Unemployment Rate in Colleton County, SC
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
9.8%
Rank #3,085/3,222 · #44 in SC
4th
Colleton 9.8%
SC 4.8% +104.2%
US 5.3% +85.6%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Colleton County's unemployment rate of 9.8% 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 Colleton County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #3,082 | Evangeline Parish, LA | 9.8% |
| #3,083 | Mineral County, NV | 9.8% |
| #3,084 | Monroe County, AR | 9.8% |
| #3,085 | Colleton County, SC | 9.8% |
| #3,086 | Mahnomen County, MN | 9.8% |
| #3,087 | Kings County, CA | 9.9% |
| #3,088 | Washington Parish, LA | 9.9% |
About Unemployment Rate
Colleton County, South Carolina has a unemployment rate of 9.8%, ranking #3,085 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 85.6% above the national value of 5.3%. Within South Carolina, it ranks #44 of 46. This places it in the 4th 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.