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Civilian Labor Force and Armed Forces: 1990


  Population in Labor Force In Civilian Labor Force (#) In Civilian Labor Force (%) Armed Forces (#) Armed Forces (%)
South Carolina 1762523 1698098 96.3 64425 3.7
Abbeville 11341 11336 100 5 0
Aiken 58635 58504 99.8 131 0.2
Allendale 4463 4444 99.6 19 0.4
Anderson 74225 74113 99.8 112 0.2
Bamberg 7186 7160 99.6 26 0.4
Barnwell 9596 9561 99.6 35 0.4
Beaufort 45426 35478 78.1 9948 21.9
Berkeley 63257 55092 87.1 8165 12.9
Calhoun 5994 5958 99.4 36 0.6
Charleston 155591 139920 89.9 15671 10.1
Cherokee 22720 22691 99.9 29 0.1
Chester 15447 15429 99.9 18 0.1
Chesterfield 18643 18615 99.8 28 0.2
Clarendon 12163 12100 99.5 63 0.5
Colleton 15341 15216 99.2 125 0.8
Darlington 29239 29207 99.9 32 0.1
Dillon 12768 12735 99.7 33 0.3
Dorchester 41520 38110 91.8 3410 8.2
Edgefield 8855 8826 99.7 29 0.3
Fairfield 10330 10312 99.8 18 0.2
Florence 55066 54916 99.7 150 0.3
Georgetown 21137 21040 99.5 97 0.5
Greenville 169887 169686 99.9 201 0.1
Greenwood 29519 29450 99.8 69 0.2
Hampton 7637 7602 99.5 35 0.5
Horry 74975 70281 93.7 4694 6.3
Jasper 6598 6557 99.4 41 0.6
Kershaw 21860 21776 99.6 84 0.4
Lancaster 27630 27545 99.7 85 0.3
Laurens 28767 28698 99.8 69 0.2
Lee 7994 7961 99.6 33 0.4
Lexington 93394 93011 99.6 383 0.4
McCormick 3554 3539 99.6 15 0.4
Marion 15371 15339 99.8 32 0.2
Marlboro 13154 13099 99.6 55 0.4
Newberry 16188 16136 99.7 52 0.3
Oconee 28749 28690 99.8 59 0.2
Orangeburg 38539 38406 99.7 133 0.3
Pickens 47917 47848 99.9 69 0.1
Richland 154318 144447 93.6 9871 6.4
Saluda 7992 7970 99.7 22 0.3
Spartanburg 117390 117179 99.8 211 0.2
Sumter 50841 40988 80.6 9853 19.4
Union 14743 14698 99.7 45 0.3
Williamsburg 15800 15757 99.7 43 0.3
York 70763 70672 99.9 91 0.1

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 1990.