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South Carolina Kids Count County Ranking Sheets


Percentage of Girls Ages 14-17 Who Became Pregnant in 2003

Rank* County All White AA&O
1 Williamsburg County 1.9 1.6 2.0
2 Dorchester County 2.1 1.8 2.7
3 Pickens County 2.2 2.2 2.4
4 Bamberg County 2.4 3.1 2.2
5 York County 2.4 2.2 2.9
6 Chesterfield County 2.5 1.5 3.9
7 Lancaster County 2.5 1.7 3.7
8 Abbeville County 2.6 1.8 4.1
9 Barnwell County 2.6 1.8 3.4
10 Greenville County 2.6 2.3 3.4
11 Lexington County 2.6 2.2 4.3
12 Richland County 2.6 1.2 3.7
13 Berkeley County 2.8 2.4 3.5
14 Calhoun County 2.8 2.6 2.9
15 Horry County 2.8 2.0 4.6
16 Orangeburg County 2.8 2.2 3.0
17 Aiken County 2.9 2.0 4.5
18 Anderson County 3.0 2.6 4.2
19 Edgefield County 3.0 1.2 5.1
20 Georgetown County 3.0 2.8 3.1
21 Newberry County 3.0 2.4 3.8
22 Saluda County 3.0 2.8 3.4
23 Charleston County 3.1 1.7 4.6
24 Florence County 3.1 1.9 4.3
25 Kershaw County 3.2 2.9 3.5
26 Clarendon County 3.3 2.2 3.9
27 Darlington County 3.3 2.6 4.0
28 Hampton County 3.3 3.3 3.3
29 Sumter County 3.3 2.2 4.1
30 Laurens County 3.4 2.8 4.6
31 Colleton County 3.5 3.2 3.9
32 McCormick County 3.5 1.5 4.5
33 Oconee County 3.5 3.3 4.6
34 Spartanburg County 3.6 3.2 4.7
35 Beaufort County 3.7 2.8 5.0
36 Greenwood County 3.7 3.3 4.4
37 Marion County 3.8 1.6 4.7
38 Chester County 4.0 2.4 5.4
39 Lee County 4.0 1.4 4.9
40 Marlboro County 4.0 3.5 3.9
41 Cherokee County 4.1 3.8 4.7
42 Union County 4.2 3.6 5.2
43 Dillon County 4.5 4.1 4.8
44 Fairfield County 5.0 2.7 5.9
45 Jasper County 6.0 7.2 5.4
46 Allendale County 8.4 2.0 9.7
- South Carolina 3.0 2.3 4.0

* 1 is best, 46 is worst.

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