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Births to Mothers Without a High School Degree Average for 1999 - 2001)

Rank* County Percent of Total Births to Women with Less than High School Education County/State Ratio County/US Ratio
1 Richland County 13.3 0.63 0.61
2 Lexington County 15.6 0.74 0.72
3 Berkeley County 16.4 0.78 0.76
4 Dorchester County 16.7 0.80 0.77
5 Beaufort County 17.3 0.83 0.80
6 McCormick County 17.7 0.84 0.82
7 Georgetown County 18.2 0.87 0.84
8 Charleston County 18.5 0.88 0.85
9 Florence County 18.9 0.90 0.87
10 Greenville County 19.9 0.95 0.92
11 Sumter County 20.0 0.95 0.92
12 York County 20.2 0.96 0.93
13 Aiken County 20.4 0.97 0.94
14 Orangeburg County 20.5 0.97 0.94
15 Calhoun County 20.5 0.98 0.95
16 Abbeville County 20.7 0.98 0.95
17 Kershaw County 20.7 0.99 0.96
18 Williamsburg County 20.9 1.00 0.97
19 Fairfield County 21.2 1.01 0.98
20 Horry County 21.5 1.02 0.99
21 Edgefield County 21.7 1.03 1.00
22 Barnwell County 22.8 1.08 1.05
23 Greenwood County 23.1 1.10 1.07
24 Pickens County 24.0 1.14 1.11
25 Anderson County 24.1 1.15 1.11
25 Bamberg County 24.1 1.15 1.11
27 Marion County 24.1 1.15 1.11
28 Clarendon County 24.4 1.16 1.12
29 Spartanburg County 24.7 1.18 1.14
30 Darlington County 24.9 1.19 1.15
31 Union County 25.5 1.22 1.18
32 Lee County 25.6 1.22 1.18
33 Lancaster County 26.0 1.24 1.20
34 Chester County 26.1 1.24 1.20
35 Colleton County 26.1 1.24 1.21
36 Oconee County 26.6 1.26 1.23
37 Hampton County 27.2 1.30 1.26
38 Chesterfield County 27.6 1.31 1.27
39 Newberry County 27.7 1.32 1.28
40 Saluda County 28.0 1.33 1.29
41 Allendale County 29.8 1.42 1.37
42 Marlboro County 30.8 1.47 1.42
43 Jasper County 30.9 1.47 1.42
44 Cherokee County 31.3 1.49 1.44
45 Laurens County 31.8 1.51 1.47
46 Dillon County 32.6 1.55 1.50

* 1 is best, 46 is worst.