Work and Jobs in Little Rock, South Carolina (SC) Detailed Stats
Occupations, Industries, Unemployment, Workers, Commute
The most common industries in Little Rock are: Textile mills & textile products (15.2% of civilian employees), Accommodation & food services (11.1% of civilian employees), Construction (7.5% of civilian employees). 75.3% of workers are employees of private companies, which is 6.5% greater than the rate of 70.4% across the entire state of South Carolina.
Most common industries
Most common industries | |||
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Industry | All | Males | Females |
Textile mills and textile products | 15.2% (209) | 18.3% (135) | 11.5% (74) |
Accommodation and food services | 11.1% (153) | 7.2% (53) | 15.6% (100) |
Construction | 7.5% (103) | 12.9% (95) | 1.2% (8) |
Food | 7.3% (100) | 4.6% (34) | 10.3% (66) |
Educational services | 7.0% (96) | 1.9% (14) | 12.8% (82) |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting | 5.7% (78) | 10.2% (75) | 0.5% (3) |
Machinery | 4.2% (58) | 3.7% (27) | 4.8% (31) |
Food and beverage stores | 2.8% (39) | 2.3% (17) | 3.4% (22) |
Health care | 2.6% (36) | 0.0% (0) | 5.6% (36) |
Public administration | 2.5% (35) | 0.0% (0) | 5.5% (35) |
Transportation equipment | 2.2% (31) | 4.2% (31) | 0.0% (0) |
Apparel | 2.0% (28) | 3.8% (28) | 0.0% (0) |
Truck transportation | 2.0% (28) | 3.8% (28) | 0.0% (0) |
Finance and insurance | 2.0% (28) | 0.0% (0) | 4.4% (28) |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 1.8% (25) | 0.7% (5) | 3.1% (20) |
Wood products | 1.6% (22) | 1.2% (9) | 2.0% (13) |
Department and other general merchandise stores | 1.5% (21) | 1.2% (9) | 1.9% (12) |
Gasoline stations | 1.5% (20) | 0.0% (0) | 3.1% (20) |
Groceries and related products merchant wholesalers | 1.5% (20) | 2.7% (20) | 0.0% (0) |
Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations | 1.2% (17) | 2.3% (17) | 0.0% (0) |
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers | 1.1% (15) | 1.1% (8) | 1.1% (7) |
Miscellaneous manufacturing | 1.0% (14) | 1.9% (14) | 0.0% (0) |
Printing and related support activities | 0.9% (13) | 0.8% (6) | 1.1% (7) |
Plastics and rubber products | 0.9% (13) | 1.8% (13) | 0.0% (0) |
Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores | 0.9% (13) | 1.0% (7) | 0.9% (6) |
Paper | 0.7% (10) | 1.4% (10) | 0.0% (0) |
Repair and maintenance | 0.7% (10) | 1.4% (10) | 0.0% (0) |
Pharmacies and drug stores | 0.7% (9) | 0.0% (0) | 1.4% (9) |
Computer and electronic products | 0.7% (9) | 0.0% (0) | 1.4% (9) |
Clothing and accessories, including shoe, stores | 0.7% (9) | 0.0% (0) | 1.4% (9) |
Motor vehicle and parts dealers | 0.7% (9) | 1.2% (9) | 0.0% (0) |
Furniture and related product manufacturing | 0.6% (8) | 1.1% (8) | 0.0% (0) |
Management of companies and enterprises | 0.6% (8) | 0.0% (0) | 1.2% (8) |
Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers | 0.5% (7) | 1.0% (7) | 0.0% (0) |
Other direct selling establishments | 0.5% (7) | 0.0% (0) | 1.1% (7) |
Rail transportation | 0.5% (7) | 1.0% (7) | 0.0% (0) |
Farm supplies merchant wholesalers | 0.5% (7) | 1.0% (7) | 0.0% (0) |
Professional and commercial equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers | 0.4% (6) | 0.8% (6) | 0.0% (0) |
Nonmetallic mineral products | 0.4% (6) | 0.8% (6) | 0.0% (0) |
Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries | 0.4% (6) | 0.8% (6) | 0.0% (0) |
Administrative and support and waste management services | 0.4% (6) | 0.8% (6) | 0.0% (0) |
Social assistance | 0.4% (6) | 0.0% (0) | 0.9% (6) |
Lumber and other construction materials merchant wholesalers | 0.4% (5) | 0.7% (5) | 0.0% (0) |
Furniture and home furnishings, and household appliance stores | 0.4% (5) | 0.0% (0) | 0.8% (5) |
U. S. Postal service | 0.4% (5) | 0.0% (0) | 0.8% (5) |
Professional, scientific, and technical services | 0.4% (5) | 0.0% (0) | 0.8% (5) |
Personal and laundry services | 0.4% (5) | 0.0% (0) | 0.8% (5) |
Recyclable material merchant wholesalers | 0.3% (4) | 0.5% (4) | 0.0% (0) |
Arts, entertainment, and recreation | 0.3% (4) | 0.0% (0) | 0.6% (4) |
Unemployment in Little Rock
- Unemployment by race in 2000
- Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
- 8.6%Females
- Unemployment rate for Black residents
- 17.1%Males
- 9.8%Females
- Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native residents
- 29.7%Females
- Unemployment rate for two or more race residents
- 33.3%Females
Time leaving home to go to work
<5am:
Little Rock: | 5.8% (76) |
South Carolina: | 2.9% (52,042) |
5:30am:
Little Rock: | 2.4% (32) |
South Carolina: | 2.4% (44,320) |
6am:
Little Rock: | 3.4% (45) |
South Carolina: | 3.8% (68,753) |
6:30am:
Little Rock: | 9.8% (128) |
South Carolina: | 8.4% (153,907) |
7am:
Little Rock: | 8.9% (117) |
South Carolina: | 11.5% (210,295) |
7:30am:
Little Rock: | 24.8% (325) |
South Carolina: | 15.9% (289,937) |
8am:
Little Rock: | 15.2% (199) |
South Carolina: | 16.7% (305,268) |
8:30am:
Little Rock: | 7.8% (102) |
South Carolina: | 10.4% (189,373) |
9am:
Little Rock: | 1.2% (16) |
South Carolina: | 4.5% (82,760) |
10am:
Little Rock: | 1.7% (22) |
South Carolina: | 4.6% (83,870) |
4pm:
Little Rock: | 5.6% (74) |
South Carolina: | 6.4% (116,272) |
>4pm:
Little Rock: | 12.1% (158) |
South Carolina: | 7.7% (140,518) |
Travel time to work
Less than 5 minutes:
Little Rock: | 3.8% (50) |
South Carolina: | 3.0% (53,890) |
5 to 9 minutes:
Little Rock: | 6.3% (82) |
South Carolina: | 10.6% (193,658) |
10 to 14 minutes:
Little Rock: | 16.2% (212) |
South Carolina: | 15.6% (284,615) |
15 to 19 minutes:
Little Rock: | 17.3% (227) |
South Carolina: | 17.1% (311,394) |
20 to 24 minutes:
Little Rock: | 4.2% (55) |
South Carolina: | 15.0% (274,138) |
25 to 29 minutes:
Little Rock: | 4.4% (57) |
South Carolina: | 5.9% (108,410) |
30 to 34 minutes:
Little Rock: | 7.3% (95) |
South Carolina: | 13.5% (246,792) |
35 to 39 minutes:
Little Rock: | 2.2% (29) |
South Carolina: | 2.5% (44,712) |
40 to 44 minutes:
Little Rock: | 4.2% (55) |
South Carolina: | 2.6% (46,969) |
45 to 59 minutes:
Little Rock: | 7.2% (94) |
South Carolina: | 6.3% (114,459) |
60 to 89 minutes:
Little Rock: | 8.5% (112) |
South Carolina: | 3.4% (61,532) |
90 or more minutes:
Little Rock: | 17.3% (226) |
South Carolina: | 2.4% (44,165) |
Means of transportation to work
Drove car alone:
Little Rock: | 70.2% (920) |
South Carolina: | 79.4% (1,447,338) |
Carpooled:
Little Rock: | 26.0% (341) |
South Carolina: | 14.0% (255,857) |
Bicycle:
Little Rock: | 0.6% (8) |
South Carolina: | 0.2% (3,874) |
Walked:
Little Rock: | 0.6% (8) |
South Carolina: | 2.3% (42,567) |
Other means:
Little Rock: | 1.3% (17) |
South Carolina: | 1.0% (17,527) |
Private vehicle occupancy
Drove alone:
Little Rock: | 73.0% (920) |
South Carolina: | 85.0% (1,447,338) |
In 2 person carpool:
Little Rock: | 19.0% (239) |
South Carolina: | 11.0% (187,418) |
In 3 person carpool:
Little Rock: | 3.3% (41) |
South Carolina: | 2.4% (40,124) |
In 4 person carpool:
Little Rock: | 3.3% (41) |
South Carolina: | 0.9% (15,038) |
In 7+ person carpool:
Little Rock: | 1.6% (20) |
South Carolina: | 0.3% (4,807) |
Class of workers
Employee of private company:
Little Rock: | 75.3% (1,037) |
South Carolina: | 70.4% (1,284,199) |
Self-employed in own incorporated business:
Little Rock: | 2.5% (35) |
South Carolina: | 3.1% (56,628) |
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers:
Little Rock: | 4.2% (58) |
South Carolina: | 4.6% (84,506) |
Local government workers:
Little Rock: | 3.5% (48) |
South Carolina: | 5.4% (99,319) |
State government workers:
Little Rock: | 5.8% (80) |
South Carolina: | 8.1% (147,384) |
Federal government workers:
Little Rock: | 1.5% (20) |
South Carolina: | 2.4% (43,164) |
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business:
Little Rock: | 6.3% (87) |
South Carolina: | 5.7% (104,649) |
Unpaid family workers:
Little Rock: | 0.9% (13) |
South Carolina: | 0.3% (4,851) |
Employee of private company - Males:
Little Rock: | 80.0% (589) |
South Carolina: | 73.5% (702,345) |
Self-employed in own incorporated business - Males:
Little Rock: | 2.7% (20) |
South Carolina: | 4.4% (41,954) |
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers - Males:
Little Rock: | 2.3% (17) |
South Carolina: | 3.0% (28,252) |
Local government workers - Males:
Little Rock: | 1.1% (8) |
South Carolina: | 4.2% (40,534) |
State government workers - Males:
Little Rock: | 2.7% (20) |
South Carolina: | 5.1% (49,132) |
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business - Males:
Little Rock: | 11.1% (82) |
South Carolina: | 7.2% (68,656) |
Employee of private company - Females:
Little Rock: | 69.8% (448) |
South Carolina: | 67.0% (581,854) |
Self-employed in own incorporated business - Females:
Little Rock: | 2.3% (15) |
South Carolina: | 1.7% (14,674) |
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers - Females:
Little Rock: | 6.4% (41) |
South Carolina: | 6.5% (56,254) |
Local government workers - Females:
Little Rock: | 6.2% (40) |
South Carolina: | 6.8% (58,785) |
State government workers - Females:
Little Rock: | 9.3% (60) |
South Carolina: | 11.3% (98,252) |
Federal government workers - Females:
Little Rock: | 3.1% (20) |
South Carolina: | 2.4% (20,534) |
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business - Females:
Little Rock: | 0.8% (5) |
South Carolina: | 4.1% (35,993) |
Unpaid family workers - Females:
Little Rock: | 2.0% (13) |
South Carolina: | 0.3% (2,590) |