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Cities in South Carolina by civilian labor force

Charleston, SC had the highest civilian labor force of 24 cities in 2023, at 87,656. Conway, SC had the lowest, at 10,896. The median was 16,800. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest87,656Charleston, SC
Lowest10,896Conway, SC
Median16,80024 cities

All cities, 2023

Charleston, SC: 87,656 personsCharleston, SC87,656Columbia, SC: 67,509 personsColumbia, SC67,509North Charleston, SC: 62,692 personsNorth Charleston, SC62,692Mount Pleasant, SC: 50,669 personsMount Pleasant, SC50,669Greenville, SC: 41,390 personsGreenville, SC41,390Rock Hill, SC: 39,308 personsRock Hill, SC39,308Summerville, SC: 27,064 personsSummerville, SC27,064Goose Creek, SC: 24,293 personsGoose Creek, SC24,293Greer, SC: 22,882 personsGreer, SC22,882Florence, SC: 19,257 personsFlorence, SC19,257Myrtle Beach, SC: 18,577 personsMyrtle Beach, SC18,577Spartanburg, SC: 16,861 personsSpartanburg, SC16,861Fort Mill, SC: 16,739 personsFort Mill, SC16,739Bluffton, SC: 16,496 personsBluffton, SC16,496Sumter, SC: 16,128 personsSumter, SC16,128Hilton Head Island, SC: 16,071 personsHilton Head Island, SC16,071Mauldin, SC: 15,310 personsMauldin, SC15,310Simpsonville, SC: 14,483 personsSimpsonville, SC14,483Anderson, SC: 13,965 personsAnderson, SC13,965Aiken, SC: 13,647 personsAiken, SC13,647Easley, SC: 12,981 personsEasley, SC12,981North Augusta, SC: 12,621 personsNorth Augusta, SC12,621Hanahan, SC: 11,285 personsHanahan, SC11,285Conway, SC: 10,896 personsConway, SC10,896Charleston, SC: 87,656 personsCharleston, SC87,656Columbia, SC: 67,509 personsColumbia, SC67,509North Charleston, SC: 62,692 personsNorth Charleston, SC62,692Mount Pleasant, SC: 50,669 personsMount Pleasant, SC50,669Greenville, SC: 41,390 personsGreenville, SC41,390Rock Hill, SC: 39,308 personsRock Hill, SC39,308Summerville, SC: 27,064 personsSummerville, SC27,064Goose Creek, SC: 24,293 personsGoose Creek, SC24,293Greer, SC: 22,882 personsGreer, SC22,882Florence, SC: 19,257 personsFlorence, SC19,257Myrtle Beach, SC: 18,577 personsMyrtle Beach, SC18,577Spartanburg, SC: 16,861 personsSpartanburg, SC16,861Fort Mill, SC: 16,739 personsFort Mill, SC16,739Bluffton, SC: 16,496 personsBluffton, SC16,496Sumter, SC: 16,128 personsSumter, SC16,128Hilton Head Island, SC: 16,071 personsHilton Head Island, SC16,071Mauldin, SC: 15,310 personsMauldin, SC15,310Simpsonville, SC: 14,483 personsSimpsonville, SC14,483Anderson, SC: 13,965 personsAnderson, SC13,965Aiken, SC: 13,647 personsAiken, SC13,647Easley, SC: 12,981 personsEasley, SC12,981North Augusta, SC: 12,621 personsNorth Augusta, SC12,621Hanahan, SC: 11,285 personsHanahan, SC11,285Conway, SC: 10,896 personsConway, SC10,896
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

RankCities2023
persons		Change on 2022
1Charleston, SC87,656+4.2%
2Columbia, SC67,509+3.4%
3North Charleston, SC62,692+5.1%
4Mount Pleasant, SC50,669+3.7%
5Greenville, SC41,390+2%
6Rock Hill, SC39,308+1%
7Summerville, SC27,064+3.4%
8Goose Creek, SC24,293+6.5%
9Greer, SC22,882+6.8%
10Florence, SC19,257+3%
11Myrtle Beach, SC18,577+3.6%
12Spartanburg, SC16,861+1.6%
13Fort Mill, SC16,739+9.6%
14Bluffton, SC16,496+4.3%
15Sumter, SC16,128-1.2%
16Hilton Head Island, SC16,071+2.1%
17Mauldin, SC15,310+6%
18Simpsonville, SC14,483+4.6%
19Anderson, SC13,965+2.7%
20Aiken, SC13,647+1.7%
21Easley, SC12,981n/a
22North Augusta, SC12,621+2.9%
23Hanahan, SC11,285+4.6%
24Conway, SC10,896+3.6%

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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. 1 cities with data in other periods have no value for 2023 and are left out rather than filled from another source. 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.CurrentU20-24. 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: labor force (measure 06), annual average (Cities in South Carolina by civilian labor force, 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24

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, 2023. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/south-carolina-cities?period=2023. 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, 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/south-carolina-cities?period=2023.

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, 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/south-carolina-cities?period=2023 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest civilian labor force?

Charleston, SC, with 87,656 in 2023, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest civilian labor force?

Conway, SC, with 10,896 in 2023.

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. 1 cities have no value for 2023 and are not ranked.

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