LABOR FORCE UNEMPLOYMENT
COUNTY NUMBER RANK NUMBER RANK RATE RANK
Abbeville 12,320 33 830 37 6.7 25
Aiken 62,710 9 4,380 7 7.0 23
Allendale 4,440 45 410 44 9.2 16
Anderson 81,020 7 4,010 10 4.9 40
Bamberg 7,590 43 750 39 9.9 10
Barnwell 10,850 36 1,190 32 11.0 6
Beaufort 45,060 13 1,480 29 3.3 44
Berkeley 59,610 11 2,760 17 4.6 42
Calhoun 6,430 44 630 41 9.8 11
Charleston 139,550 3 8,380 1 6.0 33
Cherokee 24,410 23 1,360 30 5.6 34
Chester 15,700 29 1,650 27 10.5 7
Chesterfield 20,590 25 1,680 25 8.2 19
Clarendon 11,600 35 1,090 34 9.4 14
Colleton 15,570 30 1,070 35 6.9 24
Darlington 31,560 18 2,950 14 9.3 15
Dillon 13,910 32 1,670 26 12.0 5
Dorchester 42,350 15 2,140 20 5.1 38
Edgefield 9,080 38 670 40 7.4 20
Fairfield 10,330 37 980 36 9.5 13
Florence 60,580 10 5,090 5 8.4 18
Georgetown 25,060 22 3,080 12 12.3 4
Greenville 182,820 1 5,960 3 3.3 45
Greenwood 32,820 17 2,320 18 7.1 22
Hampton 8,410 39 610 42 7.3 21
Horry 92,690 6 5,070 6 5.5 35
Jasper 7,670 42 390 46 5.1 39
Kershaw 23,080 24 1,510 28 6.5 27
Lancaster 27,590 21 1,790 24 6.5 28
Laurens 31,180 19 1,940 21 6.2 31
Lee 7,940 41 780 38 9.8 12
Lexington 109,440 5 3,630 11 3.3 46
McCormick 3,950 46 400 45 10.1 9
Marion 16,600 27 2,220 19 13.4 3
Marlboro 11,880 34 1,870 22 15.7 2
Newberry 18,410 26 1,150 33 6.2 32
Oconee 27,800 20 1,810 23 6.5 29
Orangeburg 40,230 16 4,180 9 10.4 8
Pickens 53,970 12 2,820 16 5.2 37
Richland 149,170 2 5,920 4 4.0 43
Saluda 8,240 40 540 43 6.6 26
Spartanburg 127,420 4 6,090 2 4.8 41
Sumter 44,480 14 2,890 15 6.5 30
Union 14,870 31 1,330 31 8.9 17
Williamsburg 16,200 28 3,010 13 18.6 1
York 80,890 8 4,290 8 5.3 36
Note: When counties share the same rank, the next to lowest rank is omitted.Source: S.C. Employment Security Commission, South Carolina's Labor Force & Industry, 1992-1996, February 1998; rankings by Office of Research and Statistics.
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