Columbia Standard

Kershaw County recorded an unemployment rate of 5.5% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 1,666 people out of the 64,989 living in Kershaw County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Kershaw County has decreased compared to the 6.2% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Kershaw County was greater than the statewide unemployment rate of 5.3%.

Of the 28,471 people who had a job during that time, 494 were employed in the Armed Forces and 27,977 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	1,666	5.5%
Employed	28,471	94.5%
Employed in civilian labor force	27,977	92.8%
Employed in armed forces	494	1.6%