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Percentage of Children who Lived in Poverty in 2005

Rank*	County	Percentage of Children who lived in poverty in 2005
1	Dorchester	15.3
2	Pickens	15.4
3	Oconee	17.1
4	Lexington	17.5
5	York	17.6
6	Greenville	18.1
7	Beaufort	18.4
8	Richland	19.0
9	Berkeley	19.8
9	Kershaw	19.8
11	Lancaster	21.3
12	Spartanburg	22.4
13	Charleston	22.7
14	Aiken	22.9
14	Greenwood	22.9
16	Calhoun	23.0
17	Anderson	23.2
18	Cherokee	23.5
19	Edgefield	23.6
20	Union	23.9
21	Horry	24.7
22	Newberry	24.8
23	Saluda	25.0
23	Sumter	25.0
25	Florence	25.9
26	Laurens	26.0
27	Abbeville	26.4
28	Georgetown	26.7
29	Chester	27.1
30	Fairfield	27.7
31	Chesterfield	29.1
32	Darlington	29.2
33	Marlboro	30.7
34	McCormick	30.9
35	Clarendon	31.7
36	Orangeburg	31.9
37	Hampton	32.5
38	Colleton	32.8
39	Marion	33.9
20	Bamberg	34.7
20	Jasper	34.7
42	Dillon	35.4
43	Barnwell	37.8
44	Williamsburg	42.0
45	Lee	43.7
46	Allendale	48.6
	South Carolina	22.6

* 1 is best, 46 is worst.