Oxford Reporter

Union County recorded an unemployment rate of 5.2% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 671 people out of the 27,775 living in Union County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Union County has decreased compared to the 5.4% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Union County was less than the statewide unemployment rate of 6.8%.

Of the 12,253 people who had a job during that time, 9 were employed in the Armed Forces and 12,244 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	671	5.2%
Employed	12,253	94.8%
Employed in civilian labor force	12,244	94.7%
Employed in armed forces	9	0.1%