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Cities in South Carolina by employed residents

Charleston, SC had the highest employed residents of 24 cities in 2023, at 85,453. Conway, SC had the lowest, at 10,384. The median was 16,272. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest85,453Charleston, SC
Lowest10,384Conway, SC
Median16,27224 cities

All cities, 2023

Charleston, SC: 85,453 personsCharleston, SC85,453Columbia, SC: 65,327 personsColumbia, SC65,327North Charleston, SC: 61,079 personsNorth Charleston, SC61,079Mount Pleasant, SC: 49,565 personsMount Pleasant, SC49,565Greenville, SC: 40,352 personsGreenville, SC40,352Rock Hill, SC: 37,975 personsRock Hill, SC37,975Summerville, SC: 26,360 personsSummerville, SC26,360Goose Creek, SC: 23,634 personsGoose Creek, SC23,634Greer, SC: 22,310 personsGreer, SC22,310Florence, SC: 18,616 personsFlorence, SC18,616Myrtle Beach, SC: 17,945 personsMyrtle Beach, SC17,945Fort Mill, SC: 16,328 personsFort Mill, SC16,328Spartanburg, SC: 16,216 personsSpartanburg, SC16,216Bluffton, SC: 16,123 personsBluffton, SC16,123Hilton Head Island, SC: 15,647 personsHilton Head Island, SC15,647Sumter, SC: 15,480 personsSumter, SC15,480Mauldin, SC: 14,925 personsMauldin, SC14,925Simpsonville, SC: 14,112 personsSimpsonville, SC14,112Anderson, SC: 13,548 personsAnderson, SC13,548Aiken, SC: 13,195 personsAiken, SC13,195Easley, SC: 12,650 personsEasley, SC12,650North Augusta, SC: 12,333 personsNorth Augusta, SC12,333Hanahan, SC: 11,034 personsHanahan, SC11,034Conway, SC: 10,384 personsConway, SC10,384Charleston, SC: 85,453 personsCharleston, SC85,453Columbia, SC: 65,327 personsColumbia, SC65,327North Charleston, SC: 61,079 personsNorth Charleston, SC61,079Mount Pleasant, SC: 49,565 personsMount Pleasant, SC49,565Greenville, SC: 40,352 personsGreenville, SC40,352Rock Hill, SC: 37,975 personsRock Hill, SC37,975Summerville, SC: 26,360 personsSummerville, SC26,360Goose Creek, SC: 23,634 personsGoose Creek, SC23,634Greer, SC: 22,310 personsGreer, SC22,310Florence, SC: 18,616 personsFlorence, SC18,616Myrtle Beach, SC: 17,945 personsMyrtle Beach, SC17,945Fort Mill, SC: 16,328 personsFort Mill, SC16,328Spartanburg, SC: 16,216 personsSpartanburg, SC16,216Bluffton, SC: 16,123 personsBluffton, SC16,123Hilton Head Island, SC: 15,647 personsHilton Head Island, SC15,647Sumter, SC: 15,480 personsSumter, SC15,480Mauldin, SC: 14,925 personsMauldin, SC14,925Simpsonville, SC: 14,112 personsSimpsonville, SC14,112Anderson, SC: 13,548 personsAnderson, SC13,548Aiken, SC: 13,195 personsAiken, SC13,195Easley, SC: 12,650 personsEasley, SC12,650North Augusta, SC: 12,333 personsNorth Augusta, SC12,333Hanahan, SC: 11,034 personsHanahan, SC11,034Conway, SC: 10,384 personsConway, SC10,384
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2023
persons		Change on 2022
1Charleston, SC85,453+4.2%
2Columbia, SC65,327+3.5%
3North Charleston, SC61,079+5.5%
4Mount Pleasant, SC49,565+3.8%
5Greenville, SC40,352+2.1%
6Rock Hill, SC37,975+1.3%
7Summerville, SC26,360+3.5%
8Goose Creek, SC23,634+6.7%
9Greer, SC22,310+6.7%
10Florence, SC18,616+3%
11Myrtle Beach, SC17,945+4%
12Fort Mill, SC16,328+9.8%
13Spartanburg, SC16,216+1.7%
14Bluffton, SC16,123+4.5%
15Hilton Head Island, SC15,647+2.3%
16Sumter, SC15,480-1.3%
17Mauldin, SC14,925+5.9%
18Simpsonville, SC14,112+4.5%
19Anderson, SC13,548+2.8%
20Aiken, SC13,195+1.8%
21Easley, SC12,650n/a
22North Augusta, SC12,333+2.9%
23Hanahan, SC11,034+4.8%
24Conway, SC10,384+3.6%

Other periods

About this ranking

Residents who did any work for pay or profit in the reference week, or were temporarily absent from a job, 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, whatever the place of work, and someone with two jobs counts once. 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: employment (measure 05), 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: employment (measure 05), annual average (Cities in South Carolina by employed residents, 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: employment (measure 05), annual average, Cities in South Carolina by employed residents, 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/employed-residents/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: employment (measure 05), annual average. Cities in South Carolina by employed residents, 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/employed-residents/south-carolina-cities?period=2023.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Cities in South Carolina by employed residents, 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/south-carolina-cities?period=2023 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Questions

Which city has the highest employed residents?

Charleston, SC, with 85,453 in 2023, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest employed residents?

Conway, SC, with 10,384 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: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12. 1 cities have no value for 2023 and are not ranked.

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