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Cities in South Carolina by unemployed people

Columbia, SC had the highest unemployed people of 25 cities in 2024, at 3,142. Hanahan, SC had the lowest, at 363. The median was 815. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest3,142Columbia, SC
Lowest363Hanahan, SC
Median81525 cities

All cities, 2024

Columbia, SC: 3,142 personsColumbia, SC3,142Charleston, SC: 2,970 personsCharleston, SC2,970North Charleston, SC: 2,305 personsNorth Charleston, SC2,305Rock Hill, SC: 1,877 personsRock Hill, SC1,877Mount Pleasant, SC: 1,570 personsMount Pleasant, SC1,570Greenville, SC: 1,507 personsGreenville, SC1,507Summerville, SC: 959 personsSummerville, SC959Goose Creek, SC: 920 personsGoose Creek, SC920Spartanburg, SC: 890 personsSpartanburg, SC890Sumter, SC: 880 personsSumter, SC880Myrtle Beach, SC: 867 personsMyrtle Beach, SC867Florence, SC: 848 personsFlorence, SC848Greer, SC: 815 personsGreer, SC815Conway, SC: 741 personsConway, SC741Fort Mill, SC: 634 personsFort Mill, SC634Aiken, SC: 609 personsAiken, SC609Anderson, SC: 595 personsAnderson, SC595Hilton Head Island, SC: 590 personsHilton Head Island, SC590Mauldin, SC: 569 personsMauldin, SC569Simpsonville, SC: 563 personsSimpsonville, SC563Bluffton, SC: 538 personsBluffton, SC538Easley, SC: 467 personsEasley, SC467Lexington, SC: 417 personsLexington, SC417North Augusta, SC: 417 personsNorth Augusta, SC417Hanahan, SC: 363 personsHanahan, SC363Columbia, SC: 3,142 personsColumbia, SC3,142Charleston, SC: 2,970 personsCharleston, SC2,970North Charleston, SC: 2,305 personsNorth Charleston, SC2,305Rock Hill, SC: 1,877 personsRock Hill, SC1,877Mount Pleasant, SC: 1,570 personsMount Pleasant, SC1,570Greenville, SC: 1,507 personsGreenville, SC1,507Summerville, SC: 959 personsSummerville, SC959Goose Creek, SC: 920 personsGoose Creek, SC920Spartanburg, SC: 890 personsSpartanburg, SC890Sumter, SC: 880 personsSumter, SC880Myrtle Beach, SC: 867 personsMyrtle Beach, SC867Florence, SC: 848 personsFlorence, SC848Greer, SC: 815 personsGreer, SC815Conway, SC: 741 personsConway, SC741Fort Mill, SC: 634 personsFort Mill, SC634Aiken, SC: 609 personsAiken, SC609Anderson, SC: 595 personsAnderson, SC595Hilton Head Island, SC: 590 personsHilton Head Island, SC590Mauldin, SC: 569 personsMauldin, SC569Simpsonville, SC: 563 personsSimpsonville, SC563Bluffton, SC: 538 personsBluffton, SC538Easley, SC: 467 personsEasley, SC467Lexington, SC: 417 personsLexington, SC417North Augusta, SC: 417 personsNorth Augusta, SC417Hanahan, SC: 363 personsHanahan, SC363
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2024
persons		Change on 2023
1Columbia, SC3,142+44%
2Charleston, SC2,970+34.8%
3North Charleston, SC2,305+42.9%
4Rock Hill, SC1,877+40.8%
5Mount Pleasant, SC1,570+42.2%
6Greenville, SC1,507+45.2%
7Summerville, SC959+36.2%
8Goose Creek, SC920+39.6%
9Spartanburg, SC890+38%
10Sumter, SC880+35.8%
11Myrtle Beach, SC867+37.2%
12Florence, SC848+32.3%
13Greer, SC815+42.5%
14Conway, SC741+44.7%
15Fort Mill, SC634+54.3%
16Aiken, SC609+34.7%
17Anderson, SC595+42.7%
18Hilton Head Island, SC590+39.2%
19Mauldin, SC569+47.8%
20Simpsonville, SC563+51.8%
21Bluffton, SC538+44.2%
22Easley, SC467+41.1%
23Lexington, SC417n/a
23North Augusta, SC417+44.8%
25Hanahan, SC363+44.6%

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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.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, 2024) [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, 2024. 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=2024. 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, 2024. 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=2024.

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, 2024 [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=2024 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest unemployed people?

Columbia, SC, with 3,142 in 2024, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest unemployed people?

Hanahan, SC, with 363 in 2024.

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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