Hilton Head Reporter

Jasper County recorded an unemployment rate of 7.5% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 973 people out of the 28,363 living in Jasper County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Jasper County has decreased compared to the 7.6% registered in 2020.

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

Of the 11,969 people who had a job during that time, 41 were employed in the Armed Forces and 11,928 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	973	7.5%
Employed	11,969	92.5%
Employed in civilian labor force	11,928	92.2%
Employed in armed forces	41	0.3%