Unemployment Rate in Beaufort County, SC

ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates

Unemployment Rate
2.4% −54.9% vs nat'l
Rank #405 of 3,222
87th percentile

How Beaufort County Compares

Beaufort County
2.4%
South Carolina Average
2.4%
Rank #1 of 46 in state
National
5.3%
54.9% below

National Distribution

Where Beaufort County falls among all 3,222 U.S. counties for unemployment rate.

0.0% 28.6%

■ Beaufort County: 2.4%

Ranking Context

Rank County Value
#402 Ida County, IA 2.4%
#403 Nodaway County, MO 2.4%
#404 Crawford County, GA 2.4%
#405 Beaufort County, SC 2.4%
#406 Charlotte County, VA 2.4%
#407 Clay County, AL 2.4%
#408 Franklin County, ID 2.4%
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Unemployment Rate in Beaufort County, South Carolina

Beaufort County, South Carolina has a unemployment rate of 2.4%, which ranks #405 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 54.9% below the national value of 5.3%.

Within South Carolina, Beaufort County ranks #1 of 46 out of 46 counties. This places it in the 87th percentile nationally.

Percentage of the civilian labor force that is unemployed. All data comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates for 2024.

About this data

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (2024). All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.