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Oconee County ranked 17th in South Carolina for resident earnings in 2019

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Oconee County ranked 17th among counties in South Carolina by annual earnings per resident, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The median income of Oconee County residents was $25,517 per year, adjusted for inflation. It had 31,978 households with a population of 77,528.

The county with the highest median resident income in the state was Charleston County with $34,431 per year after adjusting for inflation – $8,914 more than Oconee County. It had 159,195 households with a population of 401,165.

The county with the lowest median resident income in the state was Dillon County with $18,455 per year after adjusting for inflation – $7,062 less than Oconee County. It had 11,029 households with a population of 30,689.

South Carolina counties by earnings per resident (2019)

RankCountyEarnings per resident
1Charleston County$34,431
2York County$32,174
3Lexington County$32,024
4Beaufort County$31,632
5Dorchester County$31,613
6Berkeley County$31,055
7Greenville County$30,374
8Lancaster County$28,557
9Richland County$27,682
10Calhoun County$27,528
11Kershaw County$27,414
12Aiken County$27,373
13Anderson County$26,409
14Spartanburg County$26,358
15Horry County$25,980
16Florence County$25,706
17Oconee County$25,517
18Jasper County$25,243
19Newberry County$25,159
20Sumter County$25,126
21Greenwood County$23,996
22Fairfield County$23,993
23Chester County$23,837
24Edgefield County$23,712
25Georgetown County$23,586
26McCormick County$23,510
27Pickens County$23,331
28Cherokee County$23,065
29Barnwell County$22,901
30Saluda County$22,811
31Chesterfield County$22,239
32Darlington County$22,175
33Abbeville County$21,890
34Laurens County$21,883
35Colleton County$21,844
36Union County$21,599
37Hampton County$21,343
38Clarendon County$21,319
39Orangeburg County$20,977
40Williamsburg County$20,438
41Marlboro County$19,932
42Allendale County$19,688
43Lee County$19,677
44Bamberg County$19,520
45Marion County$19,308
46Dillon County$18,455

* All values are inflation-adjusted

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