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Cities in South Carolina by unemployed people

Charleston, SC had the highest unemployed people of 24 cities in 2023, at 2,203. Hanahan, SC had the lowest, at 251. The median was 602. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest2,203Charleston, SC
Lowest251Hanahan, SC
Median60224 cities

All cities, 2023

Charleston, SC: 2,203 personsCharleston, SC2,203Columbia, SC: 2,182 personsColumbia, SC2,182North Charleston, SC: 1,613 personsNorth Charleston, SC1,613Rock Hill, SC: 1,333 personsRock Hill, SC1,333Mount Pleasant, SC: 1,104 personsMount Pleasant, SC1,104Greenville, SC: 1,038 personsGreenville, SC1,038Summerville, SC: 704 personsSummerville, SC704Goose Creek, SC: 659 personsGoose Creek, SC659Sumter, SC: 648 personsSumter, SC648Spartanburg, SC: 645 personsSpartanburg, SC645Florence, SC: 641 personsFlorence, SC641Myrtle Beach, SC: 632 personsMyrtle Beach, SC632Greer, SC: 572 personsGreer, SC572Conway, SC: 512 personsConway, SC512Aiken, SC: 452 personsAiken, SC452Hilton Head Island, SC: 424 personsHilton Head Island, SC424Anderson, SC: 417 personsAnderson, SC417Fort Mill, SC: 411 personsFort Mill, SC411Mauldin, SC: 385 personsMauldin, SC385Bluffton, SC: 373 personsBluffton, SC373Simpsonville, SC: 371 personsSimpsonville, SC371Easley, SC: 331 personsEasley, SC331North Augusta, SC: 288 personsNorth Augusta, SC288Hanahan, SC: 251 personsHanahan, SC251Charleston, SC: 2,203 personsCharleston, SC2,203Columbia, SC: 2,182 personsColumbia, SC2,182North Charleston, SC: 1,613 personsNorth Charleston, SC1,613Rock Hill, SC: 1,333 personsRock Hill, SC1,333Mount Pleasant, SC: 1,104 personsMount Pleasant, SC1,104Greenville, SC: 1,038 personsGreenville, SC1,038Summerville, SC: 704 personsSummerville, SC704Goose Creek, SC: 659 personsGoose Creek, SC659Sumter, SC: 648 personsSumter, SC648Spartanburg, SC: 645 personsSpartanburg, SC645Florence, SC: 641 personsFlorence, SC641Myrtle Beach, SC: 632 personsMyrtle Beach, SC632Greer, SC: 572 personsGreer, SC572Conway, SC: 512 personsConway, SC512Aiken, SC: 452 personsAiken, SC452Hilton Head Island, SC: 424 personsHilton Head Island, SC424Anderson, SC: 417 personsAnderson, SC417Fort Mill, SC: 411 personsFort Mill, SC411Mauldin, SC: 385 personsMauldin, SC385Bluffton, SC: 373 personsBluffton, SC373Simpsonville, SC: 371 personsSimpsonville, SC371Easley, SC: 331 personsEasley, SC331North Augusta, SC: 288 personsNorth Augusta, SC288Hanahan, SC: 251 personsHanahan, SC251
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2023
persons		Change on 2022
1Charleston, SC2,203+2.4%
2Columbia, SC2,182+0.2%
3North Charleston, SC1,613-10.3%
4Rock Hill, SC1,333-7.3%
5Mount Pleasant, SC1,104-3%
6Greenville, SC1,038-1%
7Summerville, SC704-1.4%
8Goose Creek, SC659-1.2%
9Sumter, SC648+0.9%
10Spartanburg, SC645+0.9%
11Florence, SC641+1.3%
12Myrtle Beach, SC632-6%
13Greer, SC572+10.2%
14Conway, SC512+3.9%
15Aiken, SC452-0.2%
16Hilton Head Island, SC424-3.4%
17Anderson, SC417+0.7%
18Fort Mill, SC411-0.2%
19Mauldin, SC385+8.1%
20Bluffton, SC373-1.1%
21Simpsonville, SC371+9.8%
22Easley, SC331n/a
23North Augusta, SC2880%
24Hanahan, SC251-4.2%

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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. 1 cities with data in other periods have no value for 2023 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, 2023) [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, 2023. 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=2023. 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, 2023. 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=2023.

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, 2023 [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=2023 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest unemployed people?

Charleston, SC, with 2,203 in 2023, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest unemployed people?

Hanahan, SC, with 251 in 2023.

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. 1 cities have no value for 2023 and are not ranked.

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