2008 Kids Count Databook > High-Lows > Teen Birth Rate (per 1,000)

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State Rankings: Teen Birth Rate State Teen Birth Rate (per 100,000) (15-19) Rank New Hampshire 17.9 1 Vermont 18.6 2 Massachusetts 21.8 3 Connecticut 23.3 4 New Jersey 23.4 5 Maine 24.4 5 Minnesota 26.1 7 New York 26.5 8 North Dakota 29.7 9 Wisconsin 30.3 10 Pennsylvania 30.4 11 Washington 31.1 12 Rhode Island 31.4 13 Maryland 31.8 14 Michigan 32.5 15 Iowa 32.6 16 Oregon 33.0 17 Utah 33.4 18 Nebraska 34.2 19 Virginia 34.4 20 Montana 35.2 21 Hawaii 36.2 22 Alaska 37.3 23 South Dakota 37.5 24 Idaho 37.7 25 Illinois 38.6 26 California 38.8 27 Ohio 38.9 28 Kansas 41.4 29 Florida 42.4 30 Missouri 42.5 31 Colorado 42.6 32 Wyoming 43.2 33 Indiana 43.2 33 West Virginia 43.4 35 Delaware 44.0 36 North Carolina 48.5 37 Louisiana 49.1 38 Kentucky 49.1 38 Alabama 49.7 40 Nevada 50.1 41 South Carolina 51.0 42 Georgia 52.7 43 Oklahoma 54.2 44 Tennessee 54.9 45 Arizona 58.2 46 Arkansas 59.1 47 Mississippi 60.5 48 New Mexico 61.6 49 Texas 61.6 49 United States 40.5

County Rankings: Teen Birth Rate County Teen Birth Rate (per 1,000) (15-19) Rank of County if It Were a State Richland 35.1 20 Pickens 35.8 21 Calhoun 39.2 28 Bamberg 39.6 28 Dorchester 41.9 29 Edgefield 43.1 32 Lexington 43.2 33 Abbeville 43.9 35 York 44.7 36 Greenville 45.1 36 Charleston 45.6 36 McCormick 47.2 36 Orangeburg 50.7 41 Berkeley 52.1 42 Hampton 52.6 42 Aiken 53.2 43 Greenwood 53.7 43 Beaufort 53.7 43 Georgetown 54.2 44 Horry 55.0 45 Oconee 55.4 45 Anderson 56.6 45 Florence 57.4 45 Laurens 57.5 45 Darlington 58.2 46 Chesterfield 59.2 47 Spartanburg 59.8 47 Newberry 60.0 47 Fairfield 62.1 50 Clarendon 62.2 50 Lee 63.1 50 Williamsburg 64.0 50 Lancaster 65.2 50 Chester 66.1 50 Sumter 66.8 50 Marlboro 67.7 50 Kershaw 67.8 50 Saluda 67.9 50 Union 68.7 50 Marion 70.3 50 Cherokee 70.9 50 Colleton 71.5 50 Barnwell 72.1 50 Jasper 76.5 50 Dillon 86.0 50 Allendale 95.8 50

National and state data is for 2005, county data is the average for 2004-2005.

 

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