2002 Kids Count Report

Percent of Teens Not in School and Not Working: All Counties

Rank	State	Percent of 16-19 Year Olds Not in School and Not Working 1999/1998-2000
1	Iowa	4
1	Minnesota	4
1	Nebraska	4
4	Massachusetts	5
4	New Hampshire	5
4	North Dakota	5
4	Wisconsin	5
8	Connecticut	6
8	Kansas	6
8	Missouri	6
8	New Jersey	6
12	Indiana	7
12	Maine	7
12	Maryland	7
12	Michigan	7
12	Montana	7
12	Ohio	7
12	Pennsylvania	7
12	South Dakota	7
12	Utah	7
12	Vermont	7
12	Virginia	7
12	Washington	7
24	Delaware	8
24	Florida	8
24	Illinois	8
24	North Carolina	8
24	South Carolina	8
24	Wyoming	8
30	California	9
30	Colorado	9
30	Georgia	9
30	Idaho	9
30	New York	9
30	Oklahoma	9
30	Oregon	9
30	Rhode Island	9
38	Alabama	10
38	Alaska	10
38	Hawaii	10
38	Kentucky	10
38	Nevada	10
38	Tennessee	10
38	Texas	10
45	Louisiana	11
45	New Mexico	11
45	West Virginia	11
48	Arizona	12
48	Arkansas	12
48	Mississippi	12
N/A	District of Columbia	15
N/A	United States	8

County	Rank if County were a State	Reduction to Reach US Average	Number of Idle Teens	Percent of Idle Teens	County/US Ratio	County Rank
Abbeville	37	28	160	9.7	1.21	16
Aiken	44	154	713	10.2	1.28	21
Allendale	52	116	179	22.9	2.86	46
Anderson	44	187	899	10.1	1.26	20
Bamberg	46	54	181	11.4	1.43	29
Barnwell	50	54	152	12.4	1.55	36
Beaufort	13	**	385	6.2	0.78	3
Berkeley	30	46	661	8.6	1.08	9
Calhoun	44	22	84	10.9	1.36	25
Charleston	22	18	1431	8.1	1.01	7
Cherokee	51	165	396	13.7	1.71	40
Chester	44	61	230	10.9	1.36	25
Chesterfield	51	141	339	13.7	1.71	40
Clarendon	51	137	284	15.5	1.94	43
Colleton	46	89	273	11.9	1.49	33
Darlington	51	266	609	14.2	1.78	42
Dillon	30	10	168	8.5	1.06	8
Dorchester	44	121	495	10.6	1.33	23
Edgefield	7	**	57	5.3	0.66	2
Fairfield	46	55	180	11.5	1.44	30
Florence	37	144	752	9.9	1.24	18
Georgetown	46	114	355	11.8	1.48	32
Greenville	30	174	1722	8.9	1.11	11
Greenwood	13	**	250	6.4	0.80	4
Hampton	37	15	114	9.2	1.15	13
Horry	37	94	719	9.2	1.15	13
Jasper	46	33	98	12	1.50	34
Kershaw	22	**	208	7.5	0.94	6
Lancaster	46	109	381	11.2	1.40	27
Laurens	51	224	544	13.6	1.70	39
Lee	52	107	206	16.7	2.09	44
Lexington	30	83	911	8.8	1.10	10
McCormick	50	27	70	12.9	1.61	38
Marion	44	52	232	10.3	1.29	22
Marlboro	52	194	357	17.5	2.19	45
Newberry	37	42	220	9.9	1.24	18
Oconee	46	115	378	11.5	1.44	30
Orangeburg	30	60	590	8.9	1.11	11
Pickens	3	**	410	4.6	0.58	1
Richland	22	**	1546	7.2	0.90	5
Saluda	50	47	130	12.6	1.58	37
Spartanburg	46	451	1580	11.2	1.40	27
Sumter	50	266	761	12.3	1.54	35
Union	44	52	202	10.8	1.35	24
Williamsburg	37	43	258	9.6	1.20	15
York	37	161	876	9.8	1.23	17

*National data is for 1999, county data is for 1990 data.

**County is at or below national average already.