December 2011 SC Unemployment Rates
South Carolina's Employment
Situation December 2011
Unemployment rate lowest in three years; Employment
at highest in 2011
The state's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell
to 9.5 percent in December 2011, a 0.4 percentage point drop from November's
9.9 percent rate. This marks the fourth consecutive monthly rate drop and is
down 1.6 percent from 2011's high of 11.1 percent in August.
It is the
lowest rate since December 2008 when unemployment stood at 9.2 percent. The
national unemployment rate saw a decrease from 8.7 percent in November to 8.5
percent in December.
The labor force declined 3,227 from November to
December while the number of employed grew by 4,307, and the number of
unemployed fell by 7,534. This is the highest number of employed and the lowest
number of unemployed during 2011. The labor force level was 2,162,094 in
December.
Unemployment Rates Ranked By County (unadjusted)
|
| Rank |
County |
December
2011 |
November
2011 |
December
2010 |
| 1 |
Marion |
17.9 |
17.4 |
20.6 |
| 2 |
Allendale |
17.3 |
17.1 |
18.0 |
| |
Marlboro |
17.3 |
16.6 |
18.8 |
| 4 |
Union |
15.5 |
15.2 |
17.7 |
| 5 |
Barnwell |
15.3 |
14.7 |
16.5 |
| 6 |
Chester |
15.1 |
14.2 |
17.8 |
| 7 |
Bamberg |
14.4 |
15.1 |
15.3 |
| 8 |
Dillon |
14.2 |
13.7 |
15.8 |
| |
Orangeburg |
14.2 |
15.7 |
15.2 |
| 10 |
Clarendon |
13.9 |
13.7 |
15.4 |
| 11 |
McCormick |
13.8 |
13.6 |
15.5 |
| 12 |
Williamsburg |
13.5 |
12.9 |
14.2 |
| 13 |
Lancaster |
13.4 |
12.9 |
15.6 |
| 14 |
Cherokee |
12.9 |
12.2 |
14.2 |
| 15 |
Chesterfield |
12.8 |
12.4
|
14.9 |
| 16 |
Lee |
12.6 |
12.4 |
13.6 |
| 17 |
Fairfield |
12.5 |
10.8 |
13.6 |
| |
Hampton |
12.5 |
12.4 |
14.2 |
| 19 |
York |
12.3 |
11.9 |
15.3 |
| 20 |
Colleton |
12.2 |
11.6 |
13.4 |
| 21 |
Horry |
11.6 |
10.4 |
13.1 |
| 22 |
Calhoun |
10.8 |
13.8 |
11.8 |
| 23 |
Darlington |
10.7 |
10.4 |
12.1 |
| 24 |
Abbeville |
10.4 |
10.8 |
12.1 |
| |
Georgetown |
10.4 |
9.7 |
12.4 |
| |
Greenwood |
10.4 |
10.3 |
11.6 |
| 27 |
Sumter |
10.3 |
10.3 |
11.7 |
| 28 |
Florence |
10.0 |
9.6 |
11.3 |
| 29 |
Edgefield |
9.5 |
8.7 |
9.2 |
| 30 |
Newberry |
9.4 |
9.2 |
10.7 |
| 31 |
Spartanburg |
9.3 |
9.1 |
10.7 |
| 32 |
Oconee |
9.2 |
9.0 |
11.0 |
| 33 |
Berkeley |
9.0 |
8.8 |
9.8 |
| |
Laurens |
8.9 |
8.8 |
10.9 |
| 35 |
Anderson |
8.8 |
9.0 |
10.4 |
| 36 |
Aiken |
8.5 |
8.0 |
8.3 |
| |
Kershaw |
8.5 |
8.5 |
10.0 |
| 38 |
Jasper |
8.4 |
8.5 |
9.6 |
| 39 |
Richland |
8.3 |
8.0 |
9.3 |
| 40 |
Pickens |
8.2 |
8.0 |
9.3 |
| 41 |
Saluda |
8.0 |
7.8 |
9.3 |
| 42 |
Dorchester |
7.9 |
7.7 |
9.1 |
| 43 |
Beaufort |
7.5 |
7.5 |
8.7 |
| |
Charleston |
7.4 |
7.4 |
8.7 |
| |
Greenville |
7.4 |
7.4 |
8.8 |
| 46 |
Lexington |
7.0 |
6.9 |
8.1 |
Source: www.sces.org, January 24,
2012 |
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