Charleston Reporter

Charleston County recorded an unemployment rate of 3.7% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 8,119 people out of the 404,946 living in Charleston County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Charleston County has increased compared to the 3.6% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Charleston County was less than the statewide unemployment rate of 5.3%.

Of the 211,298 people who had a job during that time, 3,399 were employed in the Armed Forces and 207,899 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	8,119	3.7%
Employed	211,298	96.3%
Employed in civilian labor force	207,899	94.8%
Employed in armed forces	3,399	1.5%