Columbia Standard

Richland County recorded an unemployment rate of 6% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 13,245 people out of the 414,719 living in Richland County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Richland County has increased compared to the 5.8% registered in 2020.

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

Of the 208,543 people who had a job during that time, 10,487 were employed in the Armed Forces and 198,056 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	13,245	6%
Employed	208,543	94%
Employed in civilian labor force	198,056	89.3%
Employed in armed forces	10,487	4.7%