KIDS COUNT 2007

HIGH-LOWS FOR 2007 DATABOOK: TEEN BIRTH RATE
High-Lows for 2007 Data Book
State Teen Birth Rate
(per 1,000)
(15-19)
Rank
New Hampshire18.21
Vermont20.92
Massachusetts22.33
New Jersey24.14
Maine24.35
Connecticut24.46
Minnesota26.77
New York26.98
North Dakota27.29
Wisconsin30.210
Pennsylvania30.511
Washington31.312
Iowa31.613
Maryland32.414
Rhode Island32.915
Oregon33.316
Utah34.017
Michigan34.118
Virginia35.219
Montana35.820
Nebraska35.921
Hawaii36.122
South Dakota38.523
Ohio38.523
Idaho38.625
Alaska38.926
California39.527
Illinois40.228
Kansas40.729
Florida42.430
Wyoming42.731
Missouri43.432
Delaware43.533
Indiana43.533
West Virginia43.835
Colorado43.936
North Carolina48.837
Kentucky49.238
Nevada51.139
Tennessee52.140
South Carolina52.140
Alabama52.442
Georgia53.443
Oklahoma55.644
Louisiana56.245
Arizona60.146
Arkansas60.347
New Mexico60.848
Mississippi61.949
Texas62.650
United States41.1
 
County" Teen Birth Rate
(per 1,000)
(15-19)
Rank of
County If It
Were a State
Richland 32.814
Pickens 36.622
Bamberg 38.523
Calhoun 39.226
Dorchester 41.029
Greenville 44.536
Lexington 44.736
York 45.336
Edgefield 46.736
Georgetown 47.436
Charleston 47.836
McCormick 50.638
Abbeville 50.738
Aiken 50.838
Berkeley 52.742
Greenwood 53.042
Orangeburg 53.843
Williamsburg 54.843
Beaufort 55.443
Oconee 55.944
Horry 56.445
Anderson 57.045
Darlington 57.045
Lancaster 58.545
Newberry 59.345
Chesterfield 59.845
Spartanburg 60.146
Laurens 60.647
Florence 61.848
Kershaw 62.850
Clarendon 64.450
Colleton 64.550
Saluda 65.050
Lee 65.050
Sumter 67.350
Hampton 67.750
Fairfield 67.950
Marion 68.350
Union 71.350
Barnwell 73.450
Chester 74.450
Cherokee 75.450
Marlboro 76.250
Jasper 91.750
Dillon 97.650
Allendale 112.450
*National and state data is for 2004,
county data is the average for 2002-2004.

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