Monroe County News

Monroe County recorded an unemployment rate of 6.3% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 5,383 people out of the 168,128 living in Monroe County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Monroe County has increased compared to the 6.2% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Monroe County was greater than the statewide unemployment rate of 5.5%.

Of the 79,700 people who had a job during that time, 111 were employed in the Armed Forces and 79,589 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	5,383	6.3%
Employed	79,700	93.7%
Employed in civilian labor force	79,589	93.5%
Employed in armed forces	111	0.1%