South Carolina

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Labor Force Data

 

Civilian Labor Force (1)

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(6) 2,172.7 (6) 2,180.4 (6) 2,193.2 2,186.2 2,189.3 (P) 2,185.5

Employment (1)

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(6) 2,002.5 (6) 2,001.5 (6) 2,000.1 1,960.3 1,951.0 (P) 1,936.9

Unemployment (1)

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(6) 170.2 (6) 178.9 (6) 193.1 225.9 238.4 (P) 248.6

Unemployment Rate (2)

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(6) 7.8 (6) 8.2 (6) 8.8 10.3 10.9 (P) 11.4

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

 

Total Nonfarm (3)

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1,904.2 1,896.3 1,884.1 1,873.0 1,864.4 (P) 1,853.3

12-month % change

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-2.2 -2.7 -3.3 -3.9 -4.3 (P) -4.7

Mining and Logging (4)

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4.2 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.2 (P) 4.2

12-month % change

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-8.7 -8.7 -8.7 -6.7 -6.7 (P) -6.7

Construction (3)

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112.6 110.4 108.6 109.3 107.0 (P) 104.2

12-month % change

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-7.9 -9.0 -9.9 -8.1 -9.2 (P) -10.6

Manufacturing (3)

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237.9 236.7 234.4 229.8 223.8 (P) 219.4

12-month % change

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-4.5 -4.9 -5.7 -7.5 -9.4 (P) -10.8

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities (3)

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368.2 365.8 362.9 360.8 359.6 (P) 359.4

12-month % change

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-2.6 -3.5 -4.2 -5.0 -5.1 (P) -4.7

Information (3)

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29.2 29.1 29.2 29.7 29.7 (P) 29.6

12-month % change

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3.5 3.2 3.5 4.6 4.2 (P) 4.2

Financial Activities (3)

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105.5 105.1 105.6 106.1 104.3 (P) 103.6

12-month % change

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-0.8 -1.4 -1.1 -0.3 -2.4 (P) -3.1

Professional & Business Services (3)

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215.2 213.6 209.7 209.8 211.4 (P) 210.8

12-month % change

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-4.4 -5.2 -6.8 -6.3 -5.8 (P) -6.1

Education & Health Services (3)

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208.7 209.0 208.7 206.4 207.5 (P) 207.8

12-month % change

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2.9 2.9 2.5 0.7 0.9 (P) 0.6

Leisure & Hospitality (3)

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209.2 207.2 206.7 205.5 204.7 (P) 203.9

12-month % change

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-4.4 -5.1 -5.7 -6.0 -6.7 (P) -7.2

Other Services (3)

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70.5 71.3 70.8 70.7 71.8 (P) 70.6

12-month % change

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-2.1 -0.7 -1.3 -0.8 1.1 (P) -0.6

Government (3)

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343.0 343.9 343.3 340.7 340.4 (P) 339.8

12-month % change

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0.9 0.7 0.6 -0.9 -1.2 (P) -1.3

Mass layoffs

 

Layoff events, all industries (5)

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23 36 84 102 33 48

Initial claimants, all industries (5)

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2,268 3,916 9,381 10,703 3,471 6,157

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, seasonally adjusted.
(2) In percent, seasonally adjusted.
(3) Number of jobs, in thousands, seasonally adjusted.
(4) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data.
(5) See About the data.
(6) Reflects revised population controls, model reestimation, and new seasonal factors.
(P) Preliminary

Data extracted on: May 01, 2009

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Note: More data series, including additional geographic areas, are available through the "Databases & Tables" tab at the top of this page.

South Carolina includes the following metropolitan areas for which an Economy At A Glance table is available:

 

Geographically based survey data available from BLS:

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