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Unemployed people in Charleston, SC

Unemployed people in Charleston, SC was 3,256 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 9.6% from 2024. That is the 2nd highest of 25 cities in 2025.

2025, persons3,256
Change on 2024+9.6%
Rank2nd of 25Cities in South Carolina ranked
Series high4,9312010
Series low1,1961990

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Unemployed people in Charleston, SC, 1990 to 2025

1,0002,0003,0004,0005,00019901996200220082014202020251990: 1,196 persons1991: 1,750 persons1992: 2,526 persons1993: 2,690 persons1994: 2,534 persons1995: 2,190 persons1996: 2,283 persons1997: 1,758 persons1998: 1,256 persons1999: 1,401 persons2000: 1,629 persons2001: 1,993 persons2002: 2,362 persons2003: 2,734 persons2004: 2,942 persons2005: 2,976 persons2006: 2,763 persons2007: 2,471 persons2008: 2,921 persons2009: 4,520 persons2010: 4,931 persons2011: 4,668 persons2012: 4,197 persons2013: 3,490 persons2014: 3,154 persons2015: 3,201 persons2016: 2,932 persons2017: 2,519 persons2018: 2,006 persons2019: 1,682 persons2020: 4,680 persons2021: 2,576 persons2022: 2,152 persons2023: 2,203 persons2024: 2,970 persons2025: 3,256 persons
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-30.
All 36 values
Periodpersons
20253,256
20242,970
20232,203
20222,152
20212,576
20204,680
20191,682
20182,006
20172,519
20162,932
20153,201
20143,154
20133,490
20124,197
20114,668
20104,931
20094,520
20082,921
20072,471
20062,763
20052,976
20042,942
20032,734
20022,362
20011,993
20001,629
19991,401
19981,256
19971,758
19962,283
19952,190
19942,534
19932,690
19922,526
19911,750
19901,196

Rankings

Definition

Residents with no job who were available for work and had looked for work in the previous four weeks, or were waiting to be recalled from a layoff, annual average. People aged 16 and over by place of residence, from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Active-duty military personnel and people living in institutions are excluded.

United States cities only for now. The survey definition, not a count of benefit claimants. BLS estimates cities by splitting county estimates with Census Bureau employment and population data and unemployment insurance claims, so city figures are less precise than state ones. BLS publishes cities of 25,000 or more, and smaller cities in New England.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average (Unemployed people, Charleston, SC, 1990 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29

MLA 9

Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Unemployed people, Charleston, SC, 1990 to 2025. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/unemployed-people/charleston-sc. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Unemployed people, Charleston, SC, 1990 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/unemployed-people/charleston-sc.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Unemployed people, Charleston, SC, 1990 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/unemployed-people/charleston-sc (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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What is the unemployed people in Charleston, SC?

Unemployed people in Charleston, SC was 3,256 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 9.6% from 2024. That is the 2nd highest of 25 cities in 2025.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest unemployed people in Charleston, SC?

4,931 in 2010, the highest value since 1990 in this series.

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