›› Births to Teens Under Age 20

Rank*	County	% of Births that were to Teens	County/State Ratio	County/US Ratio
1	Richland County	10.0	0.73	0.93
2	Greenville County	10.3	0.75	0.95
3	Calhoun County	10.6	0.78	0.98
4	Lexington County	10.7	0.78	0.99
5	Beaufort County	11.8	0.86	1.09
6	Charleston County	12.2	0.89	1.13
7	Dorchester County	12.9	0.94	1.19
8	Horry County	13.2	0.96	1.22
9	York County	13.2	0.96	1.22
10	Berkeley County	13.2	0.97	1.23
11	Pickens County	13.5	0.98	1.25
12	Georgetown County	13.5	0.99	1.25
13	Edgefield County	13.8	1.01	1.28
14	Saluda County	13.9	1.01	1.28
15	Oconee County	13.9	1.01	1.29
16	Anderson County	14.0	1.02	1.29
17	Aiken County	14.4	1.05	1.34
18	Lancaster County	14.9	1.09	1.38
19	Darlington County	15.0	1.09	1.39
20	Abbeville County	15.0	1.10	1.39
20	Spartanburg County	15.0	1.10	1.39
22	Florence County	15.2	1.11	1.41
23	Williamsburg County	15.6	1.14	1.45
24	Greenwood County	15.8	1.16	1.47
25	Kershaw County	16.2	1.19	1.50
26	Newberry County	16.4	1.20	1.52
27	Chesterfield County	16.6	1.21	1.53
28	Sumter County	16.8	1.23	1.56
29	McCormick County	17.0	1.24	1.57
30	Orangeburg County	17.1	1.25	1.59
31	Barnwell County	17.6	1.28	1.63
32	Clarendon County	18.0	1.31	1.66
33	Marion County	18.4	1.35	1.71
34	Bamberg County	18.5	1.35	1.71
35	Union County	18.6	1.36	1.72
36	Lee County	18.7	1.36	1.73
37	Colleton County	18.7	1.37	1.73
38	Laurens County	18.9	1.38	1.75
39	Fairfield County	19.3	1.41	1.79
40	Cherokee County	19.3	1.41	1.79
41	Chester County	19.5	1.42	1.80
42	Hampton County	20.0	1.46	1.85
43	Jasper County	21.2	1.55	1.96
44	Dillon County	22.0	1.61	2.04
45	Marlboro County	22.4	1.64	2.08
46	Allendale County	24.0	1.75	2.22
	South Carolina	13.8	***	***
Right Start Report 2002
South Carolina	13.7
United States	10.8

* 1 is best, 46 is worst.