Unemployment Rate in Anderson County, SC
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
5.2%
Rank #2,155/3,222 · #22 in SC
33th
Anderson 5.2%
SC 4.8% +8.8%
US 5.3% -1.1%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Anderson County's unemployment rate of 5.2% 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 Anderson County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,152 | Malheur County, OR | 5.2% |
| #2,153 | Jefferson County, OK | 5.2% |
| #2,154 | Oregon County, MO | 5.2% |
| #2,155 | Anderson County, SC | 5.2% |
| #2,156 | Staunton city, VA | 5.2% |
| #2,157 | Guernsey County, OH | 5.2% |
| #2,158 | Goliad County, TX | 5.2% |
About Unemployment Rate
Anderson County, South Carolina has a unemployment rate of 5.2%, ranking #2,155 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 1.1% below the national value of 5.3%. Within South Carolina, it ranks #22 of 46. This places it in the 33th 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.