KIDS COUNT 2007
HIGH-LOWS FOR 2007 DATABOOK: PERCENT OF KIDS IN POVERTY
High-Lows for 2007 Data Book
| State* |
Percent of
Kids In
Poverty |
Rank |
| New Hampshire | 9.4 | 1 |
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| Maryland | 10.8 | 2 |
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| Utah | 10.9 | 3 |
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| Wyoming | 11.1 | 4 |
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| Minnesota | 11.6 | 5 |
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| Connecticut | 11.6 | 5 |
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| New Jersey | 11.8 | 7 |
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| Hawaii | 12.7 | 8 |
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| Virginia | 13.3 | 9 |
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| North Dakota | 13.5 | 10 |
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| Massachusetts | 13.6 | 11 |
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| Wisconsin | 13.9 | 12 |
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| Iowa | 14.0 | 13 |
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| Colorado | 14.2 | 14 |
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| Delaware | 14.5 | 15 |
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| Alaska | 14.5 | 15 |
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| Nebraska | 14.8 | 17 |
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| Nevada | 14.9 | 18 |
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| Kansas | 15.1 | 19 |
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| Washington | 15.1 | 19 |
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| Vermont | 15.4 | 21 |
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| Illinois | 16.4 | 22 |
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| Indiana | 16.7 | 23 |
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| Pennsylvania | 16.7 | 23 |
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| Maine | 17.5 | 25 |
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| Idaho | 17.7 | 26 |
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| Florida | 17.9 | 27 |
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| South Dakota | 18.2 | 28 |
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| Oregon | 18.4 | 29 |
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| Michigan | 18.5 | 30 |
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| California | 18.6 | 31 |
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| Ohio | 18.6 | 31 |
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| Missouri | 19.0 | 33 |
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| New York | 19.4 | 34 |
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| Rhode Island | 19.5 | 35 |
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| Montana | 20.1 | 36 |
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| Georgia | 20.2 | 37 |
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| Arizona | 20.3 | 38 |
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| North Carolina | 21.3 | 39 |
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| Tennessee | 21.4 | 40 |
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| Kentucky | 22.5 | 41 |
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| South Carolina | 22.7 | 42 |
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| Oklahoma | 23.0 | 43 |
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| Alabama | 24.8 | 44 |
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| Texas | 24.9 | 45 |
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| Arkansas | 24.9 | 45 |
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| West Virginia | 25.6 | 47 |
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| New Mexico | 26.0 | 48 |
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| Louisiana | 28.4 | 49 |
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| Mississippi | 30.9 | 50 |
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| United States | 18.5 |
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* National and state data is for 2005
from the Kids Count Data Book using
the Census American Community Survey.
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| County** |
Percent of
Kids In
Poverty |
Rank of
County If It
Were a State |
| Dorchester | 16.2 | 21 |
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| Lexington | 16.3 | 21 |
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| Pickens | 17.0 | 24 |
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| York | 17.0 | 24 |
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| Beaufort | 17.5 | 25 |
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| Greenville | 17.9 | 27 |
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| Berkeley | 18.5 | 30 |
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| Anderson | 19.0 | 33 |
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| Spartanburg | 19.0 | 33 |
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| Kershaw | 19.5 | 35 |
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| Oconee | 19.7 | 35 |
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| Richland | 20.3 | 38 |
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| Abbeville | 20.8 | 38 |
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| Edgefield | 20.8 | 38 |
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| Charleston | 21.0 | 38 |
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| Lancaster | 21.1 | 38 |
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| Greenwood | 21.3 | 39 |
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| Aiken | 21.4 | 40 |
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| Calhoun | 22.4 | 40 |
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| Cherokee | 22.5 | 41 |
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| Saluda | 22.5 | 41 |
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| Horry | 23.0 | 43 |
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| Laurens | 23.3 | 43 |
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| Newberry | 23.5 | 43 |
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| Chester | 23.6 | 43 |
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| Union | 23.6 | 43 |
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| Fairfield | 24.6 | 43 |
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| Sumter | 24.9 | 45 |
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| Florence | 25.5 | 46 |
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| Georgetown | 26.1 | 48 |
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| Chesterfield | 26.2 | 48 |
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| Barnwell | 26.4 | 48 |
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| McCormick | 26.6 | 48 |
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| Jasper | 27.6 | 48 |
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| Darlington | 28.1 | 48 |
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| Hampton | 28.2 | 48 |
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| Lee | 28.4 | 49 |
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| Orangeburg | 29.5 | 49 |
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| Colleton | 29.7 | 49 |
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| Marlboro | 29.9 | 49 |
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| Bamberg | 31.1 | 50 |
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| Dillon | 31.3 | 50 |
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| Clarendon | 31.5 | 50 |
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| Marion | 32.4 | 50 |
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| Williamsburg | 35.9 | 50 |
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| Allendale | 39.5 | 50 |
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** SC and county data is from
2004 Census SAIPE estimates.
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46th on Kids Count: Uncompetitive in the National and World Economy
Overall Rank of South Carolina Counties
County-US Ratios for 2007 Kids Count Indicators
High-Lows for 2007 Data Book
What It Would Take to Improve South Carolina's Rankings
What It Would Take for the County to Reach the National Average
Annie E. Casey Foundation South Carolina Profile from 2007 National Databook (PDF)
Annie E. Casey Foundation 2007 Databook
