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Unemployment rate in Florence

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 3 of 3 · Towns of Hartsville Updated Nov 13, 2026

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 1990 – 2025

Unemployment rate, 1990 – 2025 percent · Florence · South Carolina · United States · World
−1.4 pp since 2015
Florence South Carolina United States World

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics · OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2025

Compared with Unemployment rate · percent
Florence
4.8%
United States
3.6% · 2023
World
4.8%

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics · OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators

The series at a glance Florence · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 4.8% · 2025
First value 5.4% · 1990
Highest 10.0% · 1993
Lowest 2.9% · 2019
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearFlorenceChange South CarolinaUnited StatesWorld
2025 4.8% +0.4 pp 4.5% — 4.8%
2024 4.4% +1.1 pp 4.1% — 4.8%
2023 3.3% −0.1 pp 3.0% 3.6% 4.8%
2022 3.4% −0.9 pp 3.2% 3.7% 5.2%
2021 4.3% −1.8 pp 3.9% 5.4% 6.0%
2020 6.1% +3.2 pp 6.0% 8.1% 6.6%
2019 2.9% −0.7 pp 2.8% 3.7% 5.6%
2018 3.6% −1.2 pp 3.4% 3.9% 5.8%
2017 4.8% −0.6 pp 4.2% 4.4% 5.9%
2016 5.4% −0.8 pp 4.9% 4.9% 6.0%
2015 6.2% +0.3 pp 5.9% 5.3% 6.0%
2014 5.9% −0.8 pp 6.3% 6.2% 6.0%
2013 6.7% −1.1 pp 7.4% 5.3% 6.1%
2012 7.8% −1.5 pp 9.0% 8.1% 6.2%
2011 9.3% −0.1 pp 10.3% 9.0% 6.1%
2010 9.4% −0.5 pp 11.1% 9.6% 6.3%
2009 9.9% +3.5 pp 11.0% 9.3% 6.4%
2008 6.4% +0.9 pp 6.9% 5.8% 5.8%
2007 5.5% −1.3 pp 5.6% 4.6% 5.8%
2006 6.8% −1.1 pp 6.3% 4.6% 6.0%
2005 7.9% +0.4 pp 6.8% 5.1% 6.2%
2004 7.5% +0.6 pp 6.9% 5.5% 6.3%
2003 6.9% +1.0 pp 6.7% 6.0% 6.5%
2002 5.9% +1.1 pp 6.1% 5.8% 6.4%
2001 4.8% +1.2 pp 5.2% 4.8% 6.2%
2000 3.6% −2.3 pp 3.7% 4.0% 6.1%
1999 5.9% +0.9 pp 4.2% 4.2% 6.3%
1998 5.0% −1.4 pp 3.6% 4.5% 6.2%
1997 6.4% −2.7 pp 4.5% 4.9% 6.0%
1996 9.1% +1.7 pp 5.7% 5.4% 6.0%
1995 7.4% −1.4 pp 5.1% 5.6% 5.9%
1994 8.8% −1.2 pp 6.2% — 5.8%
1993 10.0% +1.5 pp 7.3% — 5.5%
1992 8.5% +1.6 pp 6.7% — 5.3%
1991 6.9% +1.5 pp 6.1% — 5.1%
1990 5.4% 4.9% — —

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics · OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2025

Ranking · Towns of Hartsville

2023 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryUnemployment rate
3 Columbia 3.2%
2 Florence 3.3%
1 Sumter 4.0%

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2023

What it means

The share of people who want a job and are looking for one but do not have one.

How it is calculated

Unemployed people divided by the labour force (employed plus unemployed), following the international definition; annual average.