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Columbia, SC Historical Employment Status Data

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ACS 2010-2014 data

	Columbia, SC	South Carolina	U.S.
Population 16 Years and Over	111,984, see rank	3,768,421	248,775,628
Male¹	58,011, 51.80%, see rank	48.08%	48.69%
Male, In Labor Force:²	38,532, 66.42%, see rank	65.98%	69.28%
Male, In Armed Forces²	6,896, 11.89%, see rank	1.46%	0.73%
Male, Civilian²	31,636, 54.53%, see rank	64.52%	68.54%
Male, Civilian, Employed³	28,155, 89.00%, see rank	89.22%	90.49%
Male, Civilian, Unemployed³	3,481, 11.00%, see rank	10.78%	9.51%
Male, Not in Labor Force²	19,479, 33.58%, see rank	34.02%	30.72%
Female¹	53,973, 48.20%, see rank	51.92%	51.31%
Female, In Labor Force:²	33,447, 61.97%, see rank	56.78%	58.79%
Female, In Armed Forces²	2,878, 5.33%, see rank	0.30%	0.11%
Female, Civilian²	30,569, 56.64%, see rank	56.49%	58.69%
Female, Civilian, Employed³	26,801, 87.67%, see rank	89.49%	91.18%
Female, Civilian, Unemployed³	3,768, 12.33%, see rank	10.51%	8.82%
Female, Not in Labor Force²	20,526, 38.03%, 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

	Columbia, SC	South Carolina	U.S.
Population 16 Years and Over	110,455, see rank	3,675,075	243,810,053
Male¹	57,209, 51.79%, see rank	48.05%	48.65%
Male, In Labor Force:²	37,931, 66.30%, see rank	67.02%	70.20%
Male, In Armed Forces²	6,935, 12.12%, see rank	1.71%	0.82%
Male, Civilian²	30,996, 54.18%, see rank	65.31%	69.38%
Male, Civilian, Employed³	27,784, 89.64%, see rank	88.68%	90.27%
Male, Civilian, Unemployed³	3,212, 10.36%, see rank	11.32%	9.73%
Male, Not in Labor Force²	19,278, 33.70%, see rank	32.98%	29.80%
Female¹	53,246, 48.21%, see rank	51.95%	51.35%
Female, In Labor Force:²	33,350, 62.63%, see rank	57.46%	59.43%
Female, In Armed Forces²	3,128, 5.87%, see rank	0.33%	0.13%
Female, Civilian²	30,222, 56.76%, see rank	57.14%	59.30%
Female, Civilian, Employed³	26,404, 87.37%, see rank	89.16%	91.21%
Female, Civilian, Unemployed³	3,818, 12.63%, see rank	10.84%	8.79%
Female, Not in Labor Force²	19,896, 37.37%, 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

	Columbia, SC	South Carolina	U.S.
Population 16 Years and Over	109,251, see rank	3,567,959	238,733,844
Male¹	55,056, 50.39%, see rank	48.03%	48.60%
Male, In Labor Force:²	37,044, 67.28%, see rank	68.21%	70.92%
Male, In Armed Forces²	6,628, 12.04%, see rank	1.72%	0.83%
Male, Civilian²	30,416, 55.25%, see rank	66.49%	70.09%
Male, Civilian, Employed³	27,547, 90.57%, see rank	90.73%	91.78%
Male, Civilian, Unemployed³	2,869, 9.43%, see rank	9.27%	8.22%
Male, Not in Labor Force²	18,012, 32.72%, see rank	31.79%	29.08%
Female¹	54,195, 49.61%, see rank	51.97%	51.40%
Female, In Labor Force:²	33,528, 61.87%, see rank	57.96%	59.40%
Female, In Armed Forces²	4,123, 7.61%, see rank	0.42%	0.13%
Female, Civilian²	29,405, 54.26%, see rank	57.54%	59.26%
Female, Civilian, Employed³	25,944, 88.23%, see rank	90.76%	92.41%
Female, Civilian, Unemployed³	3,461, 11.77%, see rank	9.24%	7.59%
Female, Not in Labor Force²	20,667, 38.13%, 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

	Columbia, SC	South Carolina	U.S.
Population 16 Years and Over	106,759, see rank	3,480,700	235,871,704
Male¹	53,037, 49.68%, see rank	47.99%	48.74%
Male, In Labor Force:²	35,527, 66.99%, see rank	68.52%	71.28%
Male, In Armed Forces²	6,607, 12.46%, see rank	1.67%	0.84%
Male, Civilian²	28,920, 54.53%, see rank	66.85%	70.44%
Male, Civilian, Employed³	26,468, 91.52%, see rank	91.73%	92.66%
Male, Civilian, Unemployed³	2,452, 8.48%, see rank	8.27%	7.34%
Male, Not in Labor Force²	17,510, 33.01%, see rank	31.48%	28.72%
Female¹	53,722, 50.32%, see rank	52.01%	51.26%
Female, In Labor Force:²	33,036, 61.49%, see rank	57.67%	59.10%
Female, In Armed Forces²	4,148, 7.72%, see rank	0.43%	0.14%
Female, Civilian²	28,888, 53.77%, see rank	57.24%	58.96%
Female, Civilian, Employed³	25,903, 89.67%, see rank	91.43%	92.95%
Female, Civilian, Unemployed³	2,985, 10.33%, see rank	8.57%	7.05%
Female, Not in Labor Force²	20,686, 38.51%, 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

	Columbia, SC	South Carolina	U.S.
Population 16 Years and Over	95,695, see rank	3,114,016	217,168,077
Male¹	46,281, 48.36%, see rank	47.77%	48.34%
Male, In Labor Force:²	31,245, 67.51%, see rank	69.81%	70.75%
Male, In Armed Forces²	5,315, 11.48%, see rank	1.96%	0.94%
Male, Civilian²	25,930, 56.03%, see rank	67.85%	69.81%
Male, Civilian, Employed³	23,335, 89.99%, see rank	94.68%	94.28%
Male, Civilian, Unemployed³	2,595, 10.01%, see rank	5.32%	5.72%
Male, Not in Labor Force²	15,036, 32.49%, see rank	30.19%	29.25%
Female¹	49,414, 51.64%, see rank	52.23%	51.66%
Female, In Labor Force:²	30,473, 61.67%, see rank	57.53%	57.54%
Female, In Armed Forces²	2,789, 5.64%, see rank	0.42%	0.15%
Female, Civilian²	27,684, 56.02%, see rank	57.11%	57.39%
Female, Civilian, Employed³	24,798, 89.58%, see rank	93.56%	94.17%
Female, Civilian, Unemployed³	2,886, 10.42%, see rank	6.44%	5.83%
Female, Not in Labor Force²	18,941, 38.33%, 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.