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Percentage of Births to Mothers Less Than 20 in 2006

Rank*	County	All	White	African-American and Other
1	Beaufort	9.6	8.3	13.0
2	Richland	10.2	4.6	14.3
3	Saluda	10.6	9.3	14.5
4	Lexington	10.7	10.1	13.0
5	Charleston	10.9	6.0	18.6
6	Greenville	11.6	9.6	18.3
7	York	11.9	10.4	16.3
7	Horry	11.9	10.5	17.0
9	Dorchester	12.2	10.3	16.4
10	Berkeley	12.5	11.4	15.0
11	McCormick	13.0	6.7	16.1
12	Calhoun	13.1	3.6	21.7
13	Florence	13.3	9.1	17.5
14	Anderson	13.6	12.0	19.5
14	Georgetown	13.6	9.7	18.3
16	Abbeville	13.7	11.8	17.6
17	Pickens	13.8	13.9	12.7
18	Oconee	14.0	13.9	15.0
19	Williamsburg	14.1	7.9	16.3
20	Aiken	14.2	11.6	19.5
21	Spartanburg	14.6	11.6	22.5
22	Hampton	14.7	12.4	16.3
22	Kershaw	14.7	12.4	20.8
24	Edgefield	15.0	6.5	24.1
25	Sumter	15.1	11.6	18.4
26	Lee	15.5	15.5	15.5
27	Jasper	15.6	14.5	17.2
28	Newberry	16.1	11.4	24.1
29	Greenwood	16.2	11.1	24.6
30	Fairfield	16.4	11.9	18.2
31	Orangeburg	17.1	13.5	18.6
32	Darlington	17.5	15.0	19.9
33	Clarendon	17.6	12.4	20.8
34	Barnwell	17.9	18.5	17.5
35	Lancaster	18.0	15.0	23.6
36	Laurens	18.5	15.5	25.1
37	Bamberg	19.1	17.2	19.8
38	Marlboro	19.5	13.0	23.0
38	Union	19.5	17.3	23.6
40	Colleton	19.5	17.6	21.5
41	Chesterfield	19.8	14.8	26.3
42	Cherokee	20.8	18.9	25.9
43	Marion	21.0	20.0	21.4
44	Chester	21.2	20.5	21.9
45	Dillon	21.7	15.8	26.5
46	Allendale	26.1	12.0	29.2
	South Carolina	13.4	10.7	18.3

* 1 is best, 46 is worst.