8-19. Labor Force, Unemployment, and Unemployment Rate in South Carolina Ranked by County: 1994 Annual Average

                     LABOR FORCE                    UNEMPLOYMENT

 COUNTY            NUMBER      RANK     NUMBER      RANK      RATE     RANK

 Abbeville         12,480       33       1,020       37      8.2        20     
 Aiken             62,190        9       3,990        9      6.4        28
 Allendale          4,620       45         510       41     11.1         6
 Anderson          80,370        7       4,650        6      5.8        33
 Bamberg            7,590       42         840       39     11.1         7

 Barnwell          10,800       37       1,150       34     10.7         8
 Beaufort          41,600       14       1,870       24      4.5        44
 Berkeley          58,530       11       3,580       12      6.1        31
 Calhoun            6,200       44         390       45      6.3        29
 Charleston       145,140        3       9,060        1      6.2        30

 Cherokee          24,010       22       1,190       33      5.0        39
 Chester           15,220       31       1,580       26     10.4         9
 Chesterfield      20,560       25       1,520       28      7.4        24
 Clarendon         10,960       35       1,310       31     12.0         4
 Colleton          15,440       30       1,480       29      9.6        14

 Darlington        31,410       18       3,200       14     10.2        11
 Dillon            13,760       32       1,390       30     10.1        12
 Dorchester        40,420       16       2,350       17      5.8        34
 Edgefield          8,830       39         460       43      5.2        38
 Fairfield         10,960       36       1,070       35      9.7        13

 Florence          60,950       10       4,650        7      7.6        23
 Georgetown        23,460       23       2,440       16     10.4        10
 Greenville       182,130        1       7,500        2      4.1        45
 Greenwood         32,090       17       2,110       20      6.6        27
 Hampton            8,910       38         780       40      8.8        17

 Horry             85,720        6       6,090        4      7.1        25
 Jasper             7,340       43         410       44      5.5        36
 Kershaw           22,630       24       1,960       22      8.7        18
 Lancaster         29,890       20       2,300       18      7.7        21
 Laurens           30,360       19       1,680       25      5.5        37

 Lee                8,270       41         930       38     11.2         5
 Lexington        101,700        5       4,100        8      4.0        46
 McCormick          3,830       46         350       46      9.1        16
 Marion            16,660       28       2,080       21     12.5         3
 Marlboro          11,650       34       1,570       27     13.5         1

 Newberry          17,530       26       1,050       36      6.0        32
 Oconee            27,800       21       1,910       23      6.9        26
 Orangeburg        40,550       15       3,770       11      9.3        15
 Pickens           53,030       12       2,540       15      4.8        41
 Richland         151,970        2       7,050        3      4.6        42

 Saluda             8,400       40         490       42      5.8        35
 Spartanburg      126,250        4       5,790        5      4.6        43
 Sumter            44,230       13       3,410       13      7.7        22
 Union             15,690       29       1,310       32      8.4        19
 Williamsburg      16,850       27       2,190       19     13.0         2
 York              79,050        8       3,930       10      5.0        40

Source: S.C. Employment Security Commission, South Carolina's Labor Force & Industry, 1990-1994, September 1995; rankings by Office of Research and Statistics.

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