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Percentage of All Youth Ages 15-17 Referred to Court During 2003-2004

Rank* County All White Male African American and Other Male White Female African American and Other Female
1 Fairfield County 2.9 5.4 4.7 1.5 0.9
2 Hampton County 3.1 5.4 3.4 4.1 1.2
3 Bamberg County 3.2 5.4 4.5 2.2 1.8
4 Calhoun County 3.6 1.6 8.4 0.9 1.7
5 Pickens County 3.8 4.4 4.7 2.6 7.0
6 Richland County 3.8 1.8 7.3 1.3 3.9
7 Abbeville County 4.0 5.3 7.4 0.8 4.7
8 Sumter County 4.2 2.8 6.9 1.7 4.0
9 Saluda County 4.3 6.6 7.4 0.5 2.0
10 Beaufort County 4.3 3.0 8.6 3.3 3.6
11 Williamsburg County 4.4 3.7 6.6 1.1 3.3
12 Edgefield County 4.5 3.8 8.3 1.2 4.4
13 Spartanburg County 4.6 4.4 9.6 2.0 6.0
14 Oconee County 4.6 5.2 9.0 2.9 5.5
15 Orangeburg County 4.9 5.4 8.9 1.0 2.7
16 McCormick County 5.0 2.6 9.9 1.9 2.6
17 Anderson County 5.2 6.2 8.5 3.0 6.5
18 Newberry County 5.2 3.6 11.2 2.7 4.4
19 Greenville County 5.3 5.2 11.7 2.5 6.7
20 Marlboro County 5.3 2.2 8.3 3.0 5.4
21 Laurens County 5.3 4.2 12.5 3.1 5.0
22 Chesterfield County 5.3 5.2 11.6 2.1 3.2
23 Clarendon County 5.3 7.8 7.6 2.1 2.6
24 Barnwell County 5.4 4.8 8.6 3.2 5.0
25 Kershaw County 5.6 6.4 8.5 4.2 3.8
26 Aiken County 5.7 5.7 9.8 3.4 6.1
27 Lee County 5.9 1.7 12.4 1.9 2.3
28 York County 6.4 7.3 12.9 3.4 6.0
29 Chester County 6.4 9.0 8.3 4.0 4.2
30 Dorchester County 6.5 6.8 11.3 3.6 6.9
31 Jasper County 7.2 9.1 10.3 2.4 4.5
32 Lexington County 7.5 8.0 16.1 4.7 8.7
33 Charleston County 7.6 5.6 15.0 3.5 6.8
34 Dillon County 7.8 7.8 13.0 4.1 4.9
35 Berkeley County 7.9 7.1 12.2 6.0 7.6
36 Lancaster County 8.0 7.1 15.4 3.8 8.9
37 Greenwood County 8.2 7.7 15.1 4.0 8.8
38 Darlington County 8.2 6.0 14.2 4.7 7.9
39 Florence County 8.3 5.2 15.4 2.7 9.9
40 Georgetown County 8.5 7.6 14.6 5.2 5.9
41 Cherokee County 8.6 7.7 18.4 6.0 6.9
42 Union County 8.9 11.1 11.4 5.9 7.6
43 Allendale County 9.6 2.3 18.4 2.8 1.7
44 Colleton County 10.1 10.6 14.1 5.2 10.1
45 Horry County 10.3 10.7 16.1 6.8 12.2
46 Marion County 13.9 12.7 20.8 4.7 12.3
- South Carolina 6.2 5.9 11.1 3.4 5.8

* 1 is best, 46 is worst.

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