State index

South Carolina

Environmental and community health profiles for all 46 counties in South Carolina. Sorted by opportunity score (highest need first).

Counties

Avg opportunity score

Converging-risk counties

What the data shows in South Carolina

Across South Carolina's 46 counties, 3 have two or more of the four health-risk areas (environmental, disease, provider access, and social conditions) above the national threshold at the same time. These are the places where several pressures land together rather than one at a time.

Statewide, the health-risk area scoring highest on average is social and economic conditions, the leading driver of community health need in South Carolina.

The most widespread specific risk pattern is Heat Vulnerability, triggered in 24 counties, followed by Industrial Burden in 19 counties.

Allendale County carries the highest overall need in the state, with an opportunity score of 66 out of 100 (elevated). Higher scores mean more burden relative to the rest of the country.

County	Opportunity	Env	Disease	Provider	Social	Pop
Allendale County 45005	66	68	65	46	78	7,369
Barnwell County 45011	64	67	72	28	78	20,447
Marlboro County 45069	60	57	68	29	77	25,704
Hampton County 45049	60	63	62	35	69	18,122
McCormick County 45065	59	48	74	41	57	9,941
Bamberg County 45009	58	55	65	28	73	12,974
Union County 45087	58	47	76	22	68	26,629
Chesterfield County 45025	57	59	65	29	63	44,031
Orangeburg County 45075	57	59	63	25	71	82,820
Dillon County 45033	57	42	73	23	78	27,698
Fairfield County 45039	57	50	68	27	67	20,422
Chester County 45023	56	57	65	25	66	32,226
Marion County 45067	56	41	73	26	71	28,508
Colleton County 45029	56	45	66	28	73	38,874
Lee County 45061	56	53	65	23	69	15,967
Jasper County 45053	55	48	57	40	66	33,544
Clarendon County 45027	54	45	71	24	62	31,004
Williamsburg County 45089	54	47	63	25	71	29,891
Abbeville County 45001	54	59	67	28	52	24,434
Darlington County 45031	54	56	61	24	63	62,416
Oconee County 45073	54	56	67	33	50	81,221
Laurens County 45059	52	58	54	27	61	68,873
Cherokee County 45021	51	60	56	28	54	56,714
Newberry County 45071	51	58	52	28	58	38,825
Calhoun County 45017	51	50	59	23	61	14,186
Saluda County 45081	50	50	59	29	54	19,123
Edgefield County 45037	48	50	48	42	51	27,607
Anderson County 45007	48	66	48	28	50	213,076
Florence County 45041	48	59	46	24	58	137,214
Greenwood County 45047	48	54	52	28	54	69,460
Georgetown County 45043	47	42	62	25	51	65,731
Aiken County 45003	47	62	42	33	50	177,130
Horry County 45051	46	39	59	29	52	397,478
Spartanburg County 45083	45	72	34	27	50	356,698
Sumter County 45085	45	53	45	25	53	104,165
Pickens County 45077	43	55	34	28	58	135,495
Kershaw County 45055	43	53	43	24	50	69,905
Lancaster County 45057	41	51	42	29	45	108,215
Beaufort County 45013	36	44	41	28	38	198,979
Richland County 45079	36	48	21	26	55	425,138
Greenville County 45045	35	62	23	28	41	558,036
Lexington County 45063	35	58	28	26	39	309,528
Dorchester County 45035	33	48	23	27	44	169,833
York County 45091	32	59	19	29	38	298,320
Berkeley County 45015	30	45	22	26	42	255,217
Charleston County 45019	30	40	17	27	47	424,367

Scores are national percentile ranks (0–100) from the Banana Analytics methodology (v1.2.0). Higher scores indicate more burden. Click any county for its full environmental and community health profile.