The median income of Beaufort County residents was $31,632 per year, adjusted for inflation. It had 71,477 households with a population of 186,095.
The county with the highest median resident income in the state was Charleston County with $34,431 per year after adjusting for inflation – $2,799 more than Beaufort 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 – $13,177 less than Beaufort County. It had 11,029 households with a population of 30,689.
South Carolina counties by earnings per resident (2019)
| Rank | County | Earnings per resident |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charleston County | $34,431 |
| 2 | York County | $32,174 |
| 3 | Lexington County | $32,024 |
| 4 | Beaufort County | $31,632 |
| 5 | Dorchester County | $31,613 |
| 6 | Berkeley County | $31,055 |
| 7 | Greenville County | $30,374 |
| 8 | Lancaster County | $28,557 |
| 9 | Richland County | $27,682 |
| 10 | Calhoun County | $27,528 |
| 11 | Kershaw County | $27,414 |
| 12 | Aiken County | $27,373 |
| 13 | Anderson County | $26,409 |
| 14 | Spartanburg County | $26,358 |
| 15 | Horry County | $25,980 |
| 16 | Florence County | $25,706 |
| 17 | Oconee County | $25,517 |
| 18 | Jasper County | $25,243 |
| 19 | Newberry County | $25,159 |
| 20 | Sumter County | $25,126 |
| 21 | Greenwood County | $23,996 |
| 22 | Fairfield County | $23,993 |
| 23 | Chester County | $23,837 |
| 24 | Edgefield County | $23,712 |
| 25 | Georgetown County | $23,586 |
| 26 | McCormick County | $23,510 |
| 27 | Pickens County | $23,331 |
| 28 | Cherokee County | $23,065 |
| 29 | Barnwell County | $22,901 |
| 30 | Saluda County | $22,811 |
| 31 | Chesterfield County | $22,239 |
| 32 | Darlington County | $22,175 |
| 33 | Abbeville County | $21,890 |
| 34 | Laurens County | $21,883 |
| 35 | Colleton County | $21,844 |
| 36 | Union County | $21,599 |
| 37 | Hampton County | $21,343 |
| 38 | Clarendon County | $21,319 |
| 39 | Orangeburg County | $20,977 |
| 40 | Williamsburg County | $20,438 |
| 41 | Marlboro County | $19,932 |
| 42 | Allendale County | $19,688 |
| 43 | Lee County | $19,677 |
| 44 | Bamberg County | $19,520 |
| 45 | Marion County | $19,308 |
| 46 | Dillon County | $18,455 |
* All values are inflation-adjusted
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