South Carolina Kids Count County Ranking Sheets

% Births to Mothers who were Single in 2005 (Excluding Paternity Acknowleged)

	County	All	White	African-American and Other
1	Pickens	12.7	10.9	32.7
2	Oconee	12.7	10.9	30.1
3	Spartanburg	15.5	9.5	32.6
4	Anderson	16.4	11.6	36.0
5	Beaufort	17.6	10.2	36.0
6	Greenville	18.3	11.5	39.3
7	Lexington	18.6	12.6	41.5
8	Cherokee	18.6	11.8	37.0
9	Dorchester	19.2	11.6	36.7
10	Union	19.6	12.9	32.7
11	Kershaw	20.4	12.8	38.7
12	Aiken	20.6	10.6	42.1
13	Georgetown	20.9	9.3	36.9
14	Berkeley	21.8	14.3	38.6
15	York	22.4	14.4	47.3
16	Newberry	23.3	9.0	49.2
17	Horry	23.4	15.9	46.3
18	Richland	26.5	10.0	38.8
19	Lancaster	27.0	16.9	46.0
20	Laurens	27.4	16.0	53.9
21	Edgefield	27.4	9.2	47.9
22	Colleton	30.2	13.7	49.4
23	Jasper	30.4	17.7	48.1
24	Calhoun	30.5	6.3	52.3
25	Charleston	30.8	12.0	58.4
26	Abbeville	30.9	14.3	65.5
27	Hampton	33.4	15.2	44.8
28	Sumter	33.8	14.6	52.6
29	Orangeburg	34.2	17.6	41.4
30	Saluda	34.4	21.9	66.7
31	Greenwood	34.5	20.8	58.1
32	Chesterfield	34.6	17.5	59.1
33	Bamberg	35.1	11.5	43.9
34	Barnwell	36.7	14.4	56.4
35	Chester	38.4	18.6	61.7
36	Darlington	38.5	18.7	59.7
37	Florence	38.7	16.1	59.7
38	Fairfield	39.2	21.4	47.4
39	Clarendon	41.6	19.1	56.8
40	Williamsburg	43.2	17.7	51.8
41	McCormick	45.5	20.0	61.7
42	Dillon	46.3	28.4	61.3
43	Lee	49.6	26.6	58.1
44	Marlboro	50.8	32.3	60.2
45	Allendale	53.7	18.5	61.7
46	Marion	54.6	19.0	71.2
	South Carolina	25.0	12.9	46.6

* 1 is best, 46 is worst.