By late 2023, South Carolina DSS had finalized 631 public adoptions

Of 631 public adoptions completed statewide in the closing days of 2023, nine of those adoptions were in Oconee County.  On November 20 alone, Adoption Day in South Carolina, 74 public adoptions were finalized in four county family courts:  Greenville, Sumter, Charleston, and Horry.