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Employed Persons 16 Years and Over in Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries, and Mining Industries By County: 1980, 1990, and Percent Change 1980-1990


                    1980                  1990              
                                                         PERCENT CHANGE IN         
          AGRICULTURE, PERCENT  AGRICULTURE, PERCENT    AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY    
            FORESTRY,    OF       FORESTRY,    OF       FISHERIES, & MINING    
            FISHERIES,  TOTAL    FISHERIES,   TOTAL    INDUSTRY EMPLOYMENT      
COUNTY       MINING    EMPLOYED    MINING    EMPLOYED   FROM 1980 TO 1990    

Abbeville 208 2.2 362 3.4 74.0 Aiken 1,183 2.6 1,397 2.5 18.1 Allendale 410 10.8 271 6.9 -33.9 Anderson 949 1.5 1,152 1.6 21.4 Bamberg 491 7.7 276 4.3 -43.8 Barnwell 408 5.2 378 4.4 -7.4 Beaufort 1,087 5.5 1,111 3.3 2.2 Berkeley 672 2.0 754 1.4 12.2 Calhoun 501 10.0 368 6.6 -26.5 Charleston 1,938 1.8 2,316 1.7 19.5 Cherokee 440 2.5 376 1.8 -14.5 Chester 241 1.8 327 2.3 35.7 Chesterfield 761 4.6 1,053 6.1 38.4 Clarendon 869 8.6 683 6.1 -21.4 Colleton 705 5.7 782 5.5 10.9 Darlington 1,311 5.4 1,028 3.7 -21.6 Dillon 928 8.0 565 4.8 -39.1 Dorchester 620 2.8 672 1.9 8.4 Edgefield 496 7.0 495 5.9 -0.2 Fairfield 222 2.8 314 3.3 41.4 Florence 2,023 4.4 1,633 3.1 -19.3 Georgetown 856 5.1 690 3.5 -19.4 Greenville 1,390 1.0 1,650 1.0 18.7 Greenwood 387 1.4 293 1.1 -24.3 Hampton 398 6.0 307 4.3 -22.9 Horry 2,653 6.2 2,110 3.2 -20.5 Jasper 289 5.4 361 5.9 24.9 Kershaw 443 2.7 760 3.7 71.6 Lancaster 354 1.4 562 2.2 58.8 Laurens 398 1.7 475 1.8 19.3 Lee 662 9.6 493 6.8 -25.5 Lexington 1,487 2.2 1,779 2.0 19.6 McCormick 113 3.8 120 3.7 6.2 Marion 663 5.0 670 4.8 1.1 Marlboro 585 4.9 643 5.4 9.9 Newberry 629 4.4 589 3.9 -6.4 Oconee 396 1.8 505 1.9 27.5 Orangeburg 1,787 5.6 1,382 3.9 -22.7 Pickens 448 1.2 598 1.3 33.5 Richland 1,481 1.3 1,743 1.3 17.7 Saluda 608 9.1 552 7.5 -9.2 Spartanburg 1,337 1.5 1,485 1.3 11.1 Sumter 1,213 4.0 1,331 3.5 9.7 Union 193 1.4 163 1.2 -15.5 Williamsburg 1,261 9.2 911 6.2 -27.8 York 505 1.0 1,008 1.5 99.6 SOUTH 36,999 2.8 37,493 2.3 1.3 CAROLINA UNITED 3,941,767 4.0 3,838,795 3.3 -2.6 STATES
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1980 S.C. Summary Tape File 3A (Table 65) and General Social & Economic Characteristics: US Summary PC80-1-C1, Table 90 p.47 and 1990 SC Summary Tape File 3A (Table p77) and 1990 CPH-L-80, Selected Labor Force & Community Charactersitics: United States, Table 2.

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