Unemployment Rate in Laurens County, SC
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
4.5%
Rank #1,657/3,222 · #16 in SC
49th
Laurens 4.5%
SC 4.8% -6.9%
US 5.3% -15.4%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Laurens County's unemployment rate of 4.5% 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 Laurens County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,654 | Cooke County, TX | 4.5% |
| #1,655 | York County, PA | 4.5% |
| #1,656 | Davidson County, TN | 4.5% |
| #1,657 | Laurens County, SC | 4.5% |
| #1,658 | Paulding County, GA | 4.5% |
| #1,659 | Breckinridge County, KY | 4.5% |
| #1,660 | El Dorado County, CA | 4.5% |
About Unemployment Rate
Laurens County, South Carolina has a unemployment rate of 4.5%, ranking #1,657 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 15.4% below the national value of 5.3%. Within South Carolina, it ranks #16 of 46. This places it in the 49th 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.