Best counties in South Carolina

Ranked by composite score — 46 counties

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Rank	County	Score	Tax	Cost	Income
1	McCormick County	76	84.3	87.4	19.5
2	Edgefield County	74.1	89.6	81.9	27.2
3	Calhoun County	73.8	90.4	81.4	20.4
4	Abbeville County	73.7	88.6	88.1	17.4
5	Saluda County	72	86.3	85.2	18
6	Cherokee County	70.2	90	85.3	15.4
7	Lee County	70.2	86.3	86.6	12.2
8	Chester County	70.1	85.7	82.8	16.8
9	Kershaw County	70	88.5	78.5	25.4
10	Oconee County	70	91.2	81.6	22.7
11	Fairfield County	69.8	87.4	82.5	14.1
12	Lancaster County	69.8	88.2	76.9	32.2
13	Chesterfield County	69.7	89.3	86.4	14.5
14	Pickens County	69.6	91.6	79.3	22.2
15	Darlington County	69.3	90.3	83.5	14.3
16	Laurens County	69.3	89.9	83	19.6
17	Newberry County	69.1	82.9	82.7	22.3
18	Union County	69.1	86.6	87.1	10.3
19	Barnwell County	68.7	81.5	86.2	10.7
20	Aiken County	68.4	90.1	77.1	27.7
21	Anderson County	68.4	89.2	78.4	25.6
22	Clarendon County	68.4	86.1	86.5	15.3
23	Marlboro County	68.4	84.3	89.8	7.1
24	Greenwood County	68.1	85.8	81.7	16.4
25	Allendale County	67.9	77.5	89	4
26	Bamberg County	67.9	78.9	86.3	11.6
27	Marion County	67.8	89.4	89.9	5.9
28	Florence County	67.7	90	79.9	20.4
29	Lexington County	67.5	87.6	72.5	32.4
30	Sumter County	67.3	87.1	78.3	19.9
31	Georgetown County	66.8	90.3	74.3	26.9
32	Greenville County	66.7	87.4	69.7	32.1
33	Spartanburg County	66.5	86.4	75.7	25.3
34	Williamsburg County	66.5	83.6	86.1	11.8
35	Orangeburg County	66.2	83.7	85.3	11.6
36	Hampton County	66.1	79.6	85.4	11.5
37	York County	66.1	88.3	65.1	37.6
38	Horry County	66	92.8	72.6	25.6
39	Dillon County	65.8	88.1	89.3	12.1
40	Colleton County	64.7	85.2	80.5	15.2
41	Beaufort County	64.5	88.3	60	38.7
42	Berkeley County	64.3	88.8	61.3	37.1
43	Jasper County	64.2	86.7	70.7	24.8
44	Charleston County	64.1	90.6	56.9	38.4
45	Richland County	63.7	82.6	68.8	23.7
46	Dorchester County	63.3	85.9	62.6	33.6