A few statistics which may be of interest to inquiring minds. 

               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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