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Percentage of (Paternity Acknowledged Only) Births to Mothers who were Single in 2006

Rank*	County	% (Paternity acknowledged only) Births to mothers who were single in 2006
1	Dillon	11.5
2	Florence	11.8
3	Charleston	12.3
4	Clarendon	12.8
5	Marion	12.9
6	Darlington	13.3
7	Abbeville	14.0
8	McCormick	14.1
9	Greenwood	14.5
10	Berkeley	15.6
11	Williamsburg	15.9
12	Lexington	16.2
13	Newberry	16.5
14	Sumter	16.8
15	Dorchester	17.3
16	York	17.8
17	Allendale	18.1
17	Beaufort	18.1
19	Calhoun	18.3
20	Lee	18.6
21	Richland	19.0
21	Saluda	19.0
23	Greenville	19.4
24	Spartanburg	19.6
25	Edgefield	20.4
26	Barnwell	20.8
27	Chesterfield	21.3
28	Hampton	21.4
29	Oconee	21.6
29	Fairfield	21.6
31	Kershaw	21.8
32	Pickens	22.0
33	Laurens	22.3
34	Jasper	23.3
34	Anderson	23.3
36	Colleton	23.5
37	Horry	24.0
38	Orangeburg	24.2
39	Aiken	25.6
40	Chester	28.3
41	Georgetown	28.9
42	Union	29.4
43	Lancaster	30.2
44	Marlboro	30.4
45	Cherokee	31.2
46	Bamberg	31.3
	South Carolina	19.2

* 1 is best, 46 is worst.