Unemployment Rate in Pickens County, SC
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
3.6%
Rank #1,079/3,222 · #5 in SC
67th
Pickens 3.6%
SC 4.8% -24.6%
US 5.3% -31.5%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Pickens County's unemployment rate of 3.6% 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 Pickens County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,076 | Ashland County, OH | 3.6% |
| #1,077 | Green County, WI | 3.6% |
| #1,078 | Franklin County, AL | 3.6% |
| #1,079 | Pickens County, SC | 3.6% |
| #1,080 | Jasper County, MO | 3.6% |
| #1,081 | Washington County, MO | 3.6% |
| #1,082 | Lincoln County, NE | 3.6% |
About Unemployment Rate
Pickens County, South Carolina has a unemployment rate of 3.6%, ranking #1,079 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 31.5% below the national value of 5.3%. Within South Carolina, it ranks #5 of 46. This places it in the 67th 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.