8-24. Annual Average Unemployment Rates by County: 1980 and 1992-1996
COUNTY 1980 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
Abbeville 8.8 7.2 9.7 8.4 6.3 6.7
Aiken 7.8 6.2 8.1 6.4 7.2 7.0
Allendale 12.8 11.1 13.0 11.6 8.9 9.2
Anderson 7.6 5.5 5.8 5.5 4.0 4.9
Bamberg 8.5 9.6 12.8 11.7 9.6 9.9
Barnwell 10.2 11.9 13.5 11.2 10.7 11.0
Beaufort 8.0 4.3 5.2 4.3 3.0 3.3
Berkeley 7.2 5.3 6.7 5.9 4.1 4.6
Calhoun 5.1 6.7 6.3 6.3 6.8 9.8
Charleston 5.7 5.7 6.9 6.4 5.4 6.0
Cherokee 7.8 5.9 6.2 4.8 4.5 5.6
Chester 8.7 11.2 13.9 11.0 9.2 10.5
Chesterfield 7.6 5.9 8.4 7.8 7.2 8.2
Clarendon 8.8 11.5 14.7 12.5 8.6 9.4
Colleton 10.0 10.3 12.3 9.8 6.5 6.9
Darlington 8.2 9.0 12.8 10.8 8.6 9.3
Dillon 8.9 10.0 12.9 10.4 10.3 12.0
Dorchester 7.2 4.9 5.5 5.6 5.2 5.1
Edgefield 6.9 6.0 7.3 5.2 6.7 7.4
Fairfield 7.6 9.7 11.4 10.3 8.0 9.5
Florence 7.1 6.9 9.1 7.8 6.4 8.4
Georgetown 9.8 9.8 13.6 10.9 9.1 12.3
Greenville 5.4 5.1 5.4 4.0 2.5 3.3
Greenwood 6.4 6.5 7.4 6.7 5.2 7.1
Hampton 9.5 8.7 10.5 9.8 7.0 7.3
Horry 7.7 7.6 9.5 7.2 5.0 5.5
Jasper 7.1 4.9 7.3 5.3 4.6 5.1
Kershaw 6.7 8.7 11.4 9.0 6.2 6.5
Lancaster 7.8 8.8 9.6 8.2 5.8 6.5
Laurens 8.0 5.7 6.6 5.1 3.8 6.2
Lee 8.3 8.9 12.4 11.9 8.4 9.8
Lexington 4.9 4.2 4.9 3.5 3.0 3.3
McCormick 10.2 8.9 10.1 9.4 9.2 10.1
Marion 9.4 11.9 14.1 13.3 10.6 13.4
Marlboro 11.9 9.7 13.9 14.2 11.8 15.7
Newberry 5.0 7.4 7.7 5.8 5.6 6.2
Oconee 8.1 7.9 9.1 7.0 4.6 6.5
Orangeburg 8.1 9.0 10.8 9.5 9.3 10.4
Pickens 5.8 5.0 5.7 4.7 3.9 5.2
Richland 5.2 4.9 6.2 4.4 3.5 4.0
Saluda 8.1 5.7 7.4 5.5 4.8 6.6
Spartanburg 5.8 4.8 5.4 4.4 3.7 4.8
Sumter 7.7 7.7 9.1 7.9 5.9 6.5
Union 10.0 8.1 9.6 8.3 9.0 8.9
Williamsburg 8.6 9.3 15.6 14.0 14.3 18.6
York 7.4 6.0 6.6 4.4 3.6 5.3
SOUTH CAROLINA 6.9 6.3 7.6 6.3 5.1 6.0
Source: S.C. Employment Security Commission, South Carolina Labor Force & Industry, 1980 and 1992-1996.
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