| Rank* | County | Percent of high schoolers who drank 5 or more drinks at a time during the past month |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bamberg County | 12.9 |
| 2 | Jasper County | 13.8 |
| 2 | Sumter County | 13.8 |
| 4 | Orangeburg County | 14.0 |
| 5 | Union County | 14.3 |
| 6 | Fairfield County | 14.5 |
| 7 | Dillon County | 15.4 |
| 8 | Barnwell County | 15.8 |
| 8 | Clarendon County | 15.8 |
| 10 | Richland County | 16.0 |
| 11 | Florence County | 16.5 |
| 12 | Spartanburg County | 17.5 |
| 13 | Pickens County | 17.6 |
| 14 | Colleton County | 18.1 |
| 14 | Marion County | 18.1 |
| 16 | Darlington County | 18.3 |
| 16 | Dorchester County | 18.3 |
| 18 | Cherokee County | 18.4 |
| 19 | Anderson County | 19.3 |
| 20 | Berkeley County | 20.5 |
| 21 | Edgefield County | 20.9 |
| 22 | Greenwood County | 21.4 |
| 23 | Greenville County | 22.4 |
| 24 | Lexington County | 22.5 |
| 25 | Georgetown County | 22.7 |
| 26 | Beaufort County | 23.0 |
| 27 | Oconee County | 23.3 |
| 28 | Chester County | 23.6 |
| 29 | Lancaster County | 25.4 |
| 30 | York County | 25.5 |
| N/A | South Carolina | 18.9 |
*1 is best, 30 is worst (not all counties participated in the survey).
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