Spartanburg, South Carolina Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Spartanburg fell 0.4 percentage points in December 2011 to 9.6%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.1 percentage points higher than the South Carolina rate. The unemployment rate in Spartanburg peaked in July 2009 at 12.5% and is now 2.9 percentage points lower. You can also compare Spartanburg 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
Spartanburg	9.6%	-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: Spartanburg, South Carolina, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Spartanburg, South Carolina Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Spartanburg peaked in August 2009 at 17,174. There are now 4,249 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Spartanburg employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Spartanburg, South Carolina) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
Spartanburg	12,925	-514	-1,954

Number of Unemployed Persons

Spartanburg, South Carolina Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	South Carolina Unemployment Rate	Spartanburg Unemployment Rate	Spartanburg Unemployed
January 2012	8.3%	—	—	—
December 2011	8.5%	9.5%	9.6%	12,925
November 2011	8.7%	9.9%	10.0%	13,439
October 2011	8.9%	10.5%	10.6%	14,309
September 2011	9.0%	10.9%	11.1%	14,897
August 2011	9.1%	11.1%	11.3%	15,069
July 2011	9.1%	10.9%	11.1%	14,863
June 2011	9.1%	10.5%	10.6%	14,227
May 2011	9.0%	10.0%	10.0%	13,476
April 2011	9.0%	9.8%	9.7%	13,026
March 2011	8.9%	9.9%	9.8%	13,180
February 2011	9.0%	10.2%	10.1%	13,640
January 2011	9.1%	10.5%	10.6%	14,288