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ANNUAL ANNUAL ANNUAL ANNUAL
# PAYROLL # # PAYROLL # # PAYROLL # # PAYROLL #
COUNTY EMP. (THOU.) ESTAB. EMP. (THOU.) ESTAB. EMP. (THOU.) ESTAB. EMP. (THOU.) ESTAB.
Abbeville A D 2 - - - 133 2,125 40 3,775 82,937 34
Aiken 255 4,711 53 E D 8 1,773 36,447 251 23,110 956,475 119
Allendale - - - - - - 110 1,670 16 1,438 31,938 17
Anderson 159 2,412 57 B D 2 2,423 47,867 401 21,204 533,914 224
Bamberg 23 322 7 - - - 80 1,012 19 1,251 26,996 33
Barnwell 9 140 3 - - - 210 3,810 40 3,543 72,836 27
Beaufort 683 13,102 93 A D 1 3,175 72,472 464 1,355 33,561 95
Berkeley 140 2,237 31 B D 4 1,364 26,067 185 4,259 129,901 74
Calhoun A D 3 - - - 91 2,935 19 1,257 24,673 12
Charleston 1,160 18,473 193 A D 2 7,908 173,532 825 12,588 434,839 280
Cherokee 55 555 14 B D 2 1,448 43,552 89 7,631 205,489 80
Chester 39 453 9 - - - 335 7,541 61 5,468 133,879 62
Chesterfield 16 360 5 95 3,307 5 340 6,841 65 7,203 158,641 66
Clarendon 93 761 12 - - - 226 3,735 49 1,480 25,758 31
Colleton 89 1,315 24 A D 2 510 7,205 88 2,181 52,316 50
Darlington 200 2,421 16 - - - 2,410 56,025 86 8,016 269,123 80
Dillon 26 326 10 - - - 158 1,651 34 3,672 58,188 32
Dorchester 579 17,861 36 40 855 3 1,459 24,687 203 3,459 94,231 91
Edgefield B D 4 - - - 135 1,801 36 2,540 44,131 39
Fairfield B D 6 C D 2 92 1,348 30 2,446 76,921 34
Florence 180 2,786 45 A D 1 2,570 56,895 318 11,931 318,541 154
Georgetown 192 3,015 43 A D 1 923 16,780 160 6,514 179,382 108
Greenville 934 14,866 167 110 4,066 9 33,036 910,177 1,183 52,393 1,688,796 732
Greenwood 66 1,450 20 B D 1 1,185 25,251 148 11,752 331,290 94
Hampton B D 7 - - - 268 3,656 43 1,542 45,020 37
Horry 396 7,033 91 B D 8 4,772 84,485 763 6,340 154,189 170
Jasper 78 1,325 9 A D 1 200 2,787 45 98 2,248 16
Kershaw 251 3,231 39 35 978 4 839 14,564 157 5,135 149,339 81
Lancaster 77 916 18 37 872 4 960 18,147 140 7,060 181,431 82
Laurens B D 9 B D 1 566 9,028 87 6,782 166,251 85
Lee 56 977 10 - - - B D 18 987 25,158 21
Lexington 365 5,946 85 190 6,888 9 4,959 101,363 709 9,080 281,812 240
McCormick A D 1 B D 1 72 1,262 12 377 8,867 14
Marion A D 3 A D 1 261 4,368 57 5,356 105,414 42
Marlboro A D 2 B D 2 227 3,993 30 3,338 77,632 28
Newberry 55 893 16 - - - 684 14,464 67 5,667 122,361 73
Oconee B D 18 - - - 979 16,725 205 7,457 179,715 101
Orangeburg 97 1,841 25 A D 1 1,011 16,546 145 9,397 218,718 117
Pickens 291 3,571 48 B D 5 1,744 30,235 340 13,718 339,944 150
Richland 561 9,301 114 117 3,417 4 6,398 154,223 573 15,738 471,537 262
Saluda 70 849 9 - - - 245 4,501 37 2,527 46,501 28
Spartanburg 343 5,258 99 168 5,106 9 4,961 128,807 591 38,802 1,182,027 474
Sumter 96 2,572 25 B D 1 2,363 52,548 213 12,040 272,318 86
Union B D 6 A D 1 182 1,981 48 5,989 122,291 58
Williamsburg 89 746 9 A D 1 308 4,333 42 4,477 105,181 48
York 478 12,547 52 B D 2 2,297 49,555 398 13,054 402,825 243
Statewide E D 2 A D 4 C D 4 - - -
TOTAL 9,064 160,945 1,550 1,654 53,773 102 96,581 2,254,671 9,534 375,427 10,645,535 5,024
(A) = 0-19; (B) = 20-99; (C) = 100-249; (E) = 250-499; (F) = 500-999; (G) = 1,000-2,499
(D) denotes figures withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual companies.Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, County Business Patterns, 1995, CBP-95-42, Table 2, September 1997.
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