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Births to Teens Under Age 20 (Average for 1999 - 2001)


Rank* County Percent of Births that were to Teens County/State Ratio County/US Ratio
1 Lexington County 11.1 0.72 0.94
2 Richland County 11.5 0.75 0.97
3 Greenville County 11.9 0.78 1.01
4 Beaufort County 12.9 0.84 1.09
5 Charleston County 13.0 0.85 1.10
6 Dorchester County 13.5 0.88 1.15
7 Pickens County 13.9 0.91 1.18
8 York County 14.2 0.93 1.21
9 Horry County 14.3 0.93 1.22
10 Berkeley County 14.4 0.94 1.22
11 Spartanburg County 15.5 1.01 1.32
12 Florence County 15.6 1.02 1.33
13 Anderson County 15.7 1.03 1.33
14 Aiken County 15.7 1.03 1.34
15 Georgetown County 15.9 1.04 1.35
16 Oconee County 16.0 1.04 1.36
17 Edgefield County 16.0 1.05 1.36
18 Calhoun County 16.2 1.06 1.37
19 Abbeville County 16.5 1.08 1.40
20 Kershaw County 17.3 1.13 1.47
21 McCormick County 17.5 1.14 1.48
21 Williamsburg County 17.5 1.14 1.48
23 Newberry County 17.6 1.15 1.50
24 Lancaster County 17.7 1.15 1.50
25 Saluda County 17.9 1.17 1.52
26 Darlington County 18.2 1.19 1.55
27 Lee County 18.3 1.20 1.56
28 Greenwood County 18.4 1.20 1.56
29 Sumter County 18.7 1.22 1.59
30 Orangeburg County 18.8 1.23 1.60
31 Union County 19.4 1.27 1.65
32 Fairfield County 19.7 1.28 1.67
33 Laurens County 19.9 1.30 1.69
34 Chesterfield County 19.9 1.30 1.69
35 Clarendon County 20.0 1.31 1.70
36 Barnwell County 20.1 1.31 1.71
37 Colleton County 20.2 1.32 1.71
38 Cherokee County 20.8 1.36 1.77
39 Bamberg County 20.9 1.37 1.78
40 Hampton County 21.2 1.39 1.80
41 Chester County 21.4 1.40 1.82
42 Jasper County 21.9 1.43 1.86
43 Marion County 22.0 1.44 1.87
44 Dillon County 23.1 1.51 1.96
45 Marlboro County 23.5 1.54 2.00
46 Allendale County 23.9 1.56 2.03

* 1 is best, 46 is worst.