4-1. Establishments, Employees, and Annual Payroll by County:
1992 and 1993

                              1992                                 1993

                NUMBER                   ANNUAL      NUMBER                   ANNUAL
               OF ESTAB-   NUMBER OF     PAYROLL    OF ESTAB-   NUMBER OF     PAYROLL
 COUNTY        LISHMENTS   EMPLOYEES     (THOU)     LISHMENTS   EMPLOYEES     (THOU)

 Abbeville         320        5,301      $101,663       322        5,815      $106,942   
 Aiken           2,317       52,993     1,590,785     2,402       53,672     1,654,220
 Allendale         174        2,376        41,150       170        2,250        43,537
 Anderson        3,170       47,875       894,123     3,202       49,199       968,525
 Bamberg           303        3,155        47,037       309        3,464        54,505

 Barnwell          379        5,742       136,527       388        6,085       152,651
 Beaufort        3,105       29,612       530,338     3,205       31,342       587,327
 Berkeley        1,346       15,950       306,815     1,351       15,906       312,384
 Calhoun           174        1,663        26,270       174        2,034        38,370
 Charleston      9,131      131,039     2,532,229     9,252      132,649     2,641,481

 Cherokee          822       16,053       316,806       864       16,853       336,710
 Chester           545        9,705       189,484       550        9,906       190,189
 Chesterfield      679       11,851       218,704       701       12,189       241,890
 Clarendon         492        4,835        64,936       497        5,534        75,271
 Colleton          740        8,380       132,819       752        8,184       134,901

 Darlington      1,172       18,615       425,407     1,163       19,493       449,742
 Dillon            504        7,501       121,202       520        8,228       131,716
 Dorchester      1,471       15,703       259,318     1,486       16,196       277,831
 Edgefield         304        3,438        50,277       301        3,458        56,026
 Fairfield         305        5,701       138,243       316        5,872       145,983

 Florence        3,040       46,265       985,313     3,090       48,341       978,153
 Georgetown      1,376       17,205       311,068       765       17,673       321,856
 Greenville      9,597      206,176     4,791,980     9,966      205,350     4,983,364
 Greenwood       1,383       24,307       482,040     1,404       25,761       537,624
 Hampton           396        4,127        71,480       419        4,225        74,065

 Horry           5,522       56,082       903,167     5,751       58,583       971,099
 Jasper            297        2,865        38,940       306        2,685        37,554
 Kershaw         1,015       13,300       255,397     1,038       13,882       273,865
 Lancaster       1,019       15,798       304,006     1,059       16,846       323,305
 Laurens           826       15,946       301,104       825       16,443       323,880

 Lee               294        2,822        49,100       313        3,104        58,275
 Lexington       3,957       48,419       931,561     4,104       49,430       971,235
 McCormick         129        1,197        18,220       135        1,195        20,159
 Marion            614        9,006       161,515       630        9,300       158,464
 Marlboro          408        6,673       117,111       417        6,513       120,250

 Newberry          676       10,054       166,268       678       10,308       181,038
 Oconee          1,173       19,261       389,397     1,202       19,109       402,026
 Orangeburg      1,778       25,053       403,454     1,786       26,222       454,607
 Pickens         1,838       28,896       506,555     1,902       29,186       543,831
 Richland        8,111      135,643     2,948,267     8,297      138,567     3,137,287

 Saluda            260        3,736        52,470       265        3,546        52,316
 Spartanburg     5,237      100,199     2,133,599     5,330      102,388     2,236,007
 Sumter          1,747       26,337       466,453     1,745       31,121       536,157
 Union             495        8,447       155,458       503        9,060       172,731
 Williamsburg      516        8,515       151,301       524        8,934       177,076
 York            3,068       40,650       907,582     1,667       41,162       936,115
 Statewide          14          297         6,750        12          524        13,022

 TOTAL          82,239    1,274,764    26,133,689    82,058    1,307,787    27,595,562

Excludes most government employees, railroad employees, and self-employed persons.

Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, County Business Patterns, 1993, CBP-93-42, Table 2, August 1995.

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