Paint peeling from this shuttered storefront along S.C. Highway 462 in Coosawatchie, S.C., reflects deep poverty that is found in rural areas along Interstate 95 in the Palmetto State. This photograph was taken just a few hundred yards away from the beautiful, meandering Coosawatchie River.
Jasper County, population 25,833, is just over the river from Savannah, Ga. Its location near the metro area likely is why poverty in Jasper County (21.4 percent) is half that of Allendale County to the north. However, parts of the county around Ridgeland and Coosawatchie, which are further away from the Savannah area, feature a lot of the same strife as in Allendale County.
Photo by Andy Brack, taken on Feb. 28, 2014. All rights reserved.