UPDATE. The healthiest county in each Southern state: Beaufort County, South Carolina

Healthiest County in Every State.  (24/7 Wall Street, 5/9/2017)

Located in the southern tip of South Carolina, Beaufort is the state's 4th-fastest growing county.  Its population has increased 567% since 1950, compared to a 17% decrease since its 1940 peak in Marlboro County, South Carolina's unhealthiest. Beaufort's nonwhite population is 32.6%, compared to 60.4% in Marlboro.

Source:  U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts

Other numbers

% of population living in poverty

• Beaufort County | 12.9%
• Marlboro County | 28.2%
• South Carolina | 16.6%
• U.S.  13.5%

% of population 25 and older with bachelor's degree

• Beaufort County | 38.8%
• Marlboro County | 8.5%
• South Carolina | 25.8%
• U.S. | 29.8%

Median household income:

• Beaufort County | $57,048
• Marlboro County | $30,787
• South Carolina | $45,483
• U.S. | $53,889

Source:  Wikipedia

Other posts in this series.
Shelby County, Alabama.  (5/10/2017)
Benton County, Arkasnsas.  (5/11/2017)
St. Johns County, Florida.  (5/12/2017)
Oconee County, Georgia.  (5/13/2017)
Oldham County, Kentucky.  (5/14/2017)
Cameron Parish, Louisiana.  (5/15/2017)
Rankin County, Mississippi.  (5/16/2017)
Orange County, North Carolina.  (5/17/2017)


Original 4/9/2017 post starts here.

The least healthy counties in every state.  (24/7 Wall Street, 3/15/201\7)

Marlboro County, South Carolina

Source:  Wikipedia

Source:  U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts

Other numbers

% of population living in poverty

• Marlboro County | 28.2%
• South Carolina | 16.6%
• U.S.  13.5%

% of population 25 and older with bachelor's degree

• Marlboro County | 8.5%
• South Carolina | 25.8%
• U.S. | 29.8%

Median household income:

• Marlboro County | $30,787
• South Carolina | $45,483
• U.S. | $53,889

Related reading:  

Marlboro County, South Carolina:  Largest slaveholders from 1860 slave census schedules.  (Ancestry.com)

Marian Wright Edelman Public Library of Marlboro County on Facebook

Other counties in series:

Wilcox County, Alabama.  (3/30/2017)
Phillips County, Arkansas.  (3/30/2017)
Gadsden County, Florida.  (3/31/2017)
Taliaferro County, Gerogia.  (3/31/2017)
Harlan County, Kentucky.  (4/3/2017)
Madison Parish, Louisiana.  (4/3/2017)
Holmes County, Mississippi.  (4/4/2017)
Robeson County, North Carolina.  (4/4/2017)

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The 10 most distressed cities in the U.S.
The 10 most prosperous cities in the U.S.