In 2006, S.C. ranked 12th in the U.S. for senior citizens with incomes below the poverty level. This ranking constituted 12% of the state’s senior population.

In 2006, 13% of all people in Spartanburg County were living in poverty. Of residents age 65 and over, 10% were in poverty, as compared with 17% of children under age 18. A trend analysis for Spartanburg, as compared to S.C., the U.S. and the southeast follows.