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Percentage of Children Served by Medicaid (2003-2004)

Rank* County All White African-American and Other
1 York County 37.4 19.2 18.2
2 Pickens County 39.5 31.8 7.7
3 Beaufort County 40.9 10.4 30.5
4 Lexington County 41.8 24.8 16.9
5 Dorchester County 42.7 20.3 22.3
6 Greenville County 42.7 19.7 23.0
7 Richland County 44.7 5.8 38.9
8 Spartanburg County 45.9 22.5 23.4
9 Anderson County 46.7 29.2 17.5
10 Abbeville County 47.9 22.0 25.9
11 Berkeley County 49.2 23.7 25.5
12 Charleston County 49.8 9.7 40.1
13 Laurens County 51.2 27.6 23.6
14 Kershaw County 51.4 26.2 25.2
15 Edgefield County 51.7 16.5 35.2
16 Greenwood County 52.0 19.4 32.6
17 Oconee County 52.3 39.7 12.6
18 Aiken County 52.9 24.6 28.3
19 Cherokee County 54.9 32.6 22.3
20 Lancaster County 55.5 26.3 29.2
21 Newberry County 56.3 18.0 38.3
22 Sumter County 57.2 14.0 43.2
23 Saluda County 59.0 18.9 40.1
24 Calhoun County 59.2 14.5 44.6
25 McCormick County 60.7 10.6 50.1
26 Union County 62.4 31.2 31.2
27 Florence County 62.5 17.1 45.4
28 Horry County 63.0 35.5 27.5
29 Chester County 64.2 24.7 39.5
30 Darlington County 64.8 19.5 45.3
31 Georgetown County 65.1 18.9 46.2
32 Fairfield County 66.3 10.8 55.5
33 Chesterfield County 68.8 29.8 39.1
34 Bamberg County 68.8 10.8 58.0
35 Barnwell County 69.9 21.7 48.3
36 Orangeburg County 71.1 12.4 58.7
37 Colleton County 73.4 26.6 46.7
38 Hampton County 75.6 16.9 58.7
39 Williamsburg County 75.9 9.8 66.1
40 Clarendon County 76.2 17.4 58.8
41 Jasper County 76.7 16.5 60.3
42 Dillon County 79.6 23.6 56.0
43 Marion County 81.8 14.7 67.1
44 Marlboro County 82.9 23.8 59.1
45 Lee County 85.3 11.9 73.4
46 Allendale County 85.4 5.2 80.2
- South Carolina 52.0 20.0 32.0

* 1 is best, 46 is worst.

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