# Counties in South Carolina by unemployment rate, August 2026

All 46 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2026-08, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `unemployment_rate`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Unemployed people as a percentage of the labour force, using the survey definition of unemployment: without work, available and looking for work. Spain: EPA, aged 16 and over. EU: Labour Force Survey, aged 15 to 74. United States: civilian labour force aged 16 and over, from the Current Population Survey for the nation and from BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics models, consistent with that survey, for states and counties. Other countries and the World: ILO modelled estimates published by the World Bank, aged 15 and over.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics: unemployment rate by county, not seasonally adjusted (https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-08
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics: unemployment rate by county, not seasonally adjusted. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployment-rate/south-carolina-counties
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/unemployment-rate/south-carolina-counties.csv

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Williamsburg County | 7.1 |
| 2 | Marlboro County | 7 |
| 3 | Allendale County | 6.5 |
| 3 | Marion County | 6.5 |
| 5 | Lee County | 6.3 |
| 5 | Union County | 6.3 |
| 7 | Orangeburg County | 5.7 |
| 8 | Barnwell County | 5.6 |
| 9 | Clarendon County | 5.5 |
| 9 | Dillon County | 5.5 |
| 9 | McCormick County | 5.5 |
| 12 | Cherokee County | 5.4 |
| 12 | Sumter County | 5.4 |
| 14 | Bamberg County | 5.3 |
| 14 | Chester County | 5.3 |
| 16 | Fairfield County | 5.2 |
| 17 | Abbeville County | 5.1 |
| 17 | Chesterfield County | 5.1 |
| 19 | Darlington County | 5 |
| 19 | Georgetown County | 5 |
| 19 | Greenwood County | 5 |
| 22 | Colleton County | 4.8 |
| 22 | Horry County | 4.8 |
| 24 | Florence County | 4.7 |
| 25 | Hampton County | 4.5 |
| 25 | Lancaster County | 4.5 |
| 25 | Richland County | 4.5 |
| 28 | Calhoun County | 4.4 |
| 28 | Kershaw County | 4.4 |
| 28 | Newberry County | 4.4 |
| 31 | Jasper County | 4.3 |
| 31 | Spartanburg County | 4.3 |
| 33 | Aiken County | 4.2 |
| 33 | Anderson County | 4.2 |
| 33 | Laurens County | 4.2 |
| 33 | Oconee County | 4.2 |
| 33 | York County | 4.2 |
| 38 | Pickens County | 4.1 |
| 39 | Beaufort County | 4 |
| 40 | Berkeley County | 3.9 |
| 40 | Dorchester County | 3.9 |
| 42 | Edgefield County | 3.8 |
| 42 | Lexington County | 3.8 |
| 42 | Saluda County | 3.8 |
| 45 | Greenville County | 3.7 |
| 46 | Charleston County | 3.5 |