South Carolina Kids Count County Ranking Sheets

Percentage of Children who Lived in Poverty in 2004

Rank*	County	Percentage of Children who lived in poverty in 2004
1	Dorchester	16.2
2	Lexington	16.3
3	Pickens	17.0
4	York	17.0
5	Beaufort	17.5
6	Greenville	17.9
7	Berkeley	18.5
8	Anderson	19.0
9	Spartanburg	19.0
10	Kershaw	19.5
11	Oconee	19.7
12	Richland	20.3
13	Abbeville	20.8
14	Edgefield	20.8
15	Charleston	21.0
16	Lancaster	21.1
17	Greenwood	21.3
18	Aiken	21.4
19	Calhoun	22.4
20	Cherokee	22.5
21	Saluda	22.5
22	Horry	23.0
23	Laurens	23.3
24	Newberry	23.5
25	Chester	23.6
26	Union	23.6
27	Fairfield	24.6
28	Sumter	24.9
29	Florence	25.5
30	Georgetown	26.1
31	Chesterfield	26.2
32	Barnwell	26.4
33	Marlboro	26.6
34	Jasper	27.6
35	Darlington	28.1
36	Hampton	28.2
37	Lee	28.4
38	Orangeburg	29.5
39	Colleton	29.7
40	Marion	29.9
41	Bamberg	31.1
42	Dillon	31.3
43	Clarendon	31.5
44	McCormick	32.4
45	Williamsburg	35.9
46	Allendale	39.5
	South Carolina	21.2

* 1 is best, 46 is worst.