Personal finance website WalletHub today released a report on States With the Most Underprivileged Children in 2025 and South Carolina was ranked as having the 15th most in the country. This comes just days after WalletHub ranked South Carolina as being the fourth worst state in the country to have a baby.
In order to bring awareness to the condition of underprivileged children throughout the U.S., WalletHub compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across 25 key measures of neediness. The data set ranges from share of children in households with below-poverty income to child food-insecurity rate to share of maltreated children.
Welfare of Children in South Carolina (1=Most; 25=Avg.):
- Overall Rank: 13th
- 10th – % of Children in Households with Below-Poverty Income
- 12th – % of Maltreated Children
- 27th – Child Food-Insecurity Rate
- 19th – % of Uninsured Children
- 7th – Infant Mortality Rate
- 9th – % of Children in Single-Parent Families
Click here to see the full report.