Florence, South Carolina Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Florence fell 0.4 percentage points in December 2011 to 10.3%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.8 percentage points higher than the South Carolina rate. The unemployment rate in Florence peaked in October 2009 at 12.3% and is now 2.0 percentage points lower. You can also compare Florence 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
Florence	10.3%	-0.4	-1.4

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: Florence, South Carolina, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Florence, South Carolina Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Florence peaked in July 2009 at 11,671. There are now 1,985 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Florence employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Florence, South Carolina) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
Florence	9,686	-506	-1,315

Number of Unemployed Persons

Florence, South Carolina Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	South Carolina Unemployment Rate	Florence Unemployment Rate	Florence Unemployed
January 2012	8.3%	—	—	—
December 2011	8.5%	9.5%	10.3%	9,686
November 2011	8.7%	9.9%	10.7%	10,192
October 2011	8.9%	10.5%	11.4%	10,929
September 2011	9.0%	10.9%	11.8%	11,383
August 2011	9.1%	11.1%	12.0%	11,536
July 2011	9.1%	10.9%	12.0%	11,416
June 2011	9.1%	10.5%	11.6%	10,912
May 2011	9.0%	10.0%	11.0%	10,358
April 2011	9.0%	9.8%	10.7%	10,020
March 2011	8.9%	9.9%	10.7%	10,051
February 2011	9.0%	10.2%	11.0%	10,321
January 2011	9.1%	10.5%	11.3%	10,664