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 18 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	45	78	7,369
Barnwell County 45011	63	67	72	27	78	20,447
McCormick County 45065	60	48	74	45	57	9,941
Marlboro County 45069	59	57	68	24	77	25,704
Hampton County 45049	58	63	62	30	69	18,122
Union County 45087	58	47	76	24	68	26,629
Dillon County 45033	57	42	73	24	78	27,698
Orangeburg County 45075	57	59	63	24	71	82,820
Bamberg County 45009	56	55	65	22	73	12,974
Lee County 45061	56	53	65	26	69	15,967
Chester County 45023	56	57	65	25	66	32,226
Fairfield County 45039	56	50	68	26	67	20,422
Chesterfield County 45025	56	59	65	25	63	44,031
Marion County 45067	56	41	73	23	71	28,508
Colleton County 45029	55	45	66	25	73	38,874
Jasper County 45053	55	48	57	40	66	33,544
Abbeville County 45001	54	59	67	30	52	24,434
Clarendon County 45027	54	45	71	23	62	31,004
Darlington County 45031	54	56	61	23	63	62,416
Williamsburg County 45089	54	47	63	23	71	29,891
Oconee County 45073	53	56	67	30	50	81,221
Laurens County 45059	51	58	54	23	61	68,873
Calhoun County 45017	50	50	59	23	61	14,186
Cherokee County 45021	50	60	56	26	54	56,714
Newberry County 45071	50	58	52	24	58	38,825
Saluda County 45081	49	50	59	25	54	19,123
Florence County 45041	48	59	46	24	58	137,214
Anderson County 45007	48	66	48	26	50	213,076
Edgefield County 45037	48	50	48	39	51	27,607
Greenwood County 45047	47	54	52	25	54	69,460
Aiken County 45003	47	62	42	33	50	177,130
Georgetown County 45043	47	42	62	24	51	65,731
Horry County 45051	46	39	59	27	52	397,478
Sumter County 45085	45	53	45	25	53	104,165
Spartanburg County 45083	44	72	34	25	50	356,698
Pickens County 45077	43	55	34	25	58	135,495
Kershaw County 45055	42	53	43	24	50	69,905
Lancaster County 45057	41	51	42	28	45	108,215
Richland County 45079	35	48	21	24	55	425,138
Beaufort County 45013	35	44	41	24	38	198,979
Greenville County 45045	35	62	23	26	41	558,036
Lexington County 45063	34	58	28	24	39	309,528
Dorchester County 45035	32	48	23	25	44	169,833
York County 45091	32	59	19	29	38	298,320
Berkeley County 45015	30	45	22	24	41	255,217
Charleston County 45019	29	40	17	25	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.