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State Rankings: Percentage of Low Birthweight Babies
| State |
Percent Low Birthweight Babies |
Rank |
| Alaska |
6.0 |
1 |
| Oregon |
6.1 |
2 |
| Washington |
6.5 |
3 |
| Minnesota |
6.5 |
3 |
| North Dakota |
6.7 |
5 |
| Maine |
6.8 |
6 |
| California |
6.8 |
6 |
| Vermont |
6.9 |
8 |
| Wisconsin |
6.9 |
8 |
| Idaho |
6.9 |
8 |
| Utah |
6.9 |
8 |
| Iowa |
6.9 |
8 |
| New Hampshire |
6.9 |
8 |
| South Dakota |
7.0 |
14 |
| Nebraska |
7.1 |
15 |
| Arizona |
7.1 |
15 |
| Kansas |
7.2 |
17 |
| Montana |
7.3 |
18 |
| Massachusetts |
7.9 |
19 |
| Rhode Island |
8.0 |
20 |
| Missouri |
8.1 |
21 |
| Hawaii |
8.1 |
21 |
| Connecticut |
8.1 |
21 |
| Indiana |
8.2 |
24 |
| Virginia |
8.3 |
25 |
| New York |
8.3 |
25 |
| Nevada |
8.3 |
25 |
| Oklahoma |
8.3 |
25 |
| Michigan |
8.4 |
29 |
| Texas |
8.4 |
29 |
| Pennsylvania |
8.5 |
31 |
| New Jersey |
8.6 |
32 |
| Illinois |
8.6 |
32 |
| Florida |
8.7 |
34 |
| Ohio |
8.8 |
35 |
| Wyoming |
8.9 |
36 |
| Colorado |
8.9 |
36 |
| New Mexico |
8.9 |
36 |
| North Carolina |
9.1 |
39 |
| Kentucky |
9.1 |
39 |
| Arkansas |
9.2 |
41 |
| Delaware |
9.3 |
42 |
| Maryland |
9.4 |
43 |
| Georgia |
9.6 |
44 |
| Tennessee |
9.6 |
44 |
| West Virginia |
9.7 |
46 |
| South Carolina |
10.1 |
47 |
| Alabama |
10.5 |
48 |
| Louisiana |
11.4 |
49 |
| Mississippi |
12.4 |
50 |
| United States |
8.3 |
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County Rankings: Percentage of Low Birthweight Babies
| County |
Percent Low Birthweight Babies |
Rank of County if It Were a State |
| Oconee |
7.0 |
14 |
| Lexington |
8.0 |
20 |
| Beaufort |
8.5 |
31 |
| York |
8.5 |
31 |
| Pickens |
8.6 |
32 |
| Greenville |
8.6 |
32 |
| Dorchester |
8.8 |
35 |
| Berkeley |
9.3 |
42 |
| Edgefield |
9.4 |
43 |
| Anderson |
9.4 |
43 |
| Kershaw |
9.8 |
46 |
| Jasper |
9.8 |
46 |
| Spartanburg |
10.0 |
46 |
| Horry |
10.1 |
47 |
| Aiken |
10.2 |
47 |
| Charleston |
10.4 |
47 |
| Sumter |
10.4 |
47 |
| Georgetown |
10.4 |
47 |
| Richland |
10.8 |
48 |
| Saluda |
10.9 |
48 |
| Fairfield |
11.0 |
48 |
| Hampton |
11.1 |
48 |
| Colleton |
11.2 |
48 |
| Laurens |
11.3 |
48 |
| Newberry |
11.3 |
48 |
| Lancaster |
11.4 |
49 |
| Chester |
11.5 |
49 |
| Union |
12.0 |
49 |
| Abbeville |
12.0 |
49 |
| Cherokee |
12.2 |
49 |
| Clarendon |
12.2 |
49 |
| Marion |
12.3 |
49 |
| Darlington |
12.5 |
50 |
| Lee |
12.6 |
50 |
| Calhoun |
12.7 |
50 |
| Greenwood |
12.8 |
50 |
| Allendale |
12.9 |
50 |
| Florence |
12.9 |
50 |
| Barnwell |
12.9 |
50 |
| McCormick |
13.1 |
50 |
| Bamberg |
13.1 |
50 |
| Chesterfield |
13.4 |
50 |
| Orangeburg |
13.7 |
50 |
| Dillon |
14.1 |
50 |
| Williamsburg |
14.1 |
50 |
| Marlboro |
14.2 |
50 |
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*National and state data is for 2006, county data is the average for 2005-2007.
