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% Births to Mothers Less Than 20 in 2005

Rank*	County	All	White	African-American and Other
1	Greenville	9.8	7.9	15.7
2	Richland	10.7	5.4	14.7
3	Lexington	10.8	9.1	16.9
4	Beaufort	10.8	8.5	16.9
5	Charleston	11.2	6.2	18.6
6	Dorchester	11.2	9.6	15.0
7	Horry	11.8	10.1	17.3
8	Hampton	11.9	6.3	15.5
9	Calhoun	12.0	6.3	17.0
10	York	12.0	9.6	19.5
11	Berkeley	12.1	11.1	14.1
12	Saluda	12.7	11.2	16.7
13	McCormick	13.0	3.3	19.1
14	Pickens	13.0	12.9	13.5
15	Jasper	13.6	11.6	16.5
16	Anderson	13.6	12.5	18.3
17	Oconee	13.7	13.3	17.8
18	Newberry	13.8	10.5	19.7
19	Florence	13.9	9.2	18.1
20	Edgefield	14.5	9.2	20.7
21	Fairfield	14.6	10.2	16.6
22	Orangeburg	14.9	12.7	15.9
23	Sumter	15.0	9.6	20.4
24	Aiken	15.1	12.0	21.9
25	Darlington	15.5	12.9	18.2
26	Georgetown	15.8	12.3	20.3
27	Spartanburg	15.9	13.4	23.3
28	Greenwood	16.2	14.1	19.8
29	Chesterfield	16.3	13.1	20.9
30	Barnwell	16.4	13.7	18.8
31	Abbeville	16.7	14.3	21.8
32	Marion	17.1	11.7	19.7
33	Bamberg	17.3	5.8	21.6
34	Chester	17.3	13.4	22.1
35	Kershaw	17.4	16.2	20.4
36	Clarendon	17.8	13.8	20.5
37	Marlboro	18.0	16.9	18.7
38	Lancaster	18.1	15.2	23.6
39	Dillon	18.1	15.7	20.2
40	Williamsburg	18.2	8.8	21.3
41	Cherokee	18.3	16.7	22.7
42	Laurens	18.4	16.2	23.7
43	Lee	18.4	9.4	21.8
44	Colleton	19.3	14.7	24.7
45	Union	22.7	23.3	21.5
46	Allendale	25.2	14.8	27.3
	South Carolina	13.2	10.4	18.2

* 1 is best, 46 is worst.