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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.

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