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Percentage of Children who Lived in Poverty in 1999

Rank*	County	All	White	AA&O
1	Lexington County	11.4	7.9	25.3
2	Dorchester County	11.9	4.6	26.8
3	York County	12.3	7.8	24.5
4	Pickens County	12.6	10.9	26.3
5	Greenville County	13.7	8.3	27.3
6	Oconee County	14.6	13.3	21.9
7	Spartanburg County	15.5	9.1	29.7
8	Anderson County	15.7	10.3	33.1
9	Beaufort County	15.7	8.8	25.7
10	Berkeley County	15.9	8.7	27.8
11	Lancaster County	16.9	9.3	31.4
12	Cherokee County	17.0	13.6	25.0
13	Kershaw County	17.2	10.3	31.7
14	Abbeville County	17.8	11.9	27.7
15	Richland County	17.9	5.9	25.7
16	Greenwood County	18.2	8.0	31.7
17	Horry County	18.3	11.5	35.1
18	Aiken County	19.3	11.8	33.4
19	Union County	19.4	12.8	29.2
20	Edgefield County	19.8	10.5	30.9
21	Laurens County	20.1	15.9	28.1
22	Calhoun County	20.5	10.4	27.0
23	Chester County	21.5	10.3	32.7
24	Sumter County	21.7	7.8	32.4
25	Saluda County	21.9	10.5	36.6
26	Florence County	22.7	9.1	36.5
27	Charleston County	23.3	7.4	38.9
28	Newberry County	23.7	12.6	35.9
29	Chesterfield County	25.0	12.5	41.3
30	Fairfield County	25.0	12.0	30.2
31	Lee County	25.8	1.9	33.8
32	Georgetown County	26.0	10.4	38.8
33	Jasper County	26.5	9.7	36.6
34	McCormick County	26.6	7.2	34.0
35	Darlington County	27.0	12.5	39.7
36	Orangeburg County	27.6	9.6	35.1
37	Barnwell County	27.7	12.6	41.9
38	Hampton County	28.1	10.6	37.3
39	Clarendon County	28.2	12.4	36.7
40	Colleton County	28.9	15.6	40.4
41	Marlboro County	29.4	14.1	38.3
42	Dillon County	33.4	15.4	45.3
43	Marion County	33.6	12.4	43.6
44	Bamberg County	35.4	22.9	40.8
45	Williamsburg County	36.2	18.8	41.8
46	Allendale County	48.1	22.0	53.4
-	South Carolina	18.8	9.5	32.5

* 1 is best, 46 is worst.