Counties in South Carolina by job creation rate

Barnwell County had the highest job creation rate of 46 counties in 2022, at 27.473%. Fairfield County had the lowest, at 7.452%. The median was 13.817% and the figure for South Carolina was 15.913%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest27.473Barnwell County

Lowest7.452Fairfield County

Median13.81746 counties

South Carolina15.913History

Map of counties, 2022

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%, 2022. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All counties, 2022

%. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Counties	2022 (%)	Change on 2021
1	Barnwell County	27.473	+23.32 pts
2	Clarendon County	25.808	+17.59 pts
3	Lancaster County	23.47	+9.16 pts
4	Florence County	22.635	+13.19 pts
5	Berkeley County	19.117	+5.26 pts
6	McCormick County	18.31	+11.28 pts
7	Jasper County	17.599	+3.12 pts
8	Charleston County	17.598	+4.42 pts
9	Horry County	17.292	+5.44 pts
10	York County	17.222	+4.02 pts
11	Pickens County	16.456	+6.25 pts
12	Beaufort County	16.398	+4.05 pts
13	Anderson County	16.356	+6.91 pts
14	Greenville County	15.965	+3.62 pts
15	Georgetown County	15.794	+2.87 pts
16	Bamberg County	15.627	+8.47 pts
17	Chester County	15.474	+6.39 pts
18	Dorchester County	15.331	+1.1 pts
19	Newberry County	15.223	+5.18 pts
20	Spartanburg County	14.917	+3.99 pts
21	Aiken County	14.64	+2.8 pts
22	Richland County	14.585	+3.19 pts
23	Calhoun County	13.828	+3.57 pts
24	Dillon County	13.805	+3.2 pts
25	Lexington County	13.742	+1.81 pts
26	Marion County	13.649	+1.22 pts
27	Oconee County	12.975	+1.05 pts
28	Orangeburg County	12.744	+1.93 pts
29	Cherokee County	12.654	+2.9 pts
30	Kershaw County	12.504	-0.56 pts
31	Darlington County	12.259	+1.17 pts
32	Sumter County	12.132	+1.57 pts
33	Greenwood County	11.98	+1.7 pts
34	Chesterfield County	11.671	+5.41 pts
35	Colleton County	11.638	+1.61 pts
36	Abbeville County	11.581	+0.9 pts
37	Marlboro County	11.408	+2.15 pts
38	Lee County	10.382	-2.04 pts
39	Williamsburg County	10.353	+1.53 pts
40	Allendale County	10.102	+4.61 pts
41	Edgefield County	9.722	+1.78 pts
42	Union County	9.401	-2.72 pts
43	Laurens County	9.283	-2.01 pts
44	Saluda County	9.242	-0.2 pts
45	Hampton County	7.681	-2.82 pts
46	Fairfield County	7.452	-7.23 pts

Other periods

About this ranking

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.

A gross flow: jobs lost elsewhere are not subtracted, so the net change is this rate minus job_destruction_rate. Not the same as payroll job growth from the monthly employment surveys. The year is the twelve months to March: 2023 compares March 2022 with March 2023.

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

How to cite

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.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2025). Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010 (Counties in South Carolina by job creation rate, 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv

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Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Counties in South Carolina by job creation rate, 2022. U.S. Census Bureau, 25 Sept. 2025, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/job-creation-rate/south-carolina-counties?period=2022. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2025. Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Counties in South Carolina by job creation rate, 2022. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/job-creation-rate/south-carolina-counties?period=2022.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2025) Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010, Counties in South Carolina by job creation rate, 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/job-creation-rate/south-carolina-counties?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest job creation rate?

Barnwell County, with 27.473% in 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest job creation rate?

Fairfield County, with 7.452% in 2022.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: job creation rate, all covered industries, nation and states from 1978, counties from 2010. Retrieved 2026-10-12.