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2007 Homeless Count > State and County Data Tables > Homeless Count Compared to Estimates

2007 Homeless Count Compared to Other Point-in-Time (PIT) Estimates and Annualized Estimates

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State and County Total Homeless Count - 2007 Level of Effort Level of Rurality* (1 is the most rural, 5 is the most urban) Estimated PIT Based on 3 Times Definition of Annualized Estimated PIT Based on 6 Times Definition of Annualized Annualized Estimated Homeless Based on Poverty Annualized Estimated Homeless Based on the Prevalence of Homeless People
South Carolina 6,759 N/A N/A 13,064 6,532 39,191 17,454
Abbeville 14 Low/Moderate 3 81 41 243 N/A
Aiken 101 Moderate/High 5 456 228 1,367 N/A
Allendale 5 None/Very Low 1 66 33 197 N/A
Anderson 207 Moderate/High 4 496 248 1,489 N/A
Bamberg 9 Low/Moderate 1 74 37 221 N/A
Barnwell 19 Low/Moderate 3 94 47 282 N/A
Beaufort 71 Moderate/High 4 317 159 952 N/A
Berkeley 20 Low/Moderate 5 394 197 1,181 N/A
Calhoun 1 None/Very Low 1 50 25 151 N/A
Charleston 437 Moderate/High 5 1,019 509 3,057 N/A
Cherokee 44 None/Very Low 3 185 92 554 N/A
Chester 70 Moderate/High 3 115 57 344 N/A
Chesterfield 33 None/Very Low 3 175 87 524 N/A
Clarendon 214 None/Very Low 1 156 78 468 N/A
Colleton 18 Low/Moderate 3 167 83 500 N/A
Darlington 2 None/Very Low 3 279 139 836 N/A
Dillon 15 None/Very Low 3 144 72 432 N/A
Dorchester 46 None/Very Low 5 276 138 828 N/A
Edgefield 2 None/Very Low 3 81 41 243 N/A
Fairfield 20 Low/Moderate 1 89 45 267 N/A
Florence 172 Moderate/High 4 482 241 1,447 N/A
Georgetown 667 Moderate/High 3 208 104 624 N/A
Greenville 989 Moderate/High 5 1,095 548 3,285 N/A
Greenwood 311 Moderate/High 4 210 105 631 N/A
Hampton 2 None/Very Low 1 90 45 269 N/A
Horry 744 Moderate/High 5 659 329 1,976 N/A
Jasper 26 Low/Moderate 1 92 46 275 N/A
Kershaw 120 Moderate/High 3 157 79 471 N/A
Lancaster 248 Moderate/High 3 193 97 579 N/A
Laurens 32 Low/Moderate 3 234 117 703 N/A
Lee 2 None/Very Low 1 90 45 271 N/A
Lexington 153 Moderate/High 5 558 279 1,673 N/A
McCormick 11 None/Very Low 1 33 17 100 N/A
Marion 86 Moderate/High 3 164 82 493 N/A
Marlboro 3 None/Very Low 3 121 61 364 N/A
Newberry 12 Low/Moderate 3 125 63 375 N/A
Oconee 23 Moderate/High 3 185 93 555 N/A
Orangeburg 59 None/Very Low 3 399 199 1,196 N/A
Pickens 32 Low/Moderate 4 309 155 928 N/A
Richland 938 Moderate/High 5 995 498 2,986 N/A
Saluda 2 None/Very Low 1 62 31 186 N/A
Spartanburg 195 Moderate/High 5 746 373 2,239 N/A
Sumter 108 Low/Moderate 5 384 192 1,153 N/A
Union** See Cherokee/Union   None/Very Low 3 96 48 288 N/A
Williamsburg 82 Low/Moderate 1 189 94 566 N/A
York 308 Moderate/High 5 473 236 1,418 N/A
Cherokee/Union 30            
Missing 3 -   - - -  
Other 53 -   - - -  

* Levels of rurality were determined based on the percent of the population considered to be in urban areas.

** Statistics were not available for Union County.

2007 Homeless Count

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