Unemployment Rate in Aiken County, SC
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
6.0%
Rank #2,545/3,222 · #29 in SC
21th
Aiken 6.0%
SC 4.8% +25.2%
US 5.3% +13.8%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Aiken County's unemployment rate of 6.0% compares to all 3,222 U.S. counties. Values range from 0.0% to 28.6%.
Distribution of Unemployment Rate Across All Counties
Ranking Context
Counties ranked closest to Aiken County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,542 | Orange County, TX | 6.0% |
| #2,543 | Portsmouth city, VA | 6.0% |
| #2,544 | South Central Connecticut Planning Region, CT | 6.0% |
| #2,545 | Aiken County, SC | 6.0% |
| #2,546 | Lewis County, KY | 6.0% |
| #2,547 | Greene County, IN | 6.0% |
| #2,548 | Guaynabo Municipio, PR | 6.0% |
About Unemployment Rate
Aiken County, South Carolina has a unemployment rate of 6.0%, ranking #2,545 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 13.8% above the national value of 5.3%. Within South Carolina, it ranks #29 of 46. This places it in the 21th percentile nationally.
Percentage of the civilian labor force that is unemployed. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-Year Estimates. All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.