Anderson, South Carolina Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Anderson fell 0.3 percentage points in December 2011 to 9.0%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.5 percentage points lower than the South Carolina rate. The unemployment rate in Anderson peaked in November 2009 at 12.6% and is now 3.6 percentage points lower. You can also compare Anderson unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	8.5%	-0.2	-0.9
South Carolina	9.5%	-0.4	-1.4
Anderson	9.0%	-0.3	-1.7

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with December 2011 data as January metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Anderson, South Carolina, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Anderson, South Carolina Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Anderson peaked in December 2009 at 10,785. There are now 3,220 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Anderson employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Anderson, South Carolina) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
Anderson	7,565	-343	-1,542

Number of Unemployed Persons

Anderson, South Carolina Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	South Carolina Unemployment Rate	Anderson Unemployment Rate	Anderson Unemployed
January 2012	8.3%	—	—	—
December 2011	8.5%	9.5%	9.0%	7,565
November 2011	8.7%	9.9%	9.3%	7,908
October 2011	8.9%	10.5%	9.8%	8,370
September 2011	9.0%	10.9%	10.3%	8,848
August 2011	9.1%	11.1%	10.4%	9,057
July 2011	9.1%	10.9%	10.4%	9,062
June 2011	9.1%	10.5%	10.1%	8,803
May 2011	9.0%	10.0%	9.4%	8,193
April 2011	9.0%	9.8%	9.2%	7,967
March 2011	8.9%	9.9%	9.4%	8,057
February 2011	9.0%	10.2%	9.8%	8,377
January 2011	9.1%	10.5%	10.3%	8,814