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Employment Status of Population with a Disability: 2000


  Population 21 to 64 Years with a Disability:* Employed (#) Employed (%) Unemployed (#) Unemployed (%)
South Carolina 514963 285631 55.5 229332 44.5
Abbeville 3610 1805 50 1805 50
Aiken 17158 9074 52.9 8084 47.1
Allendale 1497 637 42.6 860 57.4
Anderson 22635 12276 54.2 10359 45.8
Bamberg 2978 1237 41.5 1741 58.5
Barnwell 3895 2110 54.2 1785 45.8
Beaufort 10884 6421 59 4463 41
Berkeley 19843 11377 57.3 8466 42.7
Calhoun 2356 1235 52.4 1121 47.6
Charleston 37075 21137 57 15938 43
Cherokee 8528 4622 54.2 3906 45.8
Chester 5617 3159 56.2 2458 43.8
Chesterfield 6266 2936 46.9 3330 53.1
Clarendon 5486 2829 51.6 2657 48.4
Colleton 5862 2596 44.3 3266 55.7
Darlington 10818 5711 52.8 5107 47.2
Dillon 5369 2877 53.6 2492 46.4
Dorchester 11488 6545 57 4943 43
Edgefield 2973 1623 54.6 1350 45.4
Fairfield 3420 2033 59.4 1387 40.6
Florence 17907 9221 51.5 8686 48.5
Georgetown 7034 3565 50.7 3469 49.3
Greenville 40056 22624 56.5 17432 43.5
Greenwood 8051 4527 56.2 3524 43.8
Hampton 2748 1324 48.2 1424 51.8
Horry 27811 17437 62.7 10374 37.3
Jasper 3480 2177 62.6 1303 37.4
Kershaw 7117 4398 61.8 2719 38.2
Lancaster 8173 4470 54.7 3703 45.3
Laurens 11020 5792 52.6 5228 47.4
Lee 2434 1108 45.5 1326 54.5
Lexington 23483 14353 61.1 9130 38.9
McCormick 1609 863 53.6 746 46.4
Marion 5601 2771 49.5 2830 50.5
Marlboro 4386 2077 47.4 2309 52.6
Newberry 5222 2833 54.3 2389 45.7
Oconee 9196 4757 51.7 4439 48.3
Orangeburg 13647 6835 50.1 6812 49.9
Pickens 12672 7321 57.8 5351 42.2
Richland 34905 20816 59.6 14089 40.4
Saluda 2360 1299 55 1061 45
Spartanburg 34546 18728 54.2 15818 45.8
Sumter 13102 6699 51.1 6403 48.9
Union 4516 2075 45.9 2441 54.1
Williamsburg 6668 3274 49.1 3394 50.9
York 19461 12047 61.9 7414 38.1

* Civilian noninstitutionalized population.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000. SF3, Table P42.