Union County Review

Union County recorded an unemployment rate of 6.3% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 19,617 people out of the 571,963 living in Union County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Union County has increased compared to the 5.8% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Union County was greater than the statewide unemployment rate of 6.2%.

Of the 290,753 people who had a job during that time, 185 were employed in the Armed Forces and 290,568 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	19,617	6.3%
Employed	290,753	93.7%
Employed in civilian labor force	290,568	93.6%
Employed in armed forces	185	0.1%