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South Carolina Kids Count County Ranking Sheets


% 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.

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