›› 2002 Young Adults Count Ranking Sheets


Percent of Population 18-29 that Died During the 1990s


County Number County Percent of Population 18-29 that died during the 1990s County / State Ratio
1 Marlboro County 0.3 0.25
2 Beaufort County 0.6 0.56
3 Pickens County 0.7 0.60
4 York County 0.9 0.78
5 Edgefield County 0.9 0.79
6 Richland County 0.9 0.82
7 Charleston County 0.9 0.83
8 Greenville County 0.9 0.85
9 Greenwood County 1.0 0.86
10 Berkeley County 1.0 0.88
11 Newberry County 1.0 0.89
12 Lexington County 1.0 0.93
13 Oconee County 1.0 0.94
14 Horry County 1.1 0.95
15 Bamberg County 1.1 0.97
16 Anderson County 1.1 1.00
17 Spartanburg County 1.2 1.08
18 Abbeville County 1.2 1.10
19 Lancaster County 1.2 1.11
20 Aiken County 1.3 1.13
21 Hampton County 1.3 1.15
22 Sumter County 1.3 1.16
23 Union County 1.3 1.16
24 Dorchester County 1.3 1.16
25 Saluda County 1.3 1.17
26 Cherokee County 1.3 1.20
27 Orangeburg County 1.3 1.21
28 Laurens County 1.3 1.22
29 Florence County 1.4 1.24
30 Lee County 1.4 1.24
31 Kershaw County 1.4 1.29
32 Georgetown County 1.5 1.32
33 Chester County 1.5 1.34
34 Clarendon County 1.5 1.37
35 Calhoun County 1.5 1.38
36 Darlington County 1.5 1.40
37 Marion County 1.6 1.44
38 Allendale County 1.6 1.45
39 Barnwell County 1.7 1.51
40 Jasper County 1.7 1.57
41 Colleton County 1.8 1.63
42 Dillon County 2.0 1.82
43 Williamsburg County 2.0 1.84
44 Fairfield County 2.0 1.85
45 Chesterfield County 2.1 1.90
46 McCormick County 5.0 4.52
47 South Carolina 1.1  

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