2002 Kids Count Report

Percent of Families with Children Headed by a Single Parent: All Counties

Rank	State	Percent Families with Own Kids Headed by a Single Parent 1999/1998-2000
1	Utah	17
2	Idaho	21
2	Minnesota	21
4	Indiana	22
5	Colorado	23
5	New Jersey	23
7	Iowa	24
7	Nebraska	24
7	North Dakota	24
7	South Dakota	24
7	Wyoming	24
12	New Hampshire	25
12	Pennsylvania	25
14	California	26
14	Oklahoma	26
14	Virginia	26
14	Wisconsin	26
18	Connecticut	27
18	Hawaii	27
18	Kansas	27
18	Kentucky	27
18	Missouri	27
18	Texas	27
18	Vermont	27
25	Alaska	28
25	Arkansas	28
25	Illinois	28
25	Maine	28
25	Maryland	28
25	Massachusetts	28
25	Michigan	28
25	Montana	28
25	Nevada	28
25	North Carolina	28
25	Oregon	28
25	South Carolina	28
25	Washington	28
25	West Virginia	28
39	Alabama	29
39	Arizona	29
39	Florida	29
39	Ohio	29
39	Rhode Island	29
39	Tennessee	29
45	Georgia	31
45	New Mexico	31
45	New York	31
48	Delaware	33
49	Mississippi	35
50	Louisiana	36
N/A	District of Columbia	59
N/A	United States	27

County	Rank if County were a State	Reduction to Reach US Average	Number of Kids with Single Parents	Percent of Kids with Single Parents	County/US Ratio	County Rank
Abbeville	48	299	1,777	31.4	1.20	16
Aiken	45	1,093	9,723	29.4	1.13	14
Allendale	51	696	1,293	56.5	2.17	46
Anderson	39	768	10,161	28.2	1.08	10
Bamberg	51	534	1,433	41.6	1.59	40
Barnwell	51	765	2,265	39.4	1.51	36
Beaufort	25	321	6,859	27.4	1.05	8
Berkeley	25	547	9,712	27.7	1.06	9
Calhoun	48	186	1,012	32.0	1.23	17
Charleston	51	6,874	23,388	37.0	1.42	31
Cherokee	48	733	3,784	32.4	1.24	18
Chester	51	929	2,923	38.3	1.47	34
Chesterfield	49	762	3,275	34.0	1.30	23
Clarendon	51	882	2,630	39.3	1.50	35
Colleton	49	657	2,923	33.7	1.29	22
Darlington	51	1,761	5,571	38.2	1.46	33
Dillon	51	1,121	2,994	41.7	1.60	41
Dorchester	25	247	6,771	27.1	1.04	6
Edgefield	39	144	1,474	28.9	1.11	11
Fairfield	51	707	2,011	40.2	1.54	37
Florence	49	2,255	9,521	34.2	1.31	26
Georgetown	49	822	3,879	33.1	1.27	21
Greenville	18	**	21,838	26.0	0.99	4
Greenwood	49	1,165	4,934	34.2	1.31	25
Hampton	50	478	1,770	35.8	1.37	28
Horry	48	1,845	11,433	31.1	1.19	15
Jasper	51	456	1,620	36.3	1.39	29
Kershaw	25	126	3,238	27.2	1.04	7
Lancaster	48	917	4,429	32.9	1.26	19
Laurens	48	1,031	4,913	33.0	1.27	20
Lee	51	638	1,694	41.9	1.60	42
Lexington	12	**	12,649	24.5	0.94	2
McCormick	51	242	624	42.6	1.63	43
Marion	51	1,482	3,508	45.2	1.73	45
Marlboro	51	996	2,539	43.0	1.65	44
Newberry	51	832	2,779	37.3	1.43	32
Oconee	14	**	3,407	25.3	0.97	3
Orangeburg	51	2,751	7,800	40.3	1.54	38
Pickens	4	**	4,813	21.4	0.82	1
Richland	49	5,876	23,238	34.9	1.34	27
Saluda	45	127	1,178	29.3	1.12	13
Spartanburg	39	1,614	16,003	29.0	1.11	12
Sumter	49	1,982	8,512	34.0	1.30	24
Union	51	605	2,134	36.4	1.40	30
Williamsburg	51	1,233	3,479	40.4	1.55	39
York	14	**	9,969	26.0	1.00	5

*National data is for 1999, county data is 2000 data.

**County is at or below national average already.