South Carolina Kids Count
| Overall County Ranking | ||
|---|---|---|
| Rank | County* | Overall County / US Ratio |
| 1 | Greenville | 1.05 |
| 2 | Pickens | 1.05 |
| 3 | York | 1.08 |
| 4 | Lexington | 1.10 |
| 5 | Dorchester | 1.12 |
| 6 | Beaufort | 1.13 |
| 7 | Newberry | 1.22 |
| 8 | Berkeley | 1.23 |
| 9 | Richland | 1.23 |
| 10 | Kershaw | 1.25 |
| 11 | Oconee | 1.26 |
| 12 | Anderson | 1.26 |
| 13 | Charleston | 1.27 |
| 14 | Aiken | 1.28 |
| 15 | Georgetown | 1.28 |
| 16 | Edgefield | 1.29 |
| 17 | Spartanburg | 1.30 |
| 18 | Horry | 1.32 |
| 19 | Lancaster | 1.33 |
| 20 | Greenwood | 1.36 |
| 21 | Barnwell | 1.40 |
| 22 | Sumter | 1.43 |
| 23 | Jasper | 1.45 |
| 24 | Laurens | 1.49 |
| 25 | Abbeville | 1.49 |
| 26 | Chesterfield | 1.49 |
| 27 | Clarendon | 1.50 |
| 28 | Calhoun | 1.51 |
| 29 | Florence | 1.51 |
| 30 | Saluda | 1.54 |
| 31 | Union | 1.56 |
| 32 | Orangeburg | 1.59 |
| 33 | Fairfield | 1.61 |
| 34 | Marion | 1.62 |
| 35 | Darlington | 1.62 |
| 36 | Williamsburg | 1.65 |
| 37 | Dillon | 1.66 |
| 38 | Lee | 1.67 |
| 39 | Cherokee | 1.67 |
| 40 | Bamberg | 1.70 |
| 41 | Marlboro | 1.70 |
| 42 | Colleton | 1.74 |
| 43 | Hampton | 1.76 |
| 44 | McCormick | 1.83 |
| 45 | Chester | 1.84 |
| 46 | Allendale | 2.01 |
| South Carolina | 1.44 | |
*Average of the nine County/US ratios for
the indicators in the 2007 Kids Count Databook.
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