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Rank*	County	% of Teen Births to Teens that were already Mothers	County/State Ratio	County/US Ratio
1	McCormick County	7.7	0.37	0.38
2	Berkeley County	15.9	0.77	0.78
3	Dorchester County	17.1	0.83	0.84
4	Williamsburg County	17.3	0.83	0.84
5	Pickens County	17.8	0.86	0.87
6	Kershaw County	18.2	0.88	0.89
7	Greenville County	18.6	0.90	0.91
8	Marlboro County	18.7	0.90	0.91
9	Barnwell County	18.9	0.91	0.92
10	Clarendon County	18.9	0.91	0.92
11	Bamberg County	19.0	0.92	0.93
12	Georgetown County	19.4	0.94	0.95
13	Richland County	19.9	0.96	0.97
13	York County	19.9	0.96	0.97
15	Fairfield County	20.0	0.96	0.97
15	Florence County	20.0	0.96	0.97
17	Beaufort County	20.0	0.97	0.98
18	Lexington County	20.1	0.97	0.98
19	Edgefield County	20.3	0.98	0.99
19	Orangeburg County	20.3	0.98	0.99
21	Calhoun County	20.5	0.99	1.00
22	Charleston County	20.6	0.99	1.00
23	Abbeville County	20.9	1.01	1.02
24	Colleton County	21.2	1.02	1.04
25	Oconee County	21.3	1.03	1.04
26	Horry County	21.4	1.03	1.04
26	Union County	21.4	1.03	1.04
28	Anderson County	21.4	1.03	1.05
29	Spartanburg County	21.8	1.05	1.06
30	Greenwood County	21.9	1.06	1.07
31	Chester County	22.1	1.07	1.08
32	Marion County	22.2	1.07	1.08
33	Darlington County	22.4	1.08	1.09
34	Cherokee County	22.5	1.09	1.10
35	Newberry County	22.6	1.09	1.10
36	Laurens County	22.7	1.10	1.11
37	Lancaster County	22.9	1.10	1.12
38	Allendale County	23.2	1.12	1.13
39	Aiken County	23.3	1.12	1.14
40	Sumter County	24.2	1.16	1.18
41	Saluda County	24.6	1.18	1.20
42	Lee County	24.9	1.20	1.21
43	Hampton County	25.5	1.23	1.25
44	Dillon County	26.3	1.27	1.28
45	Chesterfield County	27.0	1.30	1.32
46	Jasper County	27.2	1.31	1.33
47	South Carolina	20.7	***	***
Right Start Report 2002
South Carolina	20.7
United States	20.5

* 1 is best, 46 is worst.