# Counties in South Carolina by share of days unhealthy for sensitive groups or worse (US EPA AQI), 2007

All 25 values come from U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for 2007, so the places are comparable. 3 counties have no value for that period and are not ranked.

- Indicator id: `aqi_unhealthy_sensitive_or_worse_days_share`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Days with a daily Air Quality Index above 100 (unhealthy for sensitive groups, unhealthy, very unhealthy or hazardous) as a percentage of the days of the year with an AQI in a US county. Calculated by Invokely from the day counts in the EPA AirData annual summaries; the counts are stored with each value.
- Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA AirData annual AQI by county: days with an AQI above 100 as a share of days with an AQI, calculated with stored counts (https://aqs.epa.gov/aqsweb/airdata/download_files.html#Annual)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Air Quality System, AirData. EPA AirData annual AQI by county: days with an AQI above 100 as a share of days with an AQI, calculated with stored counts. https://aqs.epa.gov/aqsweb/airdata/download_files.html#Annual. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unhealthy-air-quality-days-share/south-carolina-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Abbeville County | 9.5 |
| 2 | Pickens County | 8.5 |
| 3 | Richland County | 7.9 |
| 4 | Spartanburg County | 5.9 |
| 5 | Union County | 5.1 |
| 6 | Aiken County | 5 |
| 7 | Chester County | 4.8 |
| 8 | York County | 4.3 |
| 9 | Chesterfield County | 2.8 |
| 10 | Barnwell County | 2.6 |
| 11 | Darlington County | 2.4 |
| 12 | Horry County | 2.1 |
| 13 | Edgefield County | 1.9 |
| 13 | Oconee County | 1.9 |
| 15 | Williamsburg County | 1.6 |
| 16 | Charleston County | 1.4 |
| 16 | Colleton County | 1.4 |
| 18 | Beaufort County | 1.1 |
| 19 | Florence County | 0.9 |
| 20 | Berkeley County | 0.5 |
| 21 | Cherokee County | 0.3 |
| 21 | Greenville County | 0.3 |
| 23 | Georgetown County | 0 |
| 23 | Greenwood County | 0 |
| 23 | Lexington County | 0 |