Olympic Times

Jefferson County recorded an unemployment rate of 7.6% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 953 people out of the 32,590 living in Jefferson County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Jefferson County has increased compared to the 6.9% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Jefferson County was greater than the statewide unemployment rate of 5%.

Of the 11,613 people who had a job during that time, 89 were employed in the Armed Forces and 11,524 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	953	7.6%
Employed	11,613	92.4%
Employed in civilian labor force	11,524	91.7%
Employed in armed forces	89	0.7%