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Cities in South Carolina by unemployed people

Columbia, SC had the highest unemployed people of 23 cities in 2022, at 2,177. Hanahan, SC had the lowest, at 262. The median was 633. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest2,177Columbia, SC
Lowest262Hanahan, SC
Median63323 cities

All cities, 2022

Columbia, SC: 2,177 personsColumbia, SC2,177Charleston, SC: 2,152 personsCharleston, SC2,152North Charleston, SC: 1,798 personsNorth Charleston, SC1,798Rock Hill, SC: 1,438 personsRock Hill, SC1,438Mount Pleasant, SC: 1,138 personsMount Pleasant, SC1,138Greenville, SC: 1,048 personsGreenville, SC1,048Summerville, SC: 714 personsSummerville, SC714Myrtle Beach, SC: 672 personsMyrtle Beach, SC672Goose Creek, SC: 667 personsGoose Creek, SC667Sumter, SC: 642 personsSumter, SC642Spartanburg, SC: 639 personsSpartanburg, SC639Florence, SC: 633 personsFlorence, SC633Greer, SC: 519 personsGreer, SC519Conway, SC: 493 personsConway, SC493Aiken, SC: 453 personsAiken, SC453Hilton Head Island, SC: 439 personsHilton Head Island, SC439Anderson, SC: 414 personsAnderson, SC414Fort Mill, SC: 412 personsFort Mill, SC412Bluffton, SC: 377 personsBluffton, SC377Mauldin, SC: 356 personsMauldin, SC356Simpsonville, SC: 338 personsSimpsonville, SC338North Augusta, SC: 288 personsNorth Augusta, SC288Hanahan, SC: 262 personsHanahan, SC262Columbia, SC: 2,177 personsColumbia, SC2,177Charleston, SC: 2,152 personsCharleston, SC2,152North Charleston, SC: 1,798 personsNorth Charleston, SC1,798Rock Hill, SC: 1,438 personsRock Hill, SC1,438Mount Pleasant, SC: 1,138 personsMount Pleasant, SC1,138Greenville, SC: 1,048 personsGreenville, SC1,048Summerville, SC: 714 personsSummerville, SC714Myrtle Beach, SC: 672 personsMyrtle Beach, SC672Goose Creek, SC: 667 personsGoose Creek, SC667Sumter, SC: 642 personsSumter, SC642Spartanburg, SC: 639 personsSpartanburg, SC639Florence, SC: 633 personsFlorence, SC633Greer, SC: 519 personsGreer, SC519Conway, SC: 493 personsConway, SC493Aiken, SC: 453 personsAiken, SC453Hilton Head Island, SC: 439 personsHilton Head Island, SC439Anderson, SC: 414 personsAnderson, SC414Fort Mill, SC: 412 personsFort Mill, SC412Bluffton, SC: 377 personsBluffton, SC377Mauldin, SC: 356 personsMauldin, SC356Simpsonville, SC: 338 personsSimpsonville, SC338North Augusta, SC: 288 personsNorth Augusta, SC288Hanahan, SC: 262 personsHanahan, SC262
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2022
persons		Change on 2021
1Columbia, SC2,177-12.5%
2Charleston, SC2,152-16.5%
3North Charleston, SC1,798-28.3%
4Rock Hill, SC1,438-22.3%
5Mount Pleasant, SC1,138-4.3%
6Greenville, SC1,048-16.6%
7Summerville, SC714-19%
8Myrtle Beach, SC672-24.7%
9Goose Creek, SC667-2.8%
10Sumter, SC642-16.9%
11Spartanburg, SC639-32.5%
12Florence, SC633-19.5%
13Greer, SC519-5.8%
14Conway, SC493-8.9%
15Aiken, SC453-17%
16Hilton Head Island, SC439-10%
17Anderson, SC414-19.3%
18Fort Mill, SC412+5.9%
19Bluffton, SC377-6.7%
20Mauldin, SC356-16%
21Simpsonville, SC338n/a
22North Augusta, SC288n/a
23Hanahan, SC262-17.4%

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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. 2 cities with data in other periods have no value for 2022 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: unemployment (measure 04), 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: unemployment (measure 04), annual average (Cities in South Carolina by unemployed people, 2022) [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: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Cities in South Carolina by unemployed people, 2022. 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/unemployed-people/south-carolina-cities?period=2022. 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, 2022. 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/unemployed-people/south-carolina-cities?period=2022.

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, 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/south-carolina-cities?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest unemployed people?

Columbia, SC, with 2,177 in 2022, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest unemployed people?

Hanahan, SC, with 262 in 2022.

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. 2 cities have no value for 2022 and are not ranked.

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