Public Assistance Thresholds for FY  2026

County

County Threshold

County Pop

Abbeville

$118,074

24,295

Aiken

$820,407

168,808

Allendale

$39,070

8,039

Anderson

$990,069

203,718

Bamberg

$64,691

13,311

Barnwell

$100,063

20,589

Beaufort

$909,389

187,117

Berkeley

$1,117,124

229,861

Calhoun

$68,618

14,119

Charleston

$1,984,022

408,235

Cherokee

$273,210

56,216

Chester

$156,949

32,294

Chesterfield

$210,307

43,273

Clarendon

$151,360

31,144

Colleton

$187,615

38,604

Darlington

$305,718

62,905

Dillon

$137,499

28,292

Dorchester

$785,084

161,540

Edgefield

$124,693

25,657

Fairfield

$101,807

20,948

Florence

$666,107

137,059

Georgetown

$308,143

63,404

Greenville

$2,554,095

525,534

Greenwood

$337,046

69,351

Hampton

$90,206

18,561

Horry

$1,706,001

351,029

Jasper

$139,924

28,791

Kershaw

$317,859

65,403

Lancaster

$466,638

96,016

Laurens

$328,240

67,539

Lee

$80,341

16,531

Lexington

$1,428,796

293,991

Marion

$141,829

29,183

Marlboro

$129,602

26,667

McCormick

$46,296

9,526

Newberry

$183,314

37,719

Oconee

$382,030

78,607

Orangeburg

$409,324

84,223

Pickens

$638,623

131,404

Richland

$2,022,474

416,147

Saluda

$91,669

18,862

Spartanburg

$1,594,065

327,997

Sumter

$513,002

105,556

Union

$132,406

27,244

Williamsburg

$150,786

31,026

York

$1,370,957

282,090