25.1%2019	17.4%2024	−7.7 points	Improved	100%
Property crime rate	3,133 /100k2020	2,576 /100k2025	−18%	Improved	24%
Public libraries	0.6 /10k2019	0.6 /10k2024	+8.9%	Within the margin of error	89%
Rent as share of income	29.3%2015-2019	31.6%2020-2024	+2.3 points	Within the margin of error	24%
Rent-burdened households	48.1%2015-2019	54.0%2020-2024	+5.9 points	Within the margin of error	22%
Restaurants and bars	6.8 /10k2020	7.4 /10k2025	+8.8%	Within the margin of error	71%
Students per teacher	15.5×2019	16.3×2024	+0.7×	Little change	11%
Traffic deaths	51.2 /100k2015-2019	38.1 /100k2020-2024	−26%	Improved	83%
Unemployment rate	6.8%2020	6.1%2025	−0.7 points	Little change	9%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	14.6%2019	12.7%2024	−1.9 points	Within the margin of error	68%
Violent crime rate	554 /100k2020	642 /100k2025	+16%	Within the margin of error	21%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 3144 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Counties like Clarendon County, South Carolina five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Clarendon County, South Carolina in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Clarendon County, South Carolina itself moved −2.4 points in standing on average over the same 31 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

30,986 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69
50–59
40–49
30–39
20–29
10–19
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under 10 women (−1.4 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

30,986 residents

Clarendon County, South Carolina
South Carolina share

White49%15,264
Black44%13,670
Hispanic or Latino3.2%1,005

Education

22,744 residents (±85)

Clarendon County, South Carolina
South Carolina share

No high school diploma16%3,576
High school or GED36%8,196
Some college22%5,097

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

12,356 households (±320)

Clarendon County, South Carolina
South Carolina share

Under $25k25%3,119
$25k–50k23%2,792
$50k–75k18%2,242
$75k–100k12%1,437
$100k–150k14%1,711
$150k–200k5.6%687
$200k or more3.0%368

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−9.5 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

12,356 households (±320)

Clarendon County, South Carolina
South Carolina share

Own73%9,013
Rent27%3,343

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (−4.1 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

2,689 households (±288)

Clarendon County, South Carolina
South Carolina share

Under $75047%1,269
$750–1,00033%898
$1,000–1,50019%†515

Home values

9,013 homes (±411)

Clarendon County, South Carolina
South Carolina share

Under $150k47%4,213
$150k–250k26%2,322
$250k–400k17%1,503

Age of homes

16,089 homes (±46)

Clarendon County, South Carolina
South Carolina share

2010 or later8.0%1,285
2000–200916%2,575
1980–199947%7,508

Size of homes

16,089 homes (±46)

Clarendon County, South Carolina
South Carolina share

Studio0.4%†70
1 bedroom4.2%†678
2 bedrooms18%2,928

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

11,437 workers (±466)

Clarendon County, South Carolina
South Carolina share

Drive alone81%9,282
Carpool9.2%1,052
Public transit0.1%†11
Walk1.5%†169
Bike0.3%†33
Work from home6.5%744
Other1.3%†146

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+2.8 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

10,693 workers (±463)

Clarendon County, South Carolina
South Carolina share

Under 15 min21%2,232
15–29 min29%3,144
30–44 min28%3,022

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Clarendon County has 497 employer establishments, 160 for every 10,000 residents (0.64× the US rate of 248; 0.70× South Carolina's), with 6,343 paid employees at an average annual pay of $39,444. The Census Bureau also counts 2,593 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 497; 2,593 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 160; US 248 · South Carolina 228
Paid employees: 6,343
Average annual pay: $39,444; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Clarendon County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Religious organizations	35	11.3	2.03×More than typical	132	$17,568	—
Restaurants and other eating places	35	11.3	0.61×Fewer than typical	618	$14,650	17
Gasoline stations	27	8.7	2.68×More than typical	245	$25,808	3
Ambulatory health care services	25	8	0.39×Fewer than typical	328	$36,652	81
Specialty trade contractors	22	7.1	0.46×Fewer than typical	103	$42,689	216
Limited-service restaurants	19	6.1	0.76×Fewer than typical	439	$14,062	6
Truck transportation	17	5.5	1.08×About typical	71	$63,944	135
Full-service restaurants	16	5.1	0.67×Fewer than typical	179	$16,095	4
General merchandise stores	16	5.1	2.91×More than typical	416	$27,401	10
Services to buildings and dwellings	16	5.1	0.76×Fewer than typical	188	$41,649	273
Lessors of real estate	15	4.8	0.39×Fewer than typical	24	$24,667	174
Building equipment contractors	10	3.2	0.53×Fewer than typical	51	$36,647	46

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $50.5K on contracts performed in Clarendon County, South Carolina: $1.63 per resident (US $2,007).

Obligations: $50.5K
Per resident: $1.63; US $2,007
Sole-source: 100%; US 30%
Single offer: 12%; US 8.7%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

U.S. Coast Guard$93.1K100%
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$59.4K100%
U.S. Geological Survey$6,00012%

Top recipients

AGRICULTURE, SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF$106.8K100%
SWAMP FOX INDUSTRIAL SOLUTIONS LLC$93.1K100%
MISSIONGATE GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS LLC$53.9K100%
KELLER HERMAN$6,00012%
BLANCHARD MACHINERY COMPANY$5,54611%
COMPUTER EVIDENCE SPECIALISTS, LLC-$214.8K0.0%

Spending by fiscal year

4.2MFY2017
7.7MFY2018
5.3MFY2019
3.7MFY2020
3.4MFY2021
350.8KFY2022
131.5KFY2023
840KFY2024
0FY2025
50.5KFY2026

What was bought

Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles$93.1K61%
Facilities & utilities$53.9K35%
Equipment maintenance$5,5463.6%

Top industries (NAICS)

Administration of human resource programs · 9231$106.8K100%
Ship and boat building · 3366$93.1K100%
Support activities for crop production · 1151$53.9K100%
Water, sewage and other systems · 2213$6,00012%
Commercial and industrial machinery and equipment repair and maintenance · 8113$5,54611%

Largest awards

FDA IS ISSUING A TASK ORDER TO OBTAIN 4,5000 UBS, 1,050 A&L'S, 4,348 PROGRAM MANAGEMENT HOURS, NON-INSPECTION TRAVEL AND OTHER DIRECT COST TO COMPLETE THE INSPECTIONS.$408.9K
COMPUTER EVIDENCE SPECIALISTS, LLC· Clarendon County, SC· Professional services· Jul 22, 2024 – Apr 22, 2026· 75F40124F19022
HUMAN FOOD SOUTH CAROLINA STATE INSPECTIONS$106.8K
AGRICULTURE, SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF· Clarendon County, SC· Professional services· Sep 3, 2026 – Sep 3, 2026· 75F40126C00159
HOT OIL FLUSH$93.1K
SWAMP FOX INDUSTRIAL SOLUTIONS LLC· Clarendon County, SC· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Dec 5, 2025 – Dec 5, 2025· 70Z08526PIBCT0022
SC SANTEE NWR HERBICIDE APPLICATION$53.9K
MISSIONGATE GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS LLC· Clarendon County, SC· Facilities & utilities· Aug 28, 2026 – Aug 28, 2026· 140FS326P0237
ACID PRECIP - SC06 FY26$6,000
KELLER HERMAN· Clarendon County, SC· Professional services· Apr 15, 2026 – Jun 29, 2026· 140G0126P0096
SC-SANTEE NWR-A4ST0-BLANCHARD EXCAVATOR$5,546
BLANCHARD MACHINERY COMPANY· Clarendon County, SC· Equipment maintenance· Jun 26, 2026 – Jun 26, 2026· 140FS326F0096

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $427.6M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Clarendon County, South Carolina: $13,775 per resident (US $12,975).

Assistance · FY2026: $427.6M; −15% vs FY2025
Per resident: $13,775; US $12,975
Loan face value: $8.3M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 1.4%; counted, never named

Top programs

20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction$160.3M37%
96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$156.5M37%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$36.1M8.4%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$28.9M6.8%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$14.6M3.4%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$11M2.6%
64.110 · Veterans Dependency and Indemnity Compensation for Service-Connected Death$2.6M0.6%
14.195 · Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA)$2.3M0.5%

Top recipients (organizations)

SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$162.2M38%
COLUMBIA, SC
LAKE CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY$2.5M0.6%
LAKE CITY, SC
STEVE C GAMBLE & SONS FARM$740.5K0.2%
NEW ZION, SC
WESTWOOD HOLDINGS LLC$391.1K0.1%
MANNING, SC
MANNING ASSOCIATES$375.7K0.1%
WINSTON SALEM, NC
MEADOWFIELD ASSOCIATES OF SUMMERTON, S. C.$364.3K0.1%
SUMMERTON, SC
CLARENDON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA$341.5K0.1%
MANNING, SC
TRI-VISION HOUSING CORPORATION$291.1K0.1%
MANNING, SC

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$211M49%
Federal Highway Administration$162.2M38%
Department of Transportation
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$40.3M9.4%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Farm Service Agency$4.5M1.0%
Department of Agriculture
Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing Commissioner$2.4M0.6%
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Natural Resources Conservation Service$2.1M0.5%
Department of Agriculture
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing$1.5M0.4%
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Rural Housing Service$1.3M0.3%
Department of Agriculture

By type

Direct payments$262.4M61%
Grants$162.9M38%
Other assistance$2.3M0.5%
Insurance$12K0.0%
Loans$00.0%
$8.3M lent or guaranteed

Assistance by fiscal year

226.3MFY2021
230.4MFY2022
245.3MFY2023
258.2MFY2024
500.8MFY2025
427.6MFY2026

County aggregates

59%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 8, 2026, loaded Oct 8, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Clarendon County, South Carolina compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Clarendon County, South Carolina
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Clarendon County, South Carolina and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Clarendon County, South Carolina	United States
FY2017	$123	$1,436
FY2018	$227	$1,552
FY2019	$158	$1,654
FY2020	$120	$1,880
FY2021	$109	$1,810
FY2022	$11.33	$1,917
FY2023	$4.23	$2,079
FY2024	$27.05	$2,047
FY2025	$0	$2,165
FY2026	$1.63 (partial year)	$1,925
FY2027	$0 (partial year)	—

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Clarendon County, South Carolina and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Clarendon County, South Carolina	United States
FY2017	$1.52	$93.28
FY2018	$25.14	$105
FY2019	$1.86	$128
FY2020	$2.91	$145
FY2021	-$0.60	$117

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Clarendon County, South Carolina and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Clarendon County, South Carolina	United States
FY2021	$328	$5,748
FY2022	$244	$5,221
FY2023	$179	$5,364
FY2024	$147	$5,501
FY2025	$7,247	$5,732
FY2026

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Clarendon County, South Carolina and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Clarendon County, South Carolina	United States
FY2021	-$12.09	$298
FY2022	-$3.27	$357
FY2023	$162	$301
FY2024	$77.81	$319
FY2025	$7,238	$360
FY2026

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Clarendon County, South Carolina and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Clarendon County, South Carolina	United States
FY2021	$73.08	$239
FY2022	$87.57	$185
FY2023	$151	$229
FY2024	$185	$229
FY2025	$189	$249
FY2026

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Clarendon County, South Carolina and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Clarendon County, South Carolina	United States
FY2021	$208	$2,304
FY2022	$212	$2,197
FY2023	-$5.47	$2,274
FY2024	$0	$2,267
FY2025	$0	$2,397
FY2026

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Clarendon County, South Carolina and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Clarendon County, South Carolina	United States
FY2021	$599	$1,186
FY2022	$339	$465
FY2023	$29.88	$76.52
FY2024	-$142	$120
FY2025	$51.78	$148
FY2026

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Clarendon County, South Carolina
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Clarendon County, South Carolina and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Clarendon County, South Carolina	United States
2014	1.6%	2.0%
2015

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

No jump in federal money met the criteria in the years loaded, so there is no comparison for this place.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/45027

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Clarendon County, South Carolina is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

James E. ClyburnD-SC-6 · 100% of residentsWith party 98%Missed 1.3%

Senate

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Cities and towns in Clarendon County

Places whose residents live mostly in Clarendon County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-09
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-10-06
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

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Calendar years	Clarendon County, South Carolina	United States
2014	−1.0%	−4.2%
2015	+1.0%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	−1.4%	+3.3%
2018	−1.7%	+6.8%
2019	+0.7%	+10.5%
2020	+7.8%	+19.4%
2021	+19.9%	+26.1%
2022	+27.8%	+30.6%
2023	+34.9%	+35.0%
2024	+36.8%	+41.0%
2025	+45.3%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Clarendon County, South Carolina	United States
2014	−7.4%	−5.5%
2015	−3.5%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.7%	+4.1%
2018	+8.7%	+8.9%
2019	+13.7%	+13.5%
2020	+27.3%	+20.8%
2021	+41.0%	+32.1%
2022	+42.0%	+35.4%
2023	+49.7%	+42.9%
2024	+58.6%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Clarendon County, South Carolina	United States
2014	2.8/1k	3.3/1k
2015	1.1/1k	3.7/1k
2016	1.3/1k	3.7/1k
2017	1.4/1k	3.9/1k
2018	1.4/1k	4.1/1k
2019	2.2/1k	4.2/1k
2020	2.4/1k	4.4/1k
2021	2.7/1k	5.2/1k
2022	3.2/1k	5.0/1k
2023	3.0/1k	4.5/1k
2024	3.7/1k	4.3/1k
2025	3.7/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Clarendon County, South Carolina	United States
2014	−6.6%	−6.9%
2015	+0.3%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+6.1%	+4.7%
2018	+6.3%	+7.5%
2019	+15.5%	+14.0%
2020	+53.4%	+16.9%
2021	+19.4%	+21.0%
2022	+33.8%	+29.7%
2023	+38.0%	+34.9%
2024	+53.7%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Clarendon County, South Carolina	United States
2014	27.0%	15.5%
2015	25.4%	14.7%
2016	24.9%	14.0%
2017	23.2%	13.4%
2018	26.4%	13.1%
2019	25.1%	12.3%
2020	18.4%	11.9%
2021	20.8%	12.8%
2022	20.3%	12.6%
2023	20.0%	12.5%
2024	17.4%	12.1%

Calendar years	Clarendon County, South Carolina	United States
2014	8.2%	6.2%
2015	7.6%	5.3%
2016	6.7%	4.9%
2017	6.0%	4.4%
2018	4.7%	3.9%
2019	3.8%	3.7%
2020	6.8%	8.1%
2021	4.9%	5.4%
2022	4.1%	3.7%
2023	4.0%	3.6%
2024	5.3%	4.0%
2025	6.1%	4.3%

Calendar years	Clarendon County, South Carolina	United States
2014	−7.1% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−1.9% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+7.6% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+12.6% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+21.0% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+35.5% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+56.6% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+55.0% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+50.3% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+48.7% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+40.3% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Clarendon County, South Carolina	United States
2014	18.0%	13.5%
2015	14.1%	10.9%
2016	14.0%	10.0%
2017	14.5%	10.2%
2018	14.6%	10.4%
2019	14.6%	10.8%
2020	14.3%	10.4%
2021	15.0%	10.2%
2022	12.8%	9.5%
2023	12.2%	9.5%
2024	12.7%	9.8%

Calendar years	Clarendon County, South Carolina	United States
2014	5.0/1k	8.5/1k
2015	5.7/1k	8.7/1k
2016	6.4/1k	9.1/1k
2017	7.2/1k	9.8/1k
2018	6.9/1k	10.7/1k
2019	8.1/1k	10.6/1k
2020	12.3/1k	13.1/1k
2021	19.9/1k	16.2/1k
2022	15.6/1k	15.1/1k
2023	14.4/1k	16.2/1k
2024	13.7/1k	15.4/1k
2025	16.2/1k	16.6/1k