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High-Lows for 2009 Databook

State Rankings: Teen Birth Rate State Teen Birth Rate (per 1,000) (15-19) Rank New Hampshire 18.7 1 Vermont 20.8 2 Massachusetts 21.3 3 Connecticut 23.5 4 New Jersey 24.9 5 New York 25.7 6 Maine 25.8 7 North Dakota 26.5 8 Rhode Island 27.8 9 Minnesota 27.9 10 Wisconsin 30.9 11 Pennsylvania 31.0 12 Iowa 32.9 13 Nebraska 33.4 14 Washington 33.4 14 Maryland 33.6 16 Michigan 33.8 17 Utah 34.0 18 Virginia 35.2 19 Oregon 35.7 20 Idaho 39.2 21 Illinois 39.5 22 Montana 39.6 23 California 39.9 24 Ohio 40.0 25 South Dakota 40.2 26 Hawaii 40.5 27 Delaware 41.9 28 Kansas 42.0 29 Indiana 43.5 30 Colorado 43.8 31 Alaska 44.3 32 West Virginia 44.9 33 Florida 45.2 34 Missouri 45.7 35 Wyoming 47.3 36 North Carolina 49.7 37 South Carolina 53.0 38 Alabama 53.5 39 Louisiana 53.9 40 Georgia 54.2 41 Kentucky 54.6 42 Tennessee 54.7 43 Nevada 55.8 44 Oklahoma 59.6 45 Arizona 62.0 46 Arkansas 62.3 47 Texas 63.1 48 New Mexico 64.1 49 Mississippi 68.4 50 United States 41.9

County Rankings: Teen Birth Rate County Teen Birth Rate (per 1,000) (15-19) Rank of County if It Were a State Richland 34.3 18 Pickens 38.1 20 Edgefield 38.8 20 Calhoun 39.0 20 Abbeville 42.9 29 Bamberg 43.6 30 Charleston 44.1 31 Lexington 44.1 31 York 45.9 35 Dorchester 46.0 35 McCormick 47.1 35 Greenville 48.4 33 Berkeley 51.1 37 Saluda 52.1 37 Beaufort 54.2 41 Aiken 54.4 41 Williamsburg 55.1 43 Oconee 55.3 43 Orangeburg 55.5 43 Hampton 55.8 44 Anderson 56.0 44 Florence 56.2 44 Horry 57.9 44 Georgetown 58.0 44 Spartanburg 59.3 44 Darlington 59.4 44 Clarendon 60.2 45 Greenwood 60.5 45 Newberry 61.0 45 Laurens 61.9 45 Sumter 63.8 48 Fairfield 63.9 48 Kershaw 66.7 49 Lancaster 70.4 50 Chester 70.6 50 Barnwell 71.1 50 Chesterfield 71.5 50 Lee 73.1 50 Union 74.3 50 Marlboro 75.7 50 Cherokee 75.8 50 Colleton 78.6 50 Marion 78.7 50 Jasper 86.6 50 Dillon 87.2 50 Allendale 93.8 50

*National and state data is for 2006, county data is the average for 2005-2007.