Unemployment Rate in Lancaster County, SC
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
4.3%
Rank #1,481/3,222 · #9 in SC
54th
Lancaster 4.3%
SC 4.8% -11.2%
US 5.3% -19.3%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Lancaster County's unemployment rate of 4.3% 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 Lancaster County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,478 | Audrain County, MO | 4.3% |
| #1,479 | Colquitt County, GA | 4.3% |
| #1,480 | Kodiak Island Borough, AK | 4.3% |
| #1,481 | Lancaster County, SC | 4.3% |
| #1,482 | Anchorage Municipality, AK | 4.3% |
| #1,483 | Buncombe County, NC | 4.3% |
| #1,484 | Uvalde County, TX | 4.3% |
About Unemployment Rate
Lancaster County, South Carolina has a unemployment rate of 4.3%, ranking #1,481 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 19.3% below the national value of 5.3%. Within South Carolina, it ranks #9 of 46. This places it in the 54th 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.