2008 Kids Count Databook > High-Lows > Percent of Children in Single-Parent Families

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State Rankings: Percent of Children in Single-Parent Families State Percent of Children in Single-Parent Families Rank Utah 18.1 1 Idaho 21.3 2 North Dakota 23.9 3 Nebraska 24.7 4 New Hampshire 24.8 5 Montana 25.1 6/td> Minnesota 25.4 7 Iowa 26.0 8 Wyoming 27.2 9 South Dakota 27.4 10 Hawaii 27.4 10 New Jersey 27.6 12 Connecticut 27.7 13 Massachusetts 27.7 13 Wisconsin 27.9 15 Colorado 28.0 16 Kansas 28.0 16 Vermont 29.0 18 Oregon 29.0 18 Washington 29.1 20 Virginia 29.2 21 Alaska 29.7 22 California 30.5 23 West Virginia 30.6 24 Illinois 30.8 25 Maine 31.2 26 Pennsylvania 31.3 27 Michigan 31.6 28 Missouri 31.9 29 Indiana 32.1 30 Maryland 32.5 31 Arizona 32.6 32 Texas 32.6 32 Kentucky 32.9 34 Ohio 33.5 35 Nevada 33.7 36 New York 33.8 37 Oklahoma 33.9 38 Delaware 34.1 39 North Carolina 34.8 40 Florida 34.8 40 Tennessee 35.3 42 Arkansas 35.3 42 Rhode Island 35.5 44 Georgia 36.0 45 Alabama 37.2 46 New Mexico 37.5 47 South Carolina 39.6 48 Louisiana 41.5 49 Mississippi 44.6 50 United States 31.9

County Rankings: Percent of Children in Single-Parent Families County Percent of Children in Single-Parent Families Rank of County if It Were a State Pickens 21.4 2 Lexington 24.5 3 Oconee 25.3 6/td> Greenville 26.0 8 York 26.0 8 Dorchester 27.1 8 Kershaw 27.2 9 Beaufort 27.4 10 Berkeley 27.7 13 Anderson 28.2 17 Edgefield 28.9 17 Spartanburg 29.0 18 Saluda 29.3 21 Aiken 29.4 21 Horry 31.1 25 Abbeville 31.4 27 Calhoun 32.0 29 Cherokee 32.4 30 Lancaster 32.9 34 Laurens 33.0 34 Georgetown 33.1 34 Colleton 33.7 36 Chesterfield 34.0 38 Sumter 34.0 38 Greenwood 34.2 39 Florence 34.2 39 Richland 34.9 41 Hampton 35.8 44 Jasper 36.3 45 Union 36.4 45 Charleston 37.0 45 Newberry 37.3 46 Darlington 38.2 47 Chester 38.3 47 Clarendon 39.3 47 Barnwell 39.4 47 Fairfield 40.2 48 Orangeburg 40.3 48 Williamsburg 40.4 48 Bamberg 41.6 49 Dillon 41.7 49 Lee 41.9 49 McCormick 42.6 49 Marlboro 43.0 49 Marion 45.2 50 Allendale 56.5 50

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

 

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