South Carolina added about 14,100 jobs during the year ended June 30, 2010, after losing 92,700 in the previous 12 months, according to the state’s annual financial report. Its unemployment rate was 10.2 percent in February, down from a post-recession peak of 12.5 percent in January 2010 as its manufacturers rebounded from the slump, said Frank Hefner, who teaches economics at the College of Charleston.
