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SC unemployment jumps to 6.5 percent in May
posted 10:36 am Fri June 20, 2008 - Columbia, S.C.
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(AP) -- State officials say South Carolina's unemployment rate rose to 6.5 percent in May, the highest jobless rate in more than two years.
The state Employment Security Commission says the rate jumped from 5.9 percent in April because rising prices for gas and groceries led people to look for work again.
Officials also say an expected increase in farm workers in May was the lowest in seven years.
The national unemployment rate also rose sharply in the same period -- from 5 percent in April to 5.5 percent in May.
Allendale County had the highest rate in South Carolina at 14.5 percent. Beaufort and Lexington counties were the lowest at 4.4 percent.
Only Cherokee and Marlboro counties reported drops in their rates.
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