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Charleston County Historical Employment Status Data

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ACS 2010-2014 data

	Charleston County	South Carolina	U.S.
Population 16 Years and Over	298,200, see rank	3,768,421	248,775,628
Male¹	143,074, 47.98%, see rank	48.08%	48.69%
Male, In Labor Force:²	100,399, 70.17%, see rank	65.98%	69.28%
Male, In Armed Forces²	1,829, 1.28%, see rank	1.46%	0.73%
Male, Civilian²	98,570, 68.89%, see rank	64.52%	68.54%
Male, Civilian, Employed³	89,676, 90.98%, see rank	89.22%	90.49%
Male, Civilian, Unemployed³	8,894, 9.02%, see rank	10.78%	9.51%
Male, Not in Labor Force²	42,675, 29.83%, see rank	34.02%	30.72%
Female¹	155,126, 52.02%, see rank	51.92%	51.31%
Female, In Labor Force:²	96,412, 62.15%, see rank	56.78%	58.79%
Female, In Armed Forces²	287, 0.19%, see rank	0.30%	0.11%
Female, Civilian²	96,125, 61.97%, see rank	56.49%	58.69%
Female, Civilian, Employed³	87,688, 91.22%, see rank	89.49%	91.18%
Female, Civilian, Unemployed³	8,437, 8.78%, see rank	10.51%	8.82%
Female, Not in Labor Force²	58,714, 37.85%, see rank	43.22%	41.21%

¹ Percentage of the population of 16 years and over.
² Percentage of the population of 16 years and over for the gender.
³ Percentage of the Civilian for the gender.

ACS 2008-2012 data

	Charleston County	South Carolina	U.S.
Population 16 Years and Over	286,315, see rank	3,675,075	243,810,053
Male¹	137,215, 47.92%, see rank	48.05%	48.65%
Male, In Labor Force:²	97,189, 70.83%, see rank	67.02%	70.20%
Male, In Armed Forces²	2,247, 1.64%, see rank	1.71%	0.82%
Male, Civilian²	94,942, 69.19%, see rank	65.31%	69.38%
Male, Civilian, Employed³	85,242, 89.78%, see rank	88.68%	90.27%
Male, Civilian, Unemployed³	9,700, 10.22%, see rank	11.32%	9.73%
Male, Not in Labor Force²	40,026, 29.17%, see rank	32.98%	29.80%
Female¹	149,100, 52.08%, see rank	51.95%	51.35%
Female, In Labor Force:²	92,195, 61.83%, see rank	57.46%	59.43%
Female, In Armed Forces²	447, 0.30%, see rank	0.33%	0.13%
Female, Civilian²	91,748, 61.53%, see rank	57.14%	59.30%
Female, Civilian, Employed³	83,516, 91.03%, see rank	89.16%	91.21%
Female, Civilian, Unemployed³	8,232, 8.97%, see rank	10.84%	8.79%
Female, Not in Labor Force²	56,905, 38.17%, see rank	42.54%	40.57%

¹ Percentage of the population of 16 years and over.
² Percentage of the population of 16 years and over for the gender.
³ Percentage of the Civilian for the gender.

ACS 2006-2010 data

	Charleston County	South Carolina	U.S.
Population 16 Years and Over	277,245, see rank	3,567,959	238,733,844
Male¹	132,665, 47.85%, see rank	48.03%	48.60%
Male, In Labor Force:²	95,262, 71.81%, see rank	68.21%	70.92%
Male, In Armed Forces²	2,285, 1.72%, see rank	1.72%	0.83%
Male, Civilian²	92,977, 70.08%, see rank	66.49%	70.09%
Male, Civilian, Employed³	85,118, 91.55%, see rank	90.73%	91.78%
Male, Civilian, Unemployed³	7,859, 8.45%, see rank	9.27%	8.22%
Male, Not in Labor Force²	37,403, 28.19%, see rank	31.79%	29.08%
Female¹	144,580, 52.15%, see rank	51.97%	51.40%
Female, In Labor Force:²	89,088, 61.62%, see rank	57.96%	59.40%
Female, In Armed Forces²	331, 0.23%, see rank	0.42%	0.13%
Female, Civilian²	88,757, 61.39%, see rank	57.54%	59.26%
Female, Civilian, Employed³	82,261, 92.68%, see rank	90.76%	92.41%
Female, Civilian, Unemployed³	6,496, 7.32%, see rank	9.24%	7.59%
Female, Not in Labor Force²	55,492, 38.38%, see rank	42.04%	40.60%

¹ Percentage of the population of 16 years and over.
² Percentage of the population of 16 years and over for the gender.
³ Percentage of the Civilian for the gender.

ACS 2005-2009 data

	Charleston County	South Carolina	U.S.
Population 16 Years and Over	278,272, see rank	3,480,700	235,871,704
Male¹	132,433, 47.59%, see rank	47.99%	48.74%
Male, In Labor Force:²	95,205, 71.89%, see rank	68.52%	71.28%
Male, In Armed Forces²	2,601, 1.96%, see rank	1.67%	0.84%
Male, Civilian²	92,604, 69.93%, see rank	66.85%	70.44%
Male, Civilian, Employed³	85,683, 92.53%, see rank	91.73%	92.66%
Male, Civilian, Unemployed³	6,921, 7.47%, see rank	8.27%	7.34%
Male, Not in Labor Force²	37,228, 28.11%, see rank	31.48%	28.72%
Female¹	145,839, 52.41%, see rank	52.01%	51.26%
Female, In Labor Force:²	89,540, 61.40%, see rank	57.67%	59.10%
Female, In Armed Forces²	387, 0.27%, see rank	0.43%	0.14%
Female, Civilian²	89,153, 61.13%, see rank	57.24%	58.96%
Female, Civilian, Employed³	83,106, 93.22%, see rank	91.43%	92.95%
Female, Civilian, Unemployed³	6,047, 6.78%, see rank	8.57%	7.05%
Female, Not in Labor Force²	56,299, 38.60%, see rank	42.33%	40.90%

¹ Percentage of the population of 16 years and over.
² Percentage of the population of 16 years and over for the gender.
³ Percentage of the Civilian for the gender.

US Census 2000 data

	Charleston County	South Carolina	U.S.
Population 16 Years and Over	244,381, see rank	3,114,016	217,168,077
Male¹	116,150, 47.53%, see rank	47.77%	48.34%
Male, In Labor Force:²	81,048, 69.78%, see rank	69.81%	70.75%
Male, In Armed Forces²	3,374, 2.90%, see rank	1.96%	0.94%
Male, Civilian²	77,674, 66.87%, see rank	67.85%	69.81%
Male, Civilian, Employed³	73,057, 94.06%, see rank	94.68%	94.28%
Male, Civilian, Unemployed³	4,617, 5.94%, see rank	5.32%	5.72%
Male, Not in Labor Force²	35,102, 30.22%, see rank	30.19%	29.25%
Female¹	128,231, 52.47%, see rank	52.23%	51.66%
Female, In Labor Force:²	74,507, 58.10%, see rank	57.53%	57.54%
Female, In Armed Forces²	613, 0.48%, see rank	0.42%	0.15%
Female, Civilian²	73,894, 57.63%, see rank	57.11%	57.39%
Female, Civilian, Employed³	69,493, 94.04%, see rank	93.56%	94.17%
Female, Civilian, Unemployed³	4,401, 5.96%, see rank	6.44%	5.83%
Female, Not in Labor Force²	53,724, 41.90%, see rank	42.47%	42.46%

¹ Percentage of the population of 16 years and over.
² Percentage of the population of 16 years and over for the gender.
³ Percentage of the Civilian for the gender.

* ACS stands for U.S. Census American Community Survey. According to the U.S. Census, if the date is a range, you can interpret the data as an average of the period of time.