New first-time jobless claims
Anderson and Greenville saw their county workforces shrink in the last seven days, According to the state report for January 3-9, a total of 842 Greenville County residents applied for unemployment compensation; 713 in Anderson County. Numbers for Oconee and Pickens were lower. There were 173 first time claims from Oconee displaced workers and 324 from Pickens County.