High Unemployment Area
Fairfield County, SC Current Unemployment - 5.2%
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
Fairfield County, SC Unemployment Rate
Month/Year
Fairfield County, SC%
South-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2022
6.0%
3.8%
4.0%
2 / 2022
6.2%
4.1%
3.8%
3 / 2022
5.5%
3.3%
3.6%
4 / 2022
4.3%
2.6%
3.6%
5 / 2022
4.8%
3.1%
3.6%
6 / 2022
5.2%
3.4%
3.6%
7 / 2022
4.9%
3.2%
3.5%
8 / 2022
5.2%
3.2%
3.7%
Month/Year
Fairfield County, SC%
South-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2021
7.3%
5.4%
6.3%
2 / 2021
7.0%
5.2%
6.2%
3 / 2021
6.8%
4.8%
6.0%
4 / 2021
6.3%
4.4%
6.1%
5 / 2021
5.2%
3.6%
5.8%
6 / 2021
6.2%
4.5%
5.9%
7 / 2021
6.0%
4.3%
5.4%
8 / 2021
6.2%
4.2%
5.2%
9 / 2021
5.0%
3.3%
4.7%
10 / 2021
4.7%
3.3%
4.6%
11 / 2021
4.5%
3.2%
4.2%
12 / 2021
5.2%
3.3%
3.9%
Month/Year
Fairfield County, SC%
South-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2020
4.7%
3.0%
3.6%
2 / 2020
4.6%
3.1%
3.5%
3 / 2020
4.5%
3.0%
4.4%
4 / 2020
11.6%
12.2%
14.7%
5 / 2020
10.5%
12.0%
13.3%
6 / 2020
10.9%
8.9%
11.1%
7 / 2020
11.3%
8.9%
10.2%
8 / 2020
8.8%
6.7%
8.4%
9 / 2020
6.5%
4.9%
7.9%
10 / 2020
6.8%
4.1%
6.9%
11 / 2020
7.4%
5.4%
6.7%
12 / 2020
7.8%
5.9%
6.7%
Month/Year
Fairfield County, SC%
South-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2019
6.6%
4.0%
4.0%
2 / 2019
5.5%
3.5%
3.8%
3 / 2019
5.1%
3.4%
3.8%
4 / 2019
3.9%
2.6%
3.6%
5 / 2019
4.1%
2.7%
3.6%
6 / 2019
4.7%
3.1%
3.7%
7 / 2019
4.5%
3.0%
3.7%
8 / 2019
4.4%
2.8%
3.7%
9 / 2019
3.4%
2.0%
3.5%
10 / 2019
3.5%
2.4%
3.6%
11 / 2019
3.6%
2.3%
3.5%
12 / 2019
3.9%
2.4%
3.5%
Month/Year
Fairfield County, SC%
South-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2018
9.1%
4.5%
4.1%
2 / 2018
8.4%
4.0%
4.1%
3 / 2018
7.0%
3.5%
4.0%
4 / 2018
5.8%
2.7%
3.9%
5 / 2018
5.3%
2.9%
3.8%
6 / 2018
6.0%
3.7%
4.0%
7 / 2018
5.9%
3.6%
3.9%
8 / 2018
6.1%
3.7%
3.8%
9 / 2018
5.1%
3.1%
3.7%
10 / 2018
5.4%
3.3%
3.8%
11 / 2018
5.1%
3.1%
3.7%
12 / 2018
5.9%
3.5%
3.9%
Month/Year
Fairfield County, SC%
South-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2017
6.9%
5.1%
4.7%
2 / 2017
6.6%
4.6%
4.7%
3 / 2017
5.6%
4.1%
4.4%
4 / 2017
5.0%
3.6%
4.4%
5 / 2017
5.3%
3.8%
4.4%
6 / 2017
5.9%
4.4%
4.3%
7 / 2017
6.4%
4.6%
4.3%
8 / 2017
9.5%
4.8%
4.4%
9 / 2017
8.4%
4.0%
4.2%
10 / 2017
10.1%
4.2%
4.1%
11 / 2017
9.2%
4.0%
4.2%
12 / 2017
9.2%
4.1%
4.1%
Month/Year
Fairfield County, SC%
South-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2016
8.1%
5.8%
4.9%
2 / 2016
8.0%
5.4%
4.9%
3 / 2016
7.3%
5.3%
5.0%
4 / 2016
6.9%
4.6%
5.0%
5 / 2016
7.2%
4.6%
4.8%
6 / 2016
7.8%
5.4%
4.9%
7 / 2016
7.9%
5.3%
4.8%
8 / 2016
7.5%
5.3%
4.9%
9 / 2016
6.7%
4.7%
5.0%
10 / 2016
6.7%
4.8%
4.9%
11 / 2016
6.3%
4.4%
4.7%
12 / 2016
6.6%
4.6%
4.7%
Month/Year
Fairfield County, SC%
South-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2015
8.9%
7.0%
5.7%
2 / 2015
8.4%
6.5%
5.5%
3 / 2015
7.9%
6.1%
5.4%
4 / 2015
7.3%
5.6%
5.4%
5 / 2015
7.8%
6.0%
5.6%
6 / 2015
8.3%
6.3%
5.3%
7 / 2015
8.9%
6.2%
5.2%
8 / 2015
8.4%
6.0%
5.1%
9 / 2015
7.6%
5.4%
5.0%
10 / 2015
7.9%
5.7%
5.0%
11 / 2015
7.7%
5.5%
5.1%
12 / 2015
7.8%
5.5%
5.0%
Month/Year
Fairfield County, SC%
South-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2014
9.1%
6.5%
6.6%
2 / 2014
9.2%
6.4%
6.7%
3 / 2014
8.3%
5.9%
6.7%
4 / 2014
7.5%
5.3%
6.2%
5 / 2014
8.5%
5.9%
6.3%
6 / 2014
8.9%
6.6%
6.1%
7 / 2014
9.2%
6.9%
6.2%
8 / 2014
9.4%
7.2%
6.1%
9 / 2014
8.9%
6.8%
5.9%
10 / 2014
8.3%
6.6%
5.7%
11 / 2014
8.1%
6.5%
5.8%
12 / 2014
8.3%
6.4%
5.6%
Month/Year
Fairfield County, SC%
South-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2013
13.2%
9.1%
8.0%
2 / 2013
12.5%
8.6%
7.7%
3 / 2013
11.1%
7.7%
7.5%
4 / 2013
10.8%
7.4%
7.6%
5 / 2013
11.3%
7.7%
7.5%
6 / 2013
11.4%
8.3%
7.5%
7 / 2013
10.6%
7.9%
7.3%
8 / 2013
10.5%
7.7%
7.2%
9 / 2013
10.1%
7.3%
7.2%
10 / 2013
9.7%
7.1%
7.2%
11 / 2013
8.9%
6.5%
6.9%
12 / 2013
8.6%
6.2%
6.7%
Month/Year
Fairfield County, SC%
South-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2012
14.4%
10.1%
8.3%
2 / 2012
14.3%
10.0%
8.3%
3 / 2012
13.5%
9.3%
8.2%
4 / 2012
13.1%
8.8%
8.2%
5 / 2012
13.0%
9.1%
8.2%
6 / 2012
13.5%
9.8%
8.2%
7 / 2012
13.5%
9.7%
8.2%
8 / 2012
13.0%
9.4%
8.1%
9 / 2012
12.5%
8.6%
7.8%
10 / 2012
12.0%
8.6%
7.8%
11 / 2012
11.3%
8.2%
7.7%
12 / 2012
11.8%
8.6%
7.9%
Month/Year
Fairfield County, SC%
South-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2011
16.2%
11.3%
9.1%
2 / 2011
15.4%
11.0%
9.0%
3 / 2011
14.2%
10.3%
9.0%
4 / 2011
14.3%
10.0%
9.1%
5 / 2011
14.3%
10.3%
9.0%
6 / 2011
15.1%
11.1%
9.1%
7 / 2011
14.7%
10.8%
9.0%
8 / 2011
14.8%
11.0%
9.0%
9 / 2011
14.5%
10.7%
9.0%
10 / 2011
13.8%
10.3%
8.8%
11 / 2011
13.2%
10.0%
8.6%
12 / 2011
13.7%
9.9%
8.5%
Month/Year
Fairfield County, SC%
South-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2010
15.8%
12.4%
9.8%
2 / 2010
15.3%
12.1%
9.8%
3 / 2010
14.5%
11.5%
9.9%
4 / 2010
14.3%
10.9%
9.9%
5 / 2010
14.1%
10.7%
9.6%
6 / 2010
14.4%
11.2%
9.4%
7 / 2010
14.5%
11.0%
9.4%
8 / 2010
14.7%
11.2%
9.5%
9 / 2010
14.6%
10.7%
9.5%
10 / 2010
13.9%
10.5%
9.4%
11 / 2010
14.5%
10.9%
9.8%
12 / 2010
14.8%
10.8%
9.3%
Month/Year
Fairfield County, SC%
South-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2009
13.1%
10.6%
7.8%
2 / 2009
13.0%
11.0%
8.3%
3 / 2009
12.7%
10.9%
8.7%
4 / 2009
13.4%
10.7%
9.0%
5 / 2009
13.5%
11.1%
9.4%
6 / 2009
14.8%
11.9%
9.5%
7 / 2009
14.0%
11.6%
9.5%
8 / 2009
13.6%
11.5%
9.6%
9 / 2009
13.2%
11.5%
9.8%
10 / 2009
12.1%
11.5%
10.0%
11 / 2009
12.3%
11.3%
9.9%
12 / 2009
12.3%
11.5%
9.9%
Month/Year
Fairfield County, SC%
South-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2008
7.7%
6.0%
5.0%
2 / 2008
7.9%
5.7%
4.9%
3 / 2008
8.7%
5.4%
5.1%
4 / 2008
9.0%
5.2%
5.0%
5 / 2008
10.2%
5.8%
5.4%
6 / 2008
11.0%
6.6%
5.6%
7 / 2008
11.6%
6.9%
5.8%
8 / 2008
12.2%
7.5%
6.1%
9 / 2008
12.0%
7.5%
6.1%
10 / 2008
11.2%
7.8%
6.5%
11 / 2008
11.8%
8.0%
6.8%
12 / 2008
14.0%
9.1%
7.3%
Month/Year
Fairfield County, SC%
South-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2007
9.5%
6.5%
4.6%
2 / 2007
8.7%
6.1%
4.5%
3 / 2007
7.5%
5.3%
4.4%
4 / 2007
9.8%
5.2%
4.5%
5 / 2007
8.7%
5.1%
4.4%
6 / 2007
9.3%
5.9%
4.6%
7 / 2007
8.8%
5.8%
4.7%
8 / 2007
8.4%
5.7%
4.6%
9 / 2007
7.9%
5.6%
4.7%
10 / 2007
7.6%
5.6%
4.7%
11 / 2007
7.7%
5.4%
4.7%
12 / 2007
8.0%
5.8%
5.0%
Month/Year
Fairfield County, SC%
South-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2006
8.7%
6.8%
4.7%
2 / 2006
8.9%
6.8%
4.8%
3 / 2006
8.5%
6.2%
4.7%
4 / 2006
8.1%
6.1%
4.7%
5 / 2006
10.5%
6.2%
4.6%
6 / 2006
9.2%
6.8%
4.6%
7 / 2006
10.3%
6.6%
4.7%
8 / 2006
8.9%
6.8%
4.7%
9 / 2006
8.9%
6.5%
4.5%
10 / 2006
8.6%
6.2%
4.4%
11 / 2006
8.8%
6.2%
4.5%
12 / 2006
8.4%
6.0%
4.4%
Month/Year
Fairfield County, SC%
South-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2005
7.6%
7.1%
5.3%
2 / 2005
7.8%
7.2%
5.4%
3 / 2005
7.1%
6.4%
5.2%
4 / 2005
7.2%
6.1%
5.2%
5 / 2005
7.2%
6.2%
5.1%
6 / 2005
8.7%
6.9%
5.0%
7 / 2005
8.8%
6.6%
5.0%
8 / 2005
7.9%
6.8%
4.9%
9 / 2005
8.1%
6.9%
5.0%
10 / 2005
7.6%
6.9%
5.0%
11 / 2005
7.8%
6.9%
5.0%
12 / 2005
7.8%
6.7%
4.9%
Month/Year
Fairfield County, SC%
South-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2004
9.0%
7.3%
5.7%
2 / 2004
8.5%
7.0%
5.6%
3 / 2004
8.5%
6.7%
5.8%
4 / 2004
7.7%
6.3%
5.6%
5 / 2004
7.5%
6.4%
5.6%
6 / 2004
8.1%
7.3%
5.6%
7 / 2004
9.0%
7.0%
5.5%
8 / 2004
7.7%
6.9%
5.4%
9 / 2004
7.6%
6.7%
5.4%
10 / 2004
7.1%
6.7%
5.5%
11 / 2004
7.4%
6.8%
5.4%
12 / 2004
7.6%
6.8%
5.4%
Month/Year
Fairfield County, SC%
South-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2003
10.6%
7.4%
5.8%
2 / 2003
10.4%
7.0%
5.9%
3 / 2003
9.3%
6.4%
5.9%
4 / 2003
11.7%
6.3%
6.0%
5 / 2003
12.1%
6.5%
6.1%
6 / 2003
12.5%
7.6%
6.3%
7 / 2003
11.7%
7.2%
6.2%
8 / 2003
11.6%
7.1%
6.1%
9 / 2003
11.0%
7.0%
6.1%
10 / 2003
9.7%
6.8%
6.0%
11 / 2003
9.6%
6.9%
5.8%
12 / 2003
9.6%
6.7%
5.7%
Month/Year
Fairfield County, SC%
South-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2002
10.7%
6.3%
5.7%
2 / 2002
8.6%
6.1%
5.7%
3 / 2002
8.1%
5.7%
5.7%
4 / 2002
7.8%
5.5%
5.9%
5 / 2002
7.7%
5.4%
5.8%
6 / 2002
8.8%
6.1%
5.8%
7 / 2002
8.5%
5.7%
5.8%
8 / 2002
7.5%
5.9%
5.7%
9 / 2002
7.7%
5.6%
5.7%
10 / 2002
7.2%
5.6%
5.7%
11 / 2002
8.7%
5.9%
5.9%
12 / 2002
8.9%
5.9%
6.0%
Month/Year
Fairfield County, SC%
South-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2001
8.4%
4.6%
4.2%
2 / 2001
8.2%
4.8%
4.2%
3 / 2001
7.6%
4.6%
4.3%
4 / 2001
8.0%
4.5%
4.4%
5 / 2001
8.6%
4.7%
4.3%
6 / 2001
8.6%
5.6%
4.5%
7 / 2001
8.6%
5.4%
4.6%
8 / 2001
8.8%
5.8%
4.9%
9 / 2001
8.5%
5.5%
5.0%
10 / 2001
8.2%
5.7%
5.3%
11 / 2001
7.7%
5.6%
5.5%
12 / 2001
10.1%
5.8%
5.7%
Month/Year
Fairfield County, SC%
South-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2000
5.4%
4.3%
4.0%
2 / 2000
5.2%
4.1%
4.1%
3 / 2000
4.1%
3.5%
4.0%
4 / 2000
3.7%
3.2%
3.8%
5 / 2000
4.4%
3.6%
4.0%
6 / 2000
5.2%
4.1%
4.0%
7 / 2000
4.9%
3.9%
4.0%
8 / 2000
5.8%
4.2%
4.1%
9 / 2000
5.6%
3.7%
3.9%
10 / 2000
5.1%
3.4%
3.9%
11 / 2000
5.6%
3.4%
3.9%
12 / 2000
6.3%
3.7%
3.9%
Month/Year
Fairfield County, SC%
South-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1999
9.6%
4.4%
4.3%
2 / 1999
9.9%
4.5%
4.4%
3 / 1999
9.9%
3.8%
4.2%
4 / 1999
9.9%
4.0%
4.3%
5 / 1999
9.4%
3.9%
4.2%
6 / 1999
10.2%
4.5%
4.3%
7 / 1999
8.7%
4.4%
4.3%
8 / 1999
9.1%
4.6%
4.2%
9 / 1999
8.6%
4.6%
4.2%
10 / 1999
7.8%
4.4%
4.1%
11 / 1999
7.6%
4.2%
4.1%
12 / 1999
7.3%
3.8%
4.0%
Month/Year
Fairfield County, SC%
South-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1998
7.4%
4.0%
4.6%
2 / 1998
6.6%
3.8%
4.6%
3 / 1998
6.1%
3.3%
4.7%
4 / 1998
5.4%
2.8%
4.3%
5 / 1998
6.4%
3.2%
4.4%
6 / 1998
7.6%
4.1%
4.5%
7 / 1998
10.3%
4.0%
4.5%
8 / 1998
10.2%
4.3%
4.5%
9 / 1998
9.3%
4.0%
4.6%
10 / 1998
9.9%
4.0%
4.5%
11 / 1998
9.6%
3.9%
4.4%
12 / 1998
8.5%
3.7%
4.4%
Month/Year
Fairfield County, SC%
South-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1997
9.2%
6.0%
5.3%
2 / 1997
9.3%
5.7%
5.2%
3 / 1997
8.6%
5.0%
5.2%
4 / 1997
7.4%
4.5%
5.1%
5 / 1997
7.6%
4.4%
4.9%
6 / 1997
9.4%
5.2%
5.0%
7 / 1997
9.6%
4.7%
4.9%
8 / 1997
7.8%
4.6%
4.8%
9 / 1997
7.2%
4.3%
4.9%
10 / 1997
6.0%
3.7%
4.7%
11 / 1997
5.4%
3.4%
4.6%
12 / 1997
5.3%
3.4%
4.7%
Month/Year
Fairfield County, SC%
South-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1996
8.9%
6.0%
5.6%
2 / 1996
8.9%
5.7%
5.5%
3 / 1996
8.9%
5.4%
5.5%
4 / 1996
8.4%
5.5%
5.6%
5 / 1996
8.9%
5.7%
5.6%
6 / 1996
9.7%
6.2%
5.3%
7 / 1996
9.7%
6.1%
5.5%
8 / 1996
9.8%
5.9%
5.1%
9 / 1996
9.7%
5.9%
5.2%
10 / 1996
8.7%
5.7%
5.2%
11 / 1996
8.6%
5.7%
5.4%
12 / 1996
8.9%
5.6%
5.4%
Month/Year
Fairfield County, SC%
South-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1995
9.5%
5.8%
5.6%
2 / 1995
8.3%
5.2%
5.4%
3 / 1995
7.9%
4.6%
5.4%
4 / 1995
8.3%
4.7%
5.8%
5 / 1995
7.9%
4.8%
5.6%
6 / 1995
8.7%
5.5%
5.6%
7 / 1995
7.8%
5.5%
5.7%
8 / 1995
8.7%
5.4%
5.7%
9 / 1995
8.6%
5.4%
5.6%
10 / 1995
7.9%
5.2%
5.5%
11 / 1995
7.2%
5.2%
5.6%
12 / 1995
7.6%
5.2%
5.6%
Month/Year
Fairfield County, SC%
South-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1994
13.1%
7.6%
6.6%
2 / 1994
12.8%
7.4%
6.6%
3 / 1994
11.4%
6.8%
6.5%
4 / 1994
10.1%
6.5%
6.4%
5 / 1994
9.6%
6.1%
6.1%
6 / 1994
11.1%
6.6%
6.1%
7 / 1994
11.8%
6.2%
6.1%
8 / 1994
9.1%
6.3%
6.0%
9 / 1994
8.4%
5.8%
5.9%
10 / 1994
8.0%
5.5%
5.8%
11 / 1994
8.0%
5.2%
5.6%
12 / 1994
7.9%
4.9%
5.5%
Month/Year
Fairfield County, SC%
South-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1993
9.9%
7.6%
7.3%
2 / 1993
10.4%
7.8%
7.1%
3 / 1993
9.7%
7.3%
7.0%
4 / 1993
10.8%
7.1%
7.1%
5 / 1993
10.8%
7.3%
7.1%
6 / 1993
12.0%
8.0%
7.0%
7 / 1993
10.2%
7.6%
6.9%
8 / 1993
10.0%
7.5%
6.8%
9 / 1993
10.1%
7.1%
6.7%
10 / 1993
10.0%
6.9%
6.8%
11 / 1993
13.2%
6.5%
6.6%
12 / 1993
12.4%
6.5%
6.5%
Month/Year
Fairfield County, SC%
South-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1992
13.9%
7.4%
7.3%
2 / 1992
13.3%
7.4%
7.4%
3 / 1992
9.3%
6.6%
7.4%
4 / 1992
9.1%
6.2%
7.4%
5 / 1992
9.6%
6.3%
7.6%
6 / 1992
10.4%
7.3%
7.8%
7 / 1992
9.7%
6.8%
7.7%
8 / 1992
10.1%
6.8%
7.6%
9 / 1992
9.7%
6.6%
7.6%
10 / 1992
9.6%
6.4%
7.3%
11 / 1992
9.4%
6.4%
7.4%
12 / 1992
8.5%
6.6%
7.4%
Month/Year
Fairfield County, SC%
South-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1991
15.0%
6.0%
6.4%
2 / 1991
16.3%
6.5%
6.6%
3 / 1991
11.8%
5.9%
6.8%
4 / 1991
11.0%
5.3%
6.7%
5 / 1991
11.1%
5.7%
6.9%
6 / 1991
14.3%
6.5%
6.9%
7 / 1991
10.7%
6.1%
6.8%
8 / 1991
10.7%
6.4%
6.9%
9 / 1991
10.9%
6.3%
6.9%
10 / 1991
10.1%
6.2%
7.0%
11 / 1991
10.5%
6.2%
7.0%
12 / 1991
10.5%
6.5%
7.3%
Month/Year
Fairfield County, SC%
South-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1990
12.3%
5.0%
5.4%
2 / 1990
10.6%
5.0%
5.3%
3 / 1990
8.8%
4.1%
5.2%
4 / 1990
8.5%
4.2%
5.4%
5 / 1990
8.0%
4.3%
5.4%
6 / 1990
8.9%
5.0%
5.2%
7 / 1990
10.0%
4.9%
5.5%
8 / 1990
13.1%
5.1%
5.7%
9 / 1990
8.0%
5.1%
5.9%
10 / 1990
7.6%
4.7%
5.9%
11 / 1990
11.1%
5.0%
6.2%
12 / 1990
11.8%
5.1%
6.3%