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Cities in South Carolina by civilian labor force, 2025

Charleston, SC had the highest civilian labor force of 25 cities in 2025, at 91,755. Conway, SC had the lowest, at 11,670. The median was 17,374. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest91,755Charleston, SC
Lowest11,670Conway, SC
Median17,37425 cities

All cities, 2025

Charleston, SC: 91,755 personsCharleston, SC91,755Columbia, SC: 71,076 personsColumbia, SC71,076North Charleston, SC: 67,453 personsNorth Charleston, SC67,453Mount Pleasant, SC: 52,662 personsMount Pleasant, SC52,662Greenville, SC: 43,135 personsGreenville, SC43,135Rock Hill, SC: 40,249 personsRock Hill, SC40,249Summerville, SC: 28,497 personsSummerville, SC28,497Goose Creek, SC: 25,763 personsGoose Creek, SC25,763Greer, SC: 24,407 personsGreer, SC24,407Florence, SC: 19,699 personsFlorence, SC19,699Myrtle Beach, SC: 19,176 personsMyrtle Beach, SC19,176Fort Mill, SC: 18,366 personsFort Mill, SC18,366Spartanburg, SC: 17,374 personsSpartanburg, SC17,374Bluffton, SC: 17,101 personsBluffton, SC17,101Mauldin, SC: 16,650 personsMauldin, SC16,650Sumter, SC: 16,584 personsSumter, SC16,584Hilton Head Island, SC: 16,268 personsHilton Head Island, SC16,268Simpsonville, SC: 15,167 personsSimpsonville, SC15,167Anderson, SC: 14,642 personsAnderson, SC14,642Aiken, SC: 14,028 personsAiken, SC14,028Easley, SC: 13,614 personsEasley, SC13,614North Augusta, SC: 13,331 personsNorth Augusta, SC13,331Lexington, SC: 12,470 personsLexington, SC12,470Hanahan, SC: 11,793 personsHanahan, SC11,793Conway, SC: 11,670 personsConway, SC11,670Charleston, SC: 91,755 personsCharleston, SC91,755Columbia, SC: 71,076 personsColumbia, SC71,076North Charleston, SC: 67,453 personsNorth Charleston, SC67,453Mount Pleasant, SC: 52,662 personsMount Pleasant, SC52,662Greenville, SC: 43,135 personsGreenville, SC43,135Rock Hill, SC: 40,249 personsRock Hill, SC40,249Summerville, SC: 28,497 personsSummerville, SC28,497Goose Creek, SC: 25,763 personsGoose Creek, SC25,763Greer, SC: 24,407 personsGreer, SC24,407Florence, SC: 19,699 personsFlorence, SC19,699Myrtle Beach, SC: 19,176 personsMyrtle Beach, SC19,176Fort Mill, SC: 18,366 personsFort Mill, SC18,366Spartanburg, SC: 17,374 personsSpartanburg, SC17,374Bluffton, SC: 17,101 personsBluffton, SC17,101Mauldin, SC: 16,650 personsMauldin, SC16,650Sumter, SC: 16,584 personsSumter, SC16,584Hilton Head Island, SC: 16,268 personsHilton Head Island, SC16,268Simpsonville, SC: 15,167 personsSimpsonville, SC15,167Anderson, SC: 14,642 personsAnderson, SC14,642Aiken, SC: 14,028 personsAiken, SC14,028Easley, SC: 13,614 personsEasley, SC13,614North Augusta, SC: 13,331 personsNorth Augusta, SC13,331Lexington, SC: 12,470 personsLexington, SC12,470Hanahan, SC: 11,793 personsHanahan, SC11,793Conway, SC: 11,670 personsConway, SC11,670
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2025
persons		Change on 2024
1Charleston, SC91,755+2.4%
2Columbia, SC71,076+1.6%
3North Charleston, SC67,453+2.5%
4Mount Pleasant, SC52,662+2.4%
5Greenville, SC43,135+1.8%
6Rock Hill, SC40,249+1.9%
7Summerville, SC28,497+2.4%
8Goose Creek, SC25,763+2.7%
9Greer, SC24,407+1.9%
10Florence, SC19,699+1.1%
11Myrtle Beach, SC19,176+1.6%
12Fort Mill, SC18,366+1.9%
13Spartanburg, SC17,374+1.9%
14Bluffton, SC17,101+1.8%
15Mauldin, SC16,650+1.9%
16Sumter, SC16,584+1.4%
17Hilton Head Island, SC16,268+1.9%
18Simpsonville, SC15,167+1.8%
19Anderson, SC14,642+1.9%
20Aiken, SC14,028+2%
21Easley, SC13,614+2%
22North Augusta, SC13,331+2.2%
23Lexington, SC12,470+1.4%
24Hanahan, SC11,793+2.4%
25Conway, SC11,670+1.9%

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About this ranking

Employed plus unemployed residents, 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. Counts people where they live, not jobs: for wage and salary jobs by state use oews_employment. 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.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), 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: labor force (measure 06), annual average (Cities in South Carolina by civilian labor force, 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: labor force (measure 06), annual average, Cities in South Carolina by civilian labor force, 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/rankings/civilian-labor-force/south-carolina-cities. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average. Cities in South Carolina by civilian labor force, 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/rankings/civilian-labor-force/south-carolina-cities.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average, Cities in South Carolina by civilian labor force, 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/south-carolina-cities (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest civilian labor force?

Charleston, SC, with 91,755 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest civilian labor force?

Conway, SC, with 11,670 in 2025.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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