Upper West SC News

Newberry County recorded an unemployment rate of 4.5% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 823 people out of the 37,842 living in Newberry County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Newberry County has decreased compared to the 5% registered in 2020.

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

Of the 17,287 people who had a job during that time, 65 were employed in the Armed Forces and 17,222 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	823	4.5%
Employed	17,287	95.5%
Employed in civilian labor force	17,222	95.1%
Employed in armed forces	65	0.4%