Unemployment Rate in Bamberg County, SC
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
15.0%
Rank #3,190/3,222 · #46 in SC
1th
Bamberg 15.0%
SC 4.8% +210.5%
US 5.3% +182.1%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Bamberg County's unemployment rate of 15.0% 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 Bamberg County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #3,187 | Arecibo Municipio, PR | 14.4% |
| #3,188 | Canóvanas Municipio, PR | 14.5% |
| #3,189 | Aguadilla Municipio, PR | 14.8% |
| #3,190 | Bamberg County, SC | 15.0% |
| #3,191 | Ponce Municipio, PR | 15.0% |
| #3,192 | Río Grande Municipio, PR | 15.0% |
| #3,193 | Fajardo Municipio, PR | 15.1% |
About Unemployment Rate
Bamberg County, South Carolina has a unemployment rate of 15.0%, ranking #3,190 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 182.1% above the national value of 5.3%. Within South Carolina, it ranks #46 of 46. This places it in the 1th 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.