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11-21. Average Monthly Participation in Aid to Families With Dependent Children and Food Stamp Programs by County: Fiscal Year 1997

                                                   AVERAGE PER MONTH

                        AID TO FAMILIES WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN                 FOOD STAMPS

                                             TOTAL       PAYMENTS      HOUSE-
 COUNTY              CASES    CHILDREN     RECIPIENTS    TO CASES 1/    HOLDS     PERSONS      BENEFITS

Abbeville 232 437 591 $42,366 1,009 2,273 $155,387 Aiken 1,348 2,685 3,704 244,783 4,479 11,779 832,478 Allendale 348 699 975 68,965 1,253 3,303 223,341 Anderson 777 1,498 1,993 135,933 3,135 7,814 521,084 Bamberg 389 732 979 69,751 1,291 3,413 220,311 Barnwell 439 811 1,134 78,489 1,606 4,088 282,383 Beaufort 782 1,577 2,075 136,658 2,680 7,323 515,726 Berkeley 1,121 2,166 3,020 204,989 4,394 11,822 821,885 Calhoun 161 273 347 26,945 703 1,799 115,580 Charleston 3,245 6,831 8,931 571,413 12,041 31,768 2,197,951 Cherokee 341 634 818 58,693 1,556 3,876 263,842 Chester 398 789 1,061 71,699 1,601 4,118 286,769 Chesterfield 600 1,141 1,601 112,429 2,599 6,053 403,918 Clarendon 736 1,381 1,903 127,349 2,726 6,635 420,397 Colleton 685 1,255 1,721 120,836 2,174 5,692 370,091 Darlington 1,195 2,250 3,102 213,604 3,960 10,217 702,826 Dillon 702 1,375 1,869 126,084 2,588 6,660 430,727 Dorchester 782 1,490 2,010 131,142 2,949 7,612 527,731 Edgefield 278 552 720 49,538 1,006 2,509 164,848 Fairfield 288 553 710 49,091 1,357 3,189 222,342 Florence 2,139 4,106 5,622 381,985 6,475 16,873 1,142,416 Georgetown 455 911 1,176 77,630 2,644 7,011 474,525 Greenville 1,663 3,107 4,000 283,399 7,798 18,003 1,239,281 Greenwood 568 1,079 1,450 99,457 1,921 4,693 313,219 Hampton 310 680 870 57,912 1,152 3,257 203,697 Horry 1,201 2,230 2,975 200,365 5,837 14,418 956,155 Jasper 242 474 608 42,815 968 2,531 164,167 Kershaw 212 420 530 36,087 1,281 3,191 203,452 Lancaster 574 1,147 1,523 100,040 2,138 5,442 384,644 Laurens 580 1,063 1,491 99,730 2,238 5,554 371,945 Lee 471 926 1,227 84,994 1,834 4,673 293,813 Lexington 1,089 2,020 2,809 183,833 4,003 10,381 740,950 McCormick 103 185 244 16,920 538 1,148 73,452 Marion 519 1,013 1,314 90,925 2,738 6,360 383,976 Marlboro 553 1,002 1,379 95,716 1,943 4,541 291,936 Newberry 327 598 801 56,342 1,479 3,514 225,015 Oconee 248 464 631 42,984 1,400 3,330 215,803 Orangeburg 2,001 3,772 5,105 357,698 6,783 16,397 1,140,190 Pickens 320 554 766 52,117 1,654 3,990 261,023 Richland 3,440 6,912 9,352 621,664 10,198 25,990 1,946,560 Saluda 149 270 360 26,471 705 1,746 108,108 Spartanburg 1,828 3,516 4,658 317,195 5,712 13,878 967,600 Sumter 1,750 3,404 4,598 313,200 5,866 14,664 995,926 Union 265 446 606 47,274 1,165 2,612 168,398 Williamsburg 777 1,544 2,078 134,939 3,353 8,291 522,134 York 948 1,843 2,463 168,600 3,412 9,198 652,821 TOTAL 37,581 72,815 97,899 $6,631,049 140,339 353,630 $24,120,819
1/: Includes supplemental and retroactive payments of $68,212.

Note: Detail may not add to totals due to rounding.

Source: S.C. Department of Social Services, Program Quality Assurance, March 1998.

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