KIDS COUNT 2007
HIGH-LOWS FOR 2007 DATABOOK: PERCENT OF CHILDREN IN SINGLE-PARENT FAMILIES
High-Lows for 2007 Data Book
| State* |
Percent Of
Children In
Single-Parent Families |
Rank |
| Utah | 17.5 | 1 |
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| North Dakota | 22.6 | 2 |
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| Idaho | 23.1 | 3 |
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| New Hampshire | 24.2 | 4 |
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| Nebraska | 24.8 | 5 |
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| Minnesota | 25.0 | 6 |
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| Iowa | 26.3 | 7 |
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| Wyoming | 26.8 | 8 |
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| Colorado | 27.2 | 9 |
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| Hawaii | 27.3 | 10 |
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| Kansas | 27.4 | 11 |
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| New Jersey | 27.5 | 12 |
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| Montana | 27.8 | 13 |
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| South Dakota | 28.0 | 14 |
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| Washington | 28.4 | 15 |
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| Wisconsin | 28.5 | 16 |
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| Massachusetts | 28.9 | 17 |
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| Connecticut | 29.1 | 18 |
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| Oregon | 29.2 | 19 |
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| Virginia | 29.2 | 19 |
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| West Virginia | 29.8 | 21 |
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| Alaska | 29.9 | 22 |
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| California | 30.0 | 23 |
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| Illinois | 30.3 | 24 |
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| Indiana | 30.5 | 25 |
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| Pennsylvania | 30.8 | 26 |
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| Vermont | 30.9 | 27 |
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| Kentucky | 30.9 | 27 |
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| Maine | 31.0 | 29 |
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| Michigan | 31.1 | 30 |
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| Maryland | 31.7 | 31 |
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| Texas | 31.8 | 32 |
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| Nevada | 32.2 | 33 |
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| Missouri | 32.3 | 34 |
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| Oklahoma | 32.3 | 34 |
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| Ohio | 32.5 | 36 |
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| Rhode Island | 33.1 | 37 |
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| Arizona | 33.4 | 38 |
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| Delaware | 34.0 | 39 |
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| New York | 34.1 | 40 |
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| North Carolina | 34.2 | 41 |
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| Arkansas | 34.5 | 42 |
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| Georgia | 34.8 | 43 |
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| Tennessee | 35.0 | 44 |
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| Florida | 35.6 | 45 |
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| Alabama | 37.3 | 46 |
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| South Carolina | 37.6 | 47 |
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| New Mexico | 38.0 | 48 |
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| Louisiana | 42.3 | 49 |
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| Mississippi | 46.9 | 50 |
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| United States | 31.6 |
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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
Children In
Single-Parent Families |
Rank of
County If It
Were a State |
| Pickens | 22.8 | 2 |
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| Lexington | 25.8 | 6 |
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| Oconee | 27.0 | 8 |
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| Dorchester | 27.5 | 12 |
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| York | 27.7 | 12 |
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| Greenville | 28.1 | 14 |
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| Beaufort | 28.6 | 16 |
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| Kershaw | 30.8 | 26 |
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| Anderson | 30.8 | 26 |
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| Berkeley | 30.9 | 27 |
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| Spartanburg | 31.1 | 30 |
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| Saluda | 32.5 | 36 |
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| Abbeville | 32.6 | 36 |
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| Aiken | 32.9 | 36 |
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| Horry | 33.3 | 37 |
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| Chesterfield | 34.8 | 43 |
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| Edgefield | 35.3 | 44 |
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| Jasper | 36.1 | 45 |
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| Cherokee | 36.4 | 45 |
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| Georgetown | 36.5 | 45 |
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| Laurens | 36.7 | 45 |
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| Calhoun | 37.0 | 45 |
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| Sumter | 37.1 | 45 |
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| Richland | 37.5 | 46 |
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| Greenwood | 38.0 | 48 |
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| Lancaster | 38.0 | 48 |
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| Florence | 38.2 | 48 |
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| Newberry | 39.0 | 48 |
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| Colleton | 39.3 | 48 |
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| Charleston | 39.5 | 48 |
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| Hampton | 39.6 | 48 |
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| Darlington | 41.7 | 48 |
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| Union | 42.0 | 48 |
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| Orangeburg | 42.9 | 49 |
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| Clarendon | 43.5 | 49 |
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| Williamsburg | 43.7 | 49 |
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| Chester | 44.2 | 49 |
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| Marlboro | 44.4 | 48 |
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| Barnwell | 45.0 | 49 |
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| Dillon | 46.0 | 49 |
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| Lee | 46.4 | 49 |
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| Bamberg | 46.9 | 50 |
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| Fairfield | 47.6 | 50 |
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| McCormick | 48.6 | 50 |
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| Marion | 52.9 | 50 |
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| Allendale | 56.4 | 50 |
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** SC and county data is from 2000 Census.
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