Care2Foster™ - Become a foster parent in SC - Number of children and number of foster parents, South Carolina

The Numbers

4480

2865

1615

County	Children in Foster Care	Standard Foster Families	Therapeutic Foster Families	Total Foster Families	Foster Families Needed
ABBEVILLE	14	13	1	14	0
AIKEN	137	48	27	75	62
ALLENDALE	2	1	0	1	1
ANDERSON	242	95	34	129	113
BAMBERG	9	4	4	8	1
BARNWELL	14	5	3	8	6
BEAUFORT	47	38	19	57	0
BERKELEY	137	76	71	147	-10
CALHOUN	12	5	4	9	3
CHARLESTON	319	75	52	127	192
CHEROKEE	86	10	3	13	73
CHESTER	43	10	2	12	31
CHESTERFIELD	33	12	7	19	14
CLARENDON	49	6	8	14	35
COLLETON	56	5	8	13	43
DARLINGTON	101	14	13	27	74
DILLON	33	9	3	12	21
DORCHESTER	49	42	36	78	0
EDGEFIELD	17	8	1	9	8
FAIRFIELD	32	7	6	13	19
FLORENCE	80	61	75	136	0
GEORGETOWN	23	15	37	52	0
GREENVILLE	509	270	71	341	168
GREENWOOD	43	25	2	27	16
HAMPTON	8	5	0	5	3
HORRY	209	104	71	175	34
JASPER	13	8	1	9	4
KERSHAW	73	30	15	45	40
LANCASTER	77	24	13	37	40
LAURENS	146	33	2	35	111
LEE	13	4	5	9	4
LEXINGTON	242	102	36	137	105
MARION	34	20	7	27	7
MARLBORO	25	6	4	10	15
MCCORMICK	0	1	2	3	0
NEWBERRY	10	16	6	22	0
OCONEE	131	41	6	47	84
ORANGEBURG	71	16	41	57	14
PICKENS	103	66	13	79	24
RICHLAND	517	145	159	304	213
SALUDA	7	3	1	5	2
SPARTANBURG	257	153	53	206	51
SUMTER	76	51	23	74	2
UNION	9	4	4	8	0
WILLIAMSBURG	22	24	53	77	0
YORK	181	84	21	105	76
TOTALS	4311	1794	1023	2817	1,494

Information provided by the South Carolina Department of Social Services.

For more information, visit their website at www.scfamilies.org