8-22. Annual Average Unemployment Rates by County:
1980 and 1990-1994
COUNTY 1980 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994
Abbeville 8.8 6.3 8.0 7.0 9.6 8.2
Aiken 7.8 4.4 5.6 6.0 8.0 6.4
Allendale 12.8 6.6 10.2 10.3 12.3 11.1
Anderson 7.6 5.3 6.2 5.5 6.0 5.8
Bamberg 8.5 8.4 10.5 9.2 12.5 11.1
Barnwell 10.2 8.5 13.0 11.3 12.8 10.7
Beaufort 8.0 4.0 4.5 4.6 5.5 4.5
Berkeley 7.2 3.3 4.5 5.3 6.8 6.1
Calhoun 5.1 5.9 7.0 6.6 6.2 6.3
Charleston 5.7 3.4 4.7 5.7 6.8 6.2
Cherokee 7.8 5.7 6.5 6.0 6.4 5.0
Chester 8.7 8.7 12.0 10.5 13.0 10.4
Chesterfield 7.6 5.0 6.4 6.0 8.3 7.4
Clarendon 8.8 6.6 10.4 10.7 13.5 12.0
Colleton 10.0 5.2 9.7 9.8 12.0 9.6
Darlington 8.2 5.3 7.6 8.7 12.1 10.2
Dillon 8.9 6.9 10.7 9.6 12.3 10.1
Dorchester 7.2 3.4 4.5 4.9 5.6 5.8
Edgefield 6.9 4.0 5.0 5.7 7.0 5.2
Fairfield 7.6 8.7 11.3 9.0 11.0 9.7
Florence 7.1 4.6 6.1 6.8 8.8 7.6
Georgetown 9.8 7.3 9.0 9.3 12.6 10.4
Greenville 5.4 3.7 5.0 5.2 5.5 4.1
Greenwood 6.4 5.3 6.8 6.4 7.4 6.6
Hampton 9.5 5.3 8.2 8.3 10.0 8.8
Horry 7.7 5.8 7.2 7.5 9.2 7.1
Jasper 7.1 4.4 5.0 5.2 7.7 5.5
Kershaw 6.7 5.6 8.0 8.4 10.8 8.7
Lancaster 7.8 5.3 7.8 8.1 9.0 7.7
Laurens 8.0 5.2 6.0 5.9 6.8 5.5
Lee 8.3 5.5 7.4 8.7 11.9 11.2
Lexington 4.9 3.9 4.4 4.4 5.1 4.0
McCormick 10.2 9.0 11.7 8.9 10.2 9.2
Marion 9.4 8.2 11.9 11.3 13.2 12.5
Marlboro 11.9 8.8 10.7 9.4 13.2 13.5
Newberry 5.0 5.2 5.4 7.1 7.7 6.0
Oconee 8.1 5.0 7.7 7.6 8.8 6.9
Orangeburg 8.1 7.1 9.0 8.8 10.5 9.3
Pickens 5.8 4.5 5.5 5.0 5.8 4.8
Richland 5.2 3.8 4.8 5.1 6.4 4.6
Saluda 8.1 5.5 5.2 5.8 7.3 5.8
Spartanburg 5.8 4.4 5.4 4.8 5.5 4.6
Sumter 7.7 5.1 8.8 7.4 9.0 7.7
Union 10.0 7.1 8.9 7.9 9.2 8.4
Williamsburg 8.6 8.5 9.6 9.0 14.3 13.0
York 7.4 3.7 5.4 6.0 7.1 5.0
SOUTH CAROLINA 6.9 4.7 6.2 6.2 7.5 6.3
Source: S.C. Employment Security Commission, South Carolina Labor
Force & Industry, 1980-1985 and 1990-1994.
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