FY96-FY97 CHANGE
COMMITTING FY 1997
COUNTY FY 1995 FY 1996 FY 1997 NUMBER PERCENT RANK 1/
Abbeville 65 70 57 -13 -18.6 41
Aiken 289 305 314 9 3.0 10
Allendale 42 23 22 -1 -4.3 45
Anderson 374 380 513 133 35.0 5
Bamberg 53 44 44 0 0.0 41
Barnwell 66 38 58 20 52.6 40
Beaufort 174 184 186 2 1.1 17
Berkeley 146 202 158 -44 -21.8 22
Calhoun 31 35 25 -10 -28.6 44
Charleston 792 924 856 -68 -7.4 2
Cherokee 201 140 161 21 15.0 21
Chester 109 82 64 -18 -22.0 39
Chesterfield 94 64 115 51 79.7 28
Clarendon 67 78 72 -6 -7.7 35
Colleton 100 83 90 7 8.4 32
Darlington 267 223 220 -3 -1.3 14
Dillon 84 118 101 -17 -14.4 31
Dorchester 131 180 184 4 2.2 18
Edgefield 55 30 43 13 43.3 43
Fairfield 68 69 70 1 1.4 37
Florence 528 562 410 -152 -27.0 8
Georgetown 94 157 134 -23 -14.6 26
Greenville 1,703 1,251 1,436 185 14.8 1
Greenwood 219 303 308 5 1.7 11
Hampton 48 54 76 22 40.7 33
Horry 486 462 447 -15 -3.2 7
Jasper 57 49 71 22 44.9 36
Kershaw 96 108 148 40 37.0 24
Lancaster 195 177 177 0 0.0 21
Laurens 213 214 181 -33 -15.4 19
Lee 72 89 74 -15 -16.9 34
Lexington 328 327 269 -58 -17.7 13
McCormick 23 17 16 -1 -5.9 46
Marion 161 194 155 -39 -20.1 23
Marlboro 135 104 115 11 10.6 29
Newberry 152 152 179 27 17.8 20
Oconee 147 130 138 8 6.2 25
Orangeburg 242 212 288 76 35.8 12
Pickens 175 268 207 -61 -22.8 15
Richland 787 1,046 833 -213 -20.4 3
Saluda 61 53 57 4 7.5 42
Spartanburg 582 608 682 74 12.2 4
Sumter 288 319 357 38 11.9 9
Union 88 86 119 33 38.4 27
Williamsburg 96 119 112 -7 -5.9 30
York 516 524 475 -49 -9.4 6
OUT-OF-STATE 0 0 0 0 0.0 X
SOUTH CAROLINA 10,700 10,857 10,817 -40 -0.4 X
1/: Rank is in descending order according to the number of commitments; the county having the largest number of total
commitments in FY 1997 is ranked number one.Source: S.C. Dept. of Corrections, Annual Reports, Table 23; calculations by the Office of Research and Statistics.
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