Unemployment Rate in Edgefield County, SC
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Edgefield County Compares
National Distribution
Where Edgefield County falls among all 3,222 U.S. counties for unemployment rate.
■ Edgefield County: 4.8%
Ranking Context
| Rank | County | Value |
|---|---|---|
| #1,840 | Shenandoah County, VA | 4.7% |
| #1,841 | McCurtain County, OK | 4.7% |
| #1,842 | Pueblo County, CO | 4.7% |
| #1,843 | Edgefield County, SC | 4.8% |
| #1,844 | Story County, IA | 4.8% |
| #1,845 | Washington County, OH | 4.8% |
| #1,846 | Cleveland County, OK | 4.8% |
Unemployment Rate in Edgefield County, South Carolina
Edgefield County, South Carolina has a unemployment rate of 4.8%, which ranks #1,843 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 10.4% below the national value of 5.3%.
Within South Carolina, Edgefield County ranks #19 of 46 out of 46 counties. This places it in the 43th 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.