# Counties in South Carolina by labor force participation rate (US five-year survey estimate), 2024

All 46 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `labor_force_participation_rate_acs`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People aged 16 and over in the labor force (employed, unemployed or in the Armed Forces) as a percentage of all people aged 16 and over, including people in group quarters. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B23025: population 16 years and over in the labor force as a percentage of the population 16 years and over, calculated with stored inputs (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b23025.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B23025: population 16 years and over in the labor force as a percentage of the population 16 years and over, calculated with stored inputs. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b23025.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/labor-force-participation-rate-acs/south-carolina-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
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| 1 | York County | 67.2 |
| 2 | Charleston County | 66 |
| 3 | Berkeley County | 66 |
| 4 | Greenville County | 65.4 |
| 5 | Dorchester County | 65 |
| 6 | Richland County | 64.6 |
| 7 | Lexington County | 64.6 |
| 8 | Spartanburg County | 62.1 |
| 9 | Kershaw County | 59.9 |
| 10 | Anderson County | 59.8 |
| 11 | Sumter County | 58.7 |
| 12 | Florence County | 58.6 |
| 13 | Aiken County | 58.5 |
| 14 | Lancaster County | 58.4 |
| 15 | Chester County | 58.4 |
| 16 | Laurens County | 57.4 |
| 17 | Chesterfield County | 57.2 |
| 18 | Barnwell County | 57.1 |
| 19 | Pickens County | 57.1 |
| 20 | Dillon County | 56.8 |
| 21 | Saluda County | 56.6 |
| 22 | Newberry County | 56.6 |
| 23 | Beaufort County | 56.5 |
| 24 | Cherokee County | 56.4 |
| 25 | Darlington County | 56.2 |
| 26 | Greenwood County | 55.7 |
| 27 | Fairfield County | 55.6 |
| 28 | Calhoun County | 55.4 |
| 28 | Colleton County | 55.4 |
| 30 | Hampton County | 54.3 |
| 31 | Bamberg County | 53.6 |
| 32 | Union County | 53.5 |
| 33 | Orangeburg County | 53.4 |
| 34 | Horry County | 53.4 |
| 35 | Edgefield County | 53.3 |
| 36 | Oconee County | 52.9 |
| 37 | Jasper County | 52 |
| 38 | Abbeville County | 50.7 |
| 39 | Georgetown County | 50.5 |
| 40 | Williamsburg County | 49.9 |
| 41 | Marion County | 48.9 |
| 42 | Clarendon County | 48.6 |
| 43 | Lee County | 46.3 |
| 44 | Marlboro County | 45.8 |
| 45 | Allendale County | 43.6 |
| 46 | McCormick County | 34.9 |