July 2010 SC Unemployment Rates
South Carolina's Unemployment Rate
Drops to 10.7%
The South Carolina Department of Employment and
Workforce, in partnership with the Bureau of Labor Statistics, reported today
that South Carolina's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increased to 10.8 %
in July. This is an increase of 0.1 percentage point from 10.7% recorded in
June, and 1.2 percentage points below the July 2009 rate. Over the month, the
number of employed persons decreased 6,918 (-0.4%), and the number of
unemployed increased by 56 (0.02%). This resulted in a decrease in the labor
force (employed + unemployed) of 6,862 to 2,143,387. This is the first
unemployment rate increase this calendar year and the fifth consecutive month
the labor force has decreased.
Nationally, June's unemployment rate
remained the same at 9.5%. The national civilian labor force also declined in
the month of July (-181,000), with decreases in both employment (-159,000) and
unemployment (-24,000).
Unemployment Rates Ranked By County (unadjusted)
|
| Rank |
County |
July |
June |
Change |
| 1 |
Marion |
19.9 |
19.3 |
0.6 |
| 2 |
Marlboro |
19.7 |
19.7 |
0.0 |
| 3 |
Allendale |
19.3 |
19.0 |
0.3 |
| 4 |
Union |
18.2 |
17.5 |
0.7 |
| 5 |
Chester |
17.9 |
17.7 |
0.2 |
| 6 |
Barnwell |
16.9 |
16.5 |
0.4 |
| 7 |
Bamberg |
16.4 |
15.6 |
0.8 |
| 8 |
Lancaster |
16.1 |
16.4 |
-0.3 |
| 9 |
Orangeburg |
15.9 |
14.8 |
1.1 |
| 10 |
York |
15.7 |
15.8 |
-0.1 |
| 11 |
Dillon |
15.5 |
15.3 |
0.2 |
| 12 |
Chesterfield |
15.4 |
15.6 |
-0.2 |
| 13 |
McCormick |
15.0 |
14.6 |
0.4 |
| 14 |
Cherokee |
14.8 |
14.5 |
0.3 |
| |
Clarendon |
14.8 |
14.5 |
0.3 |
| 16 |
Lee |
14.4 |
13.6 |
0.8 |
| |
Williamsburg |
14.4 |
13.9 |
0.5 |
| 18 |
Hampton |
14.3 |
13.6 |
0.7 |
| 19 |
Darlington |
13.4 |
12.8 |
0.6 |
| 20 |
Abbeville |
13.3 |
13.2 |
0.1 |
| 21 |
Colleton |
13.2 |
12.7 |
0.5 |
| |
Fairfield |
13.2 |
13.0 |
0.2 |
| 23 |
Sumter |
13.1 |
12.6 |
0.5 |
| 24 |
Laurens |
12.4 |
11.4 |
1.0 |
| 25 |
Greenwood |
12.2 |
12.0 |
0.2 |
| 26 |
Oconee |
12.1 |
11.5 |
0.6 |
| 27 |
Spartanburg |
11.8 |
11.5 |
0.3 |
| 28 |
Anderson |
11.5 |
11.3 |
0.2 |
| |
Calhoun |
11.5 |
11.0 |
0.5 |
| |
Florence |
11.5 |
11.0 |
0.5 |
| 31 |
Georgetown |
11.4 |
11.2 |
0.2 |
| 32 |
Newberry |
11.1 |
10.9 |
0.2 |
| 33 |
Kershaw |
10.5 |
10.2 |
0.3 |
| 34 |
Pickens |
10.3 |
10.0 |
0.3 |
| 35 |
Jasper |
10.2 |
10.2 |
0.0 |
| 36 |
Horry |
10.1 |
10.3 |
-0.2 |
| 37 |
Berkeley |
10.0 |
10.0 |
0.0 |
| 38 |
Richland |
9.9 |
9.9 |
0.0 |
| 39 |
Edgefield |
9.6 |
9.3 |
0.3 |
| 40 |
Greenville |
9.5 |
9.6 |
-0.1 |
| 41 |
Charleston |
9.2 |
9.1 |
0.1 |
| |
Saluda |
9.2 |
9.3 |
-0.1 |
| 43 |
Dorchester |
8.8 |
9.0 |
-0.2 |
| 44 |
Beaufort |
8.7 |
8.1 |
0.6 |
| 45 |
Aiken |
8.3 |
8.2 |
0.1 |
| 46 |
Lexington |
8.2 |
7.9 |
0.3 |
Source: www.sces.org, August 20,
2010 |
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