›› Births to Unmarried Mothers

Rank*	County	Percent of Total Births to Unmarried Women	County/State Ratio	County/US Ratio
1	Pickens County	27.3	0.68	0.80
2	Lexington County	29.6	0.73	0.87
3	Spartanburg County	30.7	0.76	0.90
4	Greenville County	31.6	0.78	0.93
5	Oconee County	31.9	0.79	0.94
6	Kershaw County	33.8	0.84	0.99
7	Beaufort County	34.3	0.85	1.01
8	Anderson County	36.3	0.90	1.07
9	Berkeley County	36.5	0.90	1.07
10	York County	36.7	0.91	1.08
11	Dorchester County	38.2	0.95	1.12
12	Richland County	40.8	1.01	1.20
13	Aiken County	41.2	1.02	1.21
14	Abbeville County	41.9	1.04	1.23
15	Cherokee County	41.9	1.04	1.23
16	Charleston County	42.2	1.04	1.24
17	Horry County	42.4	1.05	1.25
18	Calhoun County	42.5	1.05	1.25
19	Lancaster County	43.0	1.07	1.26
20	Georgetown County	44.6	1.11	1.31
21	Edgefield County	45.0	1.12	1.32
22	Sumter County	45.6	1.13	1.34
23	Florence County	46.0	1.14	1.35
24	Greenwood County	46.1	1.14	1.36
25	Union County	46.6	1.15	1.37
26	Laurens County	47.5	1.18	1.40
27	Saluda County	48.9	1.21	1.44
28	Newberry County	49.0	1.21	1.44
29	Chesterfield County	50.0	1.24	1.47
30	Colleton County	50.1	1.24	1.47
31	Darlington County	50.8	1.26	1.50
32	Chester County	53.0	1.31	1.56
33	Barnwell County	53.9	1.34	1.59
34	Hampton County	54.5	1.35	1.60
35	Jasper County	55.1	1.36	1.62
36	Bamberg County	55.3	1.37	1.63
37	Clarendon County	56.0	1.39	1.65
38	Orangeburg County	56.9	1.41	1.67
39	Fairfield County	57.7	1.43	1.70
40	Williamsburg County	58.2	1.44	1.71
41	Marion County	61.7	1.53	1.81
42	McCormick County	62.3	1.54	1.83
43	Lee County	63.1	1.56	1.85
44	Dillon County	63.7	1.58	1.87
45	Marlboro County	66.6	1.65	1.96
46	Allendale County	71.8	1.78	2.11
47	South Carolina	40.5	***	***
Right Start Report 2002
South Carolina	40.4
United States	34.0

* 1 is best, 46 is worst.