SOUTH CAROLINA RANKINGS
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STATE DATA
CATEGORY RANK MEASURE YEAR
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Infant Mortality 3 11.7 per 1,000 1990
Violent Crime 5 9.73 per 1,000 1991
Homes Built 1980-1990 7 29.0% of all SC homes 1992
Motor Vehicle Deaths 8 2.6/100 million miles 1991
College Enrollment 9 165,000 1991
One-Parent Families 10 25.5% 1990
Hospital Bed Occupancy 12 68.9% 1991
Total Birth Rate 13 16.8 per 1,000 1990
Persons Below Poverty 14 15.4% 1989
Blacks Below Poverty 15 31.4% 1989
Hazardous Waste Sites 15 24 sites 1992
Federal Defense Funds 20 $3,369,000,000 1992
Energy Costs 21 $1,977 per person 1990
Median White Income 21 $30,118/household 1989
Public Aid Recipients 23 6.3% 1991
Total Population 25 3,603,000 1992
Metro Population 25 69.5% 1990
Federal Grants 26 $2,393,000,000 1992
White Birth Rate 27 14.6 per 1,000 1990
Civil Employment Rate 29 62.3% 1992
Hospital Cost 30 $684 per day 1991
Civil Female Employment 31 58.8% 1992
Criminal Justice Costs 32 $224 per person 1991
Soc. Security Recipients 32 15.7% 1991
Hospital Beds 33 3.2 per 1,000 1991
Median Income 35 $26,256/household 1989
Highway Trust Funds 36 $192,000,000 1992
Whites Below Poverty 37 8.5% 1989
Age 65+ 37 11.6% 1992
Teacher's Salaries 37 $28,300 average 1992
Physicians 38 1.61 per 1,000 1990
Gas Tax Rate 39 $0.16 per gallon 1992
Median Black Income 40 $16,555/household 1989
Bachelor's or higher 41 16.6% 1990
High School Graduates 43 68.3% 1990
Foreign Born 43 1.4% 1990
Black Birth Rate 44 21.8 per 1,000 1990
Business Failure Rate 47 5.2 per 1,000 1992
Pres. Election Voting 49 45.0% of Voting Age 1992
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Source:
United States Bureau of the Census
Statistical Abstract of the United States
1993 Edition
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