Annual Average Civilian Labor Force Estimates, Employment & Unemployment in Sc'S Metropolitan Statistical Areas: 1992

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8-17. Annual Average Civilian Labor Force Estimates, Employment & Unemployment in Sc'S Metropolitan Statistical Areas: 1992 – 1996 1/

                                                                                 1995       1996
 AREA                                           1992       1993       1994      REVISED    PRELIM.

 AUGUSTA-AIKEN, GA-SC 2/ 3/
   Civilian Labor Force                         71,500     73,700     72,200     73,650     71,790
     Total Employment                           67,100     67,840     67,680     68,410     66,740
     Unemployment                                4,420      5,930      4,520      5,240      5,050
       Percent of Labor Force                      6.2        8.0        6.3        7.1        7.0

 CHARLOTTE-GASTONIA-ROCK HILL, NC-SC 2/ 4/   
   Civilian Labor Force                         75,540     77,350     77,700     80,340     80,890
     Total Employment                           71,000     72,210     74,260     77,440     76,600
     Unemployment                                4,540      5,140      3,440      2,900      4,290
       Percent of Labor Force                      6.0        6.6        4.4        3.6        5.3

 CHARLESTON-NORTH CHARLESTON
   Civilian Labor Force                        247,480    247,080    243,760    244,980    241,520
     Total Employment                          233,970    230,830    228,770    232,620    228,240
     Unemployment                               13,510     16,250     14,990     12,360     13,280
       Percent of Labor Force                      5.5        6.6        6.1        5.0        5.5

 COLUMBIA
   Civilian Labor Force                        249,750    250,400    253,090    259,020    258,610
     Total Employment                          238,170    236,210    242,820    250,530    249,060
     Unemployment                               11,580     14,190     10,270      8,490      9,550
       Percent of Labor Force                      4.6        5.7        4.1        3.3        3.7

 FLORENCE
   Civilian Labor Force                         59,400     61,400     61,260     61,330     60,580
     Total Employment                           55,300     55,840     56,490     57,430     55,490
     Unemployment                                4,100      5,560      4,770      3,900      5,090
       Percent of Labor Force                      6.9        9.1        7.8        6.4        8.4

 GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-ANDERSON 5/
   Civilian Labor Force                        450,100    457,910    462,270    471,550    469,620
     Total Employment                          427,070    432,530    441,510    455,730    449,390
     Unemployment                               23,030     25,380     20,760     15,820     20,230
       Percent of Labor Force                      5.1        5.5        4.5        3.4        4.3

 MYRTLE BEACH
   Civilian Labor Force                         81,210     83,050     85,110     90,980     92,690
     Total Employment                           75,010     75,130     79,010     86,440     87,620
     Unemployment                                6,200      7,920      6,100      4,540      5,070
       Percent of Labor Force                      7.6        9.5        7.2        5.0        5.5

 SUMTER
   Civilian Labor Force                         42,730     44,750     44,360     45,150     44,480
     Total Employment                           39,450     40,660     40,840     42,490     41,590
     Unemployment                                3,280      4,090      3,520      2,660      2,890
       Percent of Labor Force                      7.7        9.1        7.9        5.9        6.5

1/: The labor force data in this table are adjusted to the Current Population Survey Benchmark, and represent employment & unemployment by place of residence. These data are not comparable to place-of-work data published in other series. Total employment inlcudes workers involved in labor disputes, agricultural workers, & nonagricultural self-employed, unpaid family, and domestic workers.

2/: Data includes South Carolina portion only.

3/: Aiken and Edgefield counties are part of the Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC MSA as of 1990 Census.

4/: York county is part of the Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC MSA.

5/: Anderson and Cherokee counties added to the Greenville-Spartanburg MSA as of 1990 Census.

6/: New MSA as of 1990 Census. Myrtle Beach includes Horry county and Sumter MSA is Sumter county.

Source: S.C. Employment Security Commission, South Carolina's Labor Force & Industry, 1992-1996, February 1998; MSA calculations by Office of Research and Statistics.

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