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American Community Survey 2019–2023

Columbia area census tracts by residents below the poverty level

Residents below the poverty level is highest in Columbia city (north 3) (100%). This table ranks 96 eligible mapped census tracts.

Residents below the poverty level values are ACS five-year survey estimates. Percentage and median rankings exclude tracts below 500 residents; this reduces but does not eliminate sampling uncertainty.

#Census tract areaResidents below the poverty level
1Columbia city (north 3)100%
2Columbia city (west-northwest 3)100%
3Columbia city (south-southwest 4)78.9%
4Columbia city (southwest 3)65.8%
5Columbia city (northwest 4)63.9%
6Columbia city (west 1)60.3%
7Cayce city59.4%
8Columbia city (west 3)54.2%
9Columbia city (southwest 4)44.6%
10Dentsville CDP (southwest 2)42.4%
11Columbia city (west 5)41.6%
12Columbia city (south-southwest 2)39.3%
13Columbia city (south-southwest 1)36.6%
14St. Andrews CDP (east-southeast)36.2%
15Columbia city (west-northwest 4)35.1%
16Columbia city (northwest 3)34.3%
17Columbia city (south-southwest 3)32.6%
18Columbia city (southeast 3)27.4%
19Unincorporated (northwest 1)25.9%
20Columbia city (southwest 1)25.8%
21Columbia city (north 2)25.6%
22Columbia city (east-southeast 4)25.4%
23St. Andrews CDP (east)24.9%
24Blythewood town (west-southwest)24%
25Columbia city (northwest 1)23.9%
26Woodfield CDP (west-northwest)23.9%
27St. Andrews CDP (west-northwest 1)23.8%
28Columbia city (south-southeast 2)23.7%
29Unincorporated (east-northeast)23.7%
30Dentsville CDP (east-northeast)23.4%
31Columbia city (south 3)23.2%
32Columbia city (south-southeast 1)23.1%
33Woodfield CDP (east-southeast)22.8%
34Columbia city (southwest 5)21.6%
35Columbia city (west 2)21.3%
36St. Andrews CDP (west-northwest 2)21%
37Columbia city (north-northwest 1)20.3%
38Eastover town20.3%
39Columbia city (southwest 2)19.9%
40Dentsville CDP (southwest 1)19.6%
41Hopkins CDP19.1%
42Columbia city (east-southeast 3)18.3%
43Dentsville CDP (north)18%
44Unincorporated (east)18%
45Columbia city (west 4)17.6%
46Columbia city (north-northwest 2)16.5%
47Columbia city (southeast 1)16.4%
48Unincorporated (southeast 2)16.1%
49Columbia city (south 1)16%
50Gadsden CDP15.9%
51Columbia city (west-northwest 6)15.8%
52Dentsville CDP (west)15.7%
53Columbia city (northwest 2)15.4%
54Columbia city (west-southwest 3)15.3%
55Columbia city (south 2)14.3%
56Columbia city (north 1)14.1%
57St. Andrews CDP (south-southeast)13.9%
58Forest Acres city (northeast)13.7%
59Lake Murray of Richland CDP (north-northwest)13.6%
60Dentsville CDP (east-southeast)13.3%
61Forest Acres city (west)13.1%
62Unincorporated (northwest 2)12.5%
63Columbia city (west-northwest 5)12.3%
64Blythewood town (south)11.5%
65Columbia city (south-southeast 5)11.4%
66Dentsville CDP (north-northeast)11.2%
67Columbia city (west-southwest 2)10.7%
68Unincorporated (southeast 1)10.6%
69Forest Acres city (north)10.5%
70Columbia city (west-southwest 1)10%
71Unincorporated (north-northeast 1)10%
72Columbia city (northeast 2)9.9%
73Blythewood town (northeast)8.9%
74Columbia city (southeast 2)8.4%
75Columbia city (south-southeast 6)8.1%
76Forest Acres city (southwest)8.1%
77Unincorporated (northeast 2)7.9%
78Columbia city (west-northwest 1)7.4%
79Columbia city (east-southeast 2)7%
80Forest Acres city (south)7%
81Columbia city (northeast 1)6.3%
82Irmo town (south-southeast)6.1%
83Unincorporated (north-northeast 2)5.9%
84Unincorporated (northeast 1)5.8%
85Blythewood town (northwest)5.5%
86Columbia city (northeast 3)5.4%
87Columbia city (east-southeast 1)5.1%
88Irmo town (east-southeast)5.1%
89Forest Acres city (east)4.2%
90Columbia city (south-southeast 3)2.9%
91Irmo town (northwest)2.4%
92Columbia city (west-northwest 2)1.6%
93Blythewood town (east)1.3%
94Columbia city (south-southeast 4)1.1%
95Lake Murray of Richland CDP (south-southeast)1%
96Unincorporated (west)0%

Method and source

Values come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates. Census tracts are small statistical areas, not necessarily neighbourhood boundaries. The result is a descriptive comparison of the mapped area, not a measure of individual households or a prediction. Read about the American Community Survey.