| State |
Percent
Low
Birthweight
Babies |
Rank |
| Alaska | 6.0 | 1 |
|---|
| Oregon | 6.0 | 1 |
|---|
| Washington | 6.2 | 3 |
|---|
| Maine | 6.4 | 4 |
|---|
| Vermont | 6.4 | 4 |
|---|
| Minnesota | 6.5 | 6 |
|---|
| North Dakota | 6.6 | 7 |
|---|
| California | 6.7 | 8 |
|---|
| Utah | 6.7 | 8 |
|---|
| Idaho | 6.8 | 10 |
|---|
| New Hampshire | 6.8 | 10 |
|---|
| South Dakota | 6.9 | 12 |
|---|
| Iowa | 7.0 | 13 |
|---|
| Nebraska | 7.0 | 13 |
|---|
| Wisconsin | 7.0 | 13 |
|---|
| Arizona | 7.2 | 16 |
|---|
| Kansas | 7.3 | 17 |
|---|
| Montana | 7.6 | 18 |
|---|
| Connecticut | 7.8 | 19 |
|---|
| Massachusetts | 7.8 | 19 |
|---|
| Hawaii | 7.9 | 21 |
|---|
| Nevada | 8.0 | 22 |
|---|
| Oklahoma | 8.0 | 22 |
|---|
| Rhode Island | 8.0 | 22 |
|---|
| Texas | 8.0 | 22 |
|---|
| Indiana | 8.1 | 26 |
|---|
| New Mexico | 8.1 | 26 |
|---|
| New York | 8.2 | 28 |
|---|
| Pennsylvania | 8.2 | 28 |
|---|
| Michigan | 8.3 | 30 |
|---|
| Missouri | 8.3 | 30 |
|---|
| New Jersey | 8.3 | 30 |
|---|
| Virginia | 8.3 | 30 |
|---|
| Illinois | 8.4 | 34 |
|---|
| Florida | 8.5 | 35 |
|---|
| Ohio | 8.5 | 35 |
|---|
| Wyoming | 8.6 | 37 |
|---|
| Kentucky | 8.8 | 38 |
|---|
| Colorado | 9.0 | 39 |
|---|
| Delaware | 9.0 | 39 |
|---|
| North Carolina | 9.0 | 39 |
|---|
| Tennessee | 9.2 | 42 |
|---|
| Arkansas | 9.3 | 43 |
|---|
| Georgia | 9.3 | 43 |
|---|
| Maryland | 9.3 | 43 |
|---|
| West Virginia | 9.3 | 43 |
|---|
| South Carolina | 10.2 | 47 |
|---|
| Alabama | 10.4 | 48 |
|---|
| Louisiana | 10.9 | 49 |
|---|
| Mississippi | 11.6 | 50 |
|---|
| United States | 8.1 |
|---|
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|
| County* |
Percent
Low
Birthweight
Babies |
Rank of
County If It
Were a State |
| Beaufort | 7.8 | 19 |
|---|
| Pickens | 8.0 | 22 |
|---|
| York | 8.0 | 22 |
|---|
| Lexington | 8.1 | 26 |
|---|
| Anderson | 8.4 | 34 |
|---|
| Kershaw | 8.5 | 35 |
|---|
| Greenville | 8.6 | 37 |
|---|
| Saluda | 8.9 | 38 |
|---|
| Dorchester | 9.1 | 40 |
|---|
| Oconee | 9.5 | 45 |
|---|
| Berkeley | 9.6 | 45 |
|---|
| Aiken | 9.8 | 45 |
|---|
| Lancaster | 10.0 | 46 |
|---|
| Charleston | 10.2 | 47 |
|---|
| Colleton | 10.2 | 49 |
|---|
| Horry | 10.2 | 47 |
|---|
| Abbeville | 10.2 | 47 |
|---|
| Calhoun | 10.2 | 47 |
|---|
| Spartanburg | 10.3 | 47 |
|---|
| Edgefield | 10.3 | 47 |
|---|
| Greenwood | 10.4 | 48 |
|---|
| Sumter | 10.6 | 48 |
|---|
| Chesterfield | 10.8 | 48 |
|---|
| Laurens | 10.9 | 49 |
|---|
| Chester | 11.0 | 49 |
|---|
| Jasper | 11.0 | 49 |
|---|
| Newberry | 11.0 | 49 |
|---|
| Georgetown | 11.3 | 49 |
|---|
| Union | 11.3 | 49 |
|---|
| Richland | 11.4 | 49 |
|---|
| Dillon | 11.7 | 50 |
|---|
| Bamberg | 11.7 | 50 |
|---|
| McCormick | 12.1 | 50 |
|---|
| Cherokee | 12.2 | 50 |
|---|
| Darlington | 12.2 | 50 |
|---|
| Florence | 12.4 | 50 |
|---|
| Hampton | 12.6 | 50 |
|---|
| Orangeburg | 12.6 | 50 |
|---|
| Barnwell | 12.8 | 50 |
|---|
| Lee | 13.1 | 50 |
|---|
| Marion | 13.8 | 50 |
|---|
| Clarendon | 14.1 | 50 |
|---|
| Fairfield | 14.2 | 50 |
|---|
| Marlboro | 14.5 | 50 |
|---|
| Allendale | 14.6 | 50 |
|---|
| Williamsburg | 14.6 | 50 |
|---|
*National and state data is for 2004,
county data is the average for 2002-2004.
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