South Carolina Kids Count
| Rank* | County** | Percentage of high schoolers who smoked cigarettes in the past 30 days (2002) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jasper County | 11.4 |
| 2 | Bamberg County | 17.3 |
| 3 | Orangeburg County | 19.9 |
| 4 | Richland County | 20.7 |
| 5 | Pickens County | 22.8 |
| 6 | Fairfield County | 22.9 |
| 7 | Clarendon County | 23.1 |
| 8 | Dorchester County | 23.2 |
| 9 | Dillon County | 23.4 |
| 10 | Colleton County | 24.3 |
| 11 | Spartanburg County | 24.6 |
| 12 | Union County | 24.6 |
| 13 | Greenville County | 25.1 |
| 14 | Beaufort County | 25.4 |
| 15 | Florence County | 25.7 |
| 16 | Sumter County | 26.4 |
| 17 | Berkeley County | 26.5 |
| 18 | Anderson County | 26.6 |
| 19 | Cherokee County | 26.6 |
| 20 | Oconee County | 27.1 |
| 21 | Lancaster County | 27.3 |
| 22 | Barnwell County | 27.5 |
| 23 | Marion County | 27.8 |
| 24 | Lexington County | 28.1 |
| 25 | Georgetown County | 28.4 |
| 26 | Edgefield County | 28.5 |
| 27 | Darlington County | 29.0 |
| 28 | Greenwood County | 29.4 |
| 29 | Chester County | 33.7 |
| 30 | York County | 33.7 |
| - | South Carolina | 25.3 |
* 1 is best, 46 is worst.
** Not all counties participated in the survey.