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Unemployed people in Spartanburg, SC

Unemployed people in Spartanburg, SC was 959 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 7.8% from 2024. That is the 10th highest of 25 cities in 2025.

2025, persons959
Change on 2024+7.8%
Rank10th of 25Cities in South Carolina ranked
Series high2,1522009
Series low4952019

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Unemployed people in Spartanburg, SC, 1990 to 2025

05001,0001,5002,0002,50019901996200220082014202020251990: 1,280 persons1991: 1,530 persons1992: 1,484 persons1993: 1,525 persons1994: 1,319 persons1995: 1,159 persons1996: 1,412 persons1997: 1,186 persons1998: 1,010 persons1999: 1,284 persons2000: 918 persons2001: 1,344 persons2002: 1,724 persons2003: 1,848 persons2004: 1,994 persons2005: 1,955 persons2006: 1,332 persons2007: 1,130 persons2008: 1,399 persons2009: 2,152 persons2010: 2,151 persons2011: 2,012 persons2012: 1,677 persons2013: 1,430 persons2014: 1,131 persons2015: 1,080 persons2016: 904 persons2017: 813 persons2018: 599 persons2019: 495 persons2020: 1,522 persons2021: 946 persons2022: 639 persons2023: 645 persons2024: 890 persons2025: 959 persons05001,0001,5002,0002,50019902002201420251990: 1,280 persons1991: 1,530 persons1992: 1,484 persons1993: 1,525 persons1994: 1,319 persons1995: 1,159 persons1996: 1,412 persons1997: 1,186 persons1998: 1,010 persons1999: 1,284 persons2000: 918 persons2001: 1,344 persons2002: 1,724 persons2003: 1,848 persons2004: 1,994 persons2005: 1,955 persons2006: 1,332 persons2007: 1,130 persons2008: 1,399 persons2009: 2,152 persons2010: 2,151 persons2011: 2,012 persons2012: 1,677 persons2013: 1,430 persons2014: 1,131 persons2015: 1,080 persons2016: 904 persons2017: 813 persons2018: 599 persons2019: 495 persons2020: 1,522 persons2021: 946 persons2022: 639 persons2023: 645 persons2024: 890 persons2025: 959 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
2025959
2024890
2023645
2022639
2021946
20201,522
2019495
2018599
2017813
2016904
20151,080
20141,131
20131,430
20121,677
20112,012
20102,151
20092,152
20081,399
20071,130
20061,332
20051,955
20041,994
20031,848
20021,724
20011,344
2000918
19991,284
19981,010
19971,186
19961,412
19951,159
19941,319
19931,525
19921,484
19911,530
19901,280

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.

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

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Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Unemployed people, Spartanburg, 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/spartanburg-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, Spartanburg, 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/spartanburg-sc.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Unemployed people, Spartanburg, 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/spartanburg-sc (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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What is the unemployed people in Spartanburg, SC?

Unemployed people in Spartanburg, SC was 959 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 7.8% from 2024. That is the 10th 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 Spartanburg, SC?

2,152 in 2009, the highest value since 1990 in this series.

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