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State Rankings: Percent of Teens Who are Idle (16-19)

State Percent of Teens Who are Idle (16-19) Rank
New Hampshire 4.0 1
Minnesota 4.5 2
North Dakota 4.9 3
Vermont 4.9 3
Iowa 4.9 3
Massachusetts 5.0 6
Maine 5.0 6
Connecticut 5.2 8
Kansas 5.5 9
Utah 5.6 10
Nebraska 5.6 10
Wyoming 5.9 12
Wisconsin 6.0 13
Virginia 6.1 14
Hawaii 6.3 15
South Dakota 6.4 16
Idaho 6.5 17
Pennsylvania 6.6 18
Ohio 6.6 18
New Jersey 6.7 20
Delaware 6.9 21
Rhode Island 6.9 21
Washington 7.1 23
New York 7.2 24
Illinois 7.4 25
Missouri 7.5 26
Michigan 7.6 27
Montana 7.7 28
Indiana 7.8 29
North Carolina 7.8 29
Oregon 7.8 29
Maryland 7.8 29
California 8.0 33
Colorado 8.1 34
Alaska 8.3 35
Oklahoma 8.6 36
Arkansas 8.6 36
Tennessee 8.8 38
Texas 9.1 39
Florida 9.1 39
Arizona 9.2 41
Georgia 9.4 42
West Virginia 9.6 43
Kentucky 9.7 44
South Carolina 10.2 45
Nevada 10.6 46
Alabama 10.6 46
Mississippi 11.7 48
Louisiana 11.9 49
New Mexico 11.9 49
United States 7.8  

County Rankings: Percent of Teens Who are Idle (16-19)

County Percent of Teens Who are Idle (16-19) Rank of County if It Were a State
Fairfield 6.5 17
Pickens 6.5 17
Beaufort 6.6 18
Abbeville 7.5 26
Greenville 7.9 31
Lexington 7.9 30
Richland 8.2 34
Charleston 8.2 34
York 8.6 36
Aiken 9.5 42
Dorchester 9.8 44
Barnwell 9.9 44
Sumter 9.9 44
Florence 10.3 45
Berkeley 10.5 45
Calhoun 10.5 45
Georgetown 10.5 45
Lee 10.6 46
Orangeburg 10.6 46
Bamberg 10.9 47
Spartanburg 11.1 47
Horry 11.1 47
Darlington 11.2 47
Laurens 11.2 47
Marion 11.3 47
Williamsburg 11.3 47
Anderson 11.4 45
Hampton 11.8 48
Kershaw 11.9 49
Oconee 12.3 50
Newberry 13.2 50
Clarendon 13.5 50
Chesterfield 13.9 50
Greenwood 14.2 50
Dillon 14.3 50
Jasper 14.8 50
Saluda 14.9 50
Cherokee 15.6 50
Lancaster 15.7 50
Union 15.8 50
Colleton 17.0 50
Marlboro 17.3 50
Allendale 18.0 50
McCormick 18.4 50
Chester 20.2 50
Edgefield 21.5 50

National and state data is for 2006 from the Kids Count Data Book using the Census American Community Survey. County data is from 2000 Census.

 

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