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Civilian Labor Force and Armed Forces: 2000


  Population in Labor Force In Civilian Labor Force (#) In Civilian Labor Force (%) Armed Forces (#) Armed Forces (%)
South Carolina 1974222 1938195 98.2 36027 1.8
Abbeville 12193 12193 100 0 0
Aiken 67969 67734 99.7 235 0.3
Allendale 3823 3813 99.7 10 0.3
Anderson 81305 81232 99.9 73 0.1
Bamberg 6743 6698 99.3 45 0.7
Barnwell 10204 10195 99.9 9 0.1
Beaufort 59093 49996 84.6 9097 15.4
Berkeley 70410 64457 91.5 5953 8.5
Calhoun 6978 6953 99.6 25 0.4
Charleston 155555 151568 97.4 3987 2.6
Cherokee 25112 25112 100 0 0
Chester 15855 15853 100 2 0
Chesterfield 19436 19421 99.9 15 0.1
Clarendon 12853 12822 99.8 31 0.2
Colleton 16004 15896 99.3 108 0.7
Darlington 31299 31292 100 7 0
Dillon 13622 13607 99.9 15 0.1
Dorchester 47288 46306 97.9 982 2.1
Edgefield 10257 10257 100 0 0
Fairfield 10838 10826 99.9 12 0.1
Florence 60496 60384 99.8 112 0.2
Georgetown 25251 25199 99.8 52 0.2
Greenville 197900 197667 99.9 233 0.1
Greenwood 32278 32221 99.8 57 0.2
Hampton 8336 8296 99.5 40 0.5
Horry 102356 102281 99.9 75 0.1
Jasper 9008 8982 99.7 26 0.3
Kershaw 26519 26418 99.6 101 0.4
Lancaster 30038 30024 100 14 0
Laurens 33689 33656 99.9 33 0.1
Lee 8342 8311 99.6 31 0.4
Lexington 115110 114600 99.6 510 0.4
McCormick 3602 3602 100 0 0
Marion 15660 15633 99.8 27 0.2
Marlboro 12044 12030 99.9 14 0.1
Newberry 17234 17203 99.8 31 0.2
Oconee 31535 31498 99.9 37 0.1
Orangeburg 40265 40206 99.9 59 0.1
Pickens 56330 56293 99.9 37 0.1
Richland 170704 160969 94.3 9735 5.7
Saluda 9194 9156 99.6 38 0.4
Spartanburg 126914 126829 99.9 85 0.1
Sumter 48696 44776 92 3920 8
Union 13971 13907 99.5 64 0.5
Williamsburg 15059 15018 99.7 41 0.3
York 86854 86805 99.9 49 0.1

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000. Demographic Profiles, Table DP-3.