# Counties in South Carolina by job creation rate, 2023

All 46 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2023, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `job_creation_rate`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Jobs added at opening and expanding establishments during the year, as a percentage of average employment in the two years. United States: Census Bureau Business Dynamics Statistics.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010 (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/job-creation-rate/south-carolina-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
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| 1 | McCormick County | 19.905 |
| 2 | Calhoun County | 18.054 |
| 3 | Lee County | 17.537 |
| 4 | Chester County | 17.151 |
| 5 | Richland County | 16.705 |
| 6 | Charleston County | 16.349 |
| 7 | Berkeley County | 16.226 |
| 8 | Orangeburg County | 15.727 |
| 9 | Horry County | 15.225 |
| 10 | Beaufort County | 15.151 |
| 11 | Oconee County | 14.714 |
| 12 | Anderson County | 14.665 |
| 13 | Pickens County | 14.441 |
| 14 | Kershaw County | 14.37 |
| 15 | Jasper County | 14.191 |
| 16 | Marion County | 13.823 |
| 17 | Colleton County | 13.785 |
| 18 | Clarendon County | 13.623 |
| 19 | Georgetown County | 13.51 |
| 20 | Dillon County | 13.504 |
| 21 | Darlington County | 13.369 |
| 22 | Lancaster County | 13.273 |
| 23 | Dorchester County | 13.026 |
| 24 | Allendale County | 12.829 |
| 25 | Hampton County | 12.813 |
| 26 | York County | 12.8 |
| 27 | Lexington County | 12.775 |
| 28 | Abbeville County | 12.365 |
| 29 | Greenville County | 12.323 |
| 30 | Greenwood County | 12.162 |
| 31 | Aiken County | 11.95 |
| 32 | Barnwell County | 11.742 |
| 33 | Edgefield County | 11.428 |
| 34 | Spartanburg County | 11.358 |
| 35 | Cherokee County | 11.259 |
| 36 | Florence County | 11.11 |
| 37 | Marlboro County | 10.657 |
| 38 | Sumter County | 10.33 |
| 39 | Bamberg County | 9.874 |
| 40 | Union County | 9.277 |
| 41 | Laurens County | 9.257 |
| 42 | Chesterfield County | 8.558 |
| 43 | Newberry County | 8.058 |
| 44 | Fairfield County | 7.821 |
| 45 | Saluda County | 7.651 |
| 46 | Williamsburg County | 4.734 |