| 
1
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Northwestern South Carolina Balance of State
 | 
Above average opportunities
 | 
2.78
 | 
| 
2
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Southern South Carolina Balance of State
 | 
Above average opportunities
 | 
2.38
 | 
| 
3
 | 
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC Metro Area
 | 
Above average opportunities
 | 
2.18
 | 
| 
4
 | 
Northeastern South Carolina Balance of State
 | 
Above average opportunities
 | 
2.16
 | 
| 
5
 | 
Sumter, SC Metro Area
 | 
Above average opportunities
 | 
1.94
 | 
| 
6
 | 
Spartanburg, SC Metro Area
 | 
Above average opportunities
 | 
1.82
 | 
| 
7
 | 
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Metro Area
 | 
Above average opportunities
 | 
1.71
 | 
| 
8
 | 
South Carolina
 | 
Above average opportunities
 | 
1.5
 | 
| 
9
 | 
Florence, SC Metro Area
 | 
Above average opportunities
 | 
1.39
 | 
| 
10
 | 
Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area
 | 
Above average opportunities
 | 
1.39
 | 
| 
11
 | 
Columbia, SC Metro Area
 | 
Average opportunities
 | 
1.24
 | 
| 
12
 | 
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area
 | 
Average opportunities
 | 
1.09
 | 
| 
13
 | 
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Metro Area
 | 
Average opportunities
 | 
1.07
 | 
| 
14
 | 
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro Area
 | 
Average opportunities
 | 
0.72
 |