Unemployment Rate in Newberry County, SC
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
4.4%
Rank #1,629/3,222 · #15 in SC
49th
Newberry 4.4%
SC 4.8% -7.7%
US 5.3% -16.1%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Newberry County's unemployment rate of 4.4% 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 Newberry County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,626 | Hamilton County, NY | 4.4% |
| #1,627 | McLennan County, TX | 4.4% |
| #1,628 | Mathews County, VA | 4.4% |
| #1,629 | Newberry County, SC | 4.4% |
| #1,630 | Lee County, IA | 4.4% |
| #1,631 | Ellis County, TX | 4.4% |
| #1,632 | Calloway County, KY | 4.4% |
About Unemployment Rate
Newberry County, South Carolina has a unemployment rate of 4.4%, ranking #1,629 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 16.1% below the national value of 5.3%. Within South Carolina, it ranks #15 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.