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17-20. Divorces and Annulments in South Carolina by County of Decree, Race, and Number of Children Involved: 1996

                             DIVORCES AND ANNULMENTS                     CHILDREN INVOLVED

                              RACE OF HUSBAND      RACE OF WIFE
                                       BLACK &              BLACK &                    BLACK &
 COUNTY            TOTAL     WHITE      OTHER     WHITE      OTHER    TOTAL   WHITE     OTHER

 Abbeville          100        73         27        74         26       96      66        30
 Aiken              569       482         87       479         89      500     406        94
 Allendale           22        10         12        10         12       16       7         9
 Anderson           827       750         76       747         78      671     593        76
 Bamberg             65        40         25        40         25       65      41        24

 Barnwell           108        81         27        81         27       69      47        22
 Beaufort           495       367        128       363        132      418     274       144
 Berkeley           603       479        124       482        120      613     471       142
 Calhoun             44        31         13        30         14       24      20         4
 Charleston       1,279       901        370       898        372      949     599       346

 Cherokee           256       223         33       223         31      208     175        33
 Chester            120        91         29        90         30      104      75        29
 Chesterfield       180       141         36       141         36      157     121        33
 Clarendon          103        66         37        68         35       98      49        49
 Colleton           148        97         50        97         50      155      90        65

 Darlington         283       202         81       201         82      236     156        80
 Dillon             110        74         36        74         36       90      52        38
 Dorchester         272       229         42       228         44      255     205        50
 Edgefield           81        54         27        55         26       68      40        28
 Fairfield           94        51         43        50         43       80      37        43

 Florence           523       364        159       362        159      442     266       176
 Georgetown         169       122         46       122         47      147     101        46
 Greenville       1,071       880        182       888        176      764     605       149
 Greenwood          305       246         59       246         59      247     199        48
 Hampton             59        35         24        35         24       58      35        23

 Horry              583       513         63       507         69      382     323        59
 Jasper              76        44         32        44         32       76      36        40
 Kershaw            270       228         42       224         46      262     216        46
 Lancaster          208       167         40       171         37      180     133        47
 Laurens            308       241         67       240         67      242     184        58

 Lee                 81        23         58        23         58       78      18        60
 Lexington          865       788         76       791         73      669     609        60
 McCormick           19         9         10         9         10       24      11        13
 Marion             147        86         61        86         61      136      76        60
 Marlboro           102        69         33        69         32      105      66        39

 Newberry           114        94         20        93         21       81      69        12
 Oconee             280       267         13       268         12      226     209        17
 Orangeburg         353       192        161       191        162      337     141       196
 Pickens            389       368         21       366         22      317     297        20
 Richland         1,256       766        489       772        483    1,018     537       480

 Saluda              59        47         12        45         14       49      27        22
 Spartanburg      1,269     1,061        199     1,068        191    1,052     860       187
 Sumter             500       332        167       325        172      494     298       195
 Union               58        48          9        49          8       39      34         5
 Williamsburg        77        35         41        36         41       61      34        27
 York               423       371         49       368         50      356     292        62

SOUTH CAROLINA   15,323    11,838      3,436    11,829      3,434   15,716   9,200     3,486

Source: S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control, Division of Biostatistics, Office of Public Health Statistics, January 1998.

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