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Cities in South Carolina by unemployed people, 2025

Columbia, SC had the highest unemployed people of 25 cities in 2025, at 3,453. Hanahan, SC had the lowest, at 381. The median was 911. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest3,453Columbia, SC
Lowest381Hanahan, SC
Median91125 cities

All cities, 2025

Columbia, SC: 3,453 personsColumbia, SC3,453Charleston, SC: 3,256 personsCharleston, SC3,256North Charleston, SC: 2,577 personsNorth Charleston, SC2,577Rock Hill, SC: 2,093 personsRock Hill, SC2,093Mount Pleasant, SC: 1,735 personsMount Pleasant, SC1,735Greenville, SC: 1,627 personsGreenville, SC1,627Summerville, SC: 1,036 personsSummerville, SC1,036Goose Creek, SC: 1,029 personsGoose Creek, SC1,029Myrtle Beach, SC: 964 personsMyrtle Beach, SC964Spartanburg, SC: 959 personsSpartanburg, SC959Sumter, SC: 957 personsSumter, SC957Florence, SC: 945 personsFlorence, SC945Greer, SC: 911 personsGreer, SC911Conway, SC: 830 personsConway, SC830Fort Mill, SC: 721 personsFort Mill, SC721Aiken, SC: 660 personsAiken, SC660Hilton Head Island, SC: 654 personsHilton Head Island, SC654Anderson, SC: 636 personsAnderson, SC636Mauldin, SC: 624 personsMauldin, SC624Simpsonville, SC: 601 personsSimpsonville, SC601Bluffton, SC: 592 personsBluffton, SC592Easley, SC: 520 personsEasley, SC520North Augusta, SC: 484 personsNorth Augusta, SC484Lexington, SC: 455 personsLexington, SC455Hanahan, SC: 381 personsHanahan, SC381Columbia, SC: 3,453 personsColumbia, SC3,453Charleston, SC: 3,256 personsCharleston, SC3,256North Charleston, SC: 2,577 personsNorth Charleston, SC2,577Rock Hill, SC: 2,093 personsRock Hill, SC2,093Mount Pleasant, SC: 1,735 personsMount Pleasant, SC1,735Greenville, SC: 1,627 personsGreenville, SC1,627Summerville, SC: 1,036 personsSummerville, SC1,036Goose Creek, SC: 1,029 personsGoose Creek, SC1,029Myrtle Beach, SC: 964 personsMyrtle Beach, SC964Spartanburg, SC: 959 personsSpartanburg, SC959Sumter, SC: 957 personsSumter, SC957Florence, SC: 945 personsFlorence, SC945Greer, SC: 911 personsGreer, SC911Conway, SC: 830 personsConway, SC830Fort Mill, SC: 721 personsFort Mill, SC721Aiken, SC: 660 personsAiken, SC660Hilton Head Island, SC: 654 personsHilton Head Island, SC654Anderson, SC: 636 personsAnderson, SC636Mauldin, SC: 624 personsMauldin, SC624Simpsonville, SC: 601 personsSimpsonville, SC601Bluffton, SC: 592 personsBluffton, SC592Easley, SC: 520 personsEasley, SC520North Augusta, SC: 484 personsNorth Augusta, SC484Lexington, SC: 455 personsLexington, SC455Hanahan, SC: 381 personsHanahan, SC381
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2025
persons		Change on 2024
1Columbia, SC3,453+9.9%
2Charleston, SC3,256+9.6%
3North Charleston, SC2,577+11.8%
4Rock Hill, SC2,093+11.5%
5Mount Pleasant, SC1,735+10.5%
6Greenville, SC1,627+8%
7Summerville, SC1,036+8%
8Goose Creek, SC1,029+11.8%
9Myrtle Beach, SC964+11.2%
10Spartanburg, SC959+7.8%
11Sumter, SC957+8.8%
12Florence, SC945+11.4%
13Greer, SC911+11.8%
14Conway, SC830+12%
15Fort Mill, SC721+13.7%
16Aiken, SC660+8.4%
17Hilton Head Island, SC654+10.8%
18Anderson, SC636+6.9%
19Mauldin, SC624+9.7%
20Simpsonville, SC601+6.7%
21Bluffton, SC592+10%
22Easley, SC520+11.3%
23North Augusta, SC484+16.1%
24Lexington, SC455+9.1%
25Hanahan, SC381+5%

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About this ranking

Residents with no job who were available for work and had looked for work in the previous four weeks, or were waiting to be recalled from a layoff, 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. The survey definition, not a count of benefit claimants. 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. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. 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: unemployment (measure 04), annual average (Cities in South Carolina by unemployed people, 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29

MLA 9

Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Cities in South Carolina by unemployed people, 2025. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/south-carolina-cities. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Cities in South Carolina by unemployed people, 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/south-carolina-cities.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Cities in South Carolina by unemployed people, 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/south-carolina-cities (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest unemployed people?

Columbia, SC, with 3,453 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest unemployed people?

Hanahan, SC, with 381 in 2025.

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: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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