Fayetteville Standard

Washington County recorded an unemployment rate of 4.7% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 5,848 people out of the 242,793 living in Washington County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Washington County has increased compared to the 4.4% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Washington County was less than the statewide unemployment rate of 5.3%.

Of the 118,110 people who had a job during that time, 94 were employed in the Armed Forces and 118,016 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	5,848	4.7%
Employed	118,110	95.3%
Employed in civilian labor force	118,016	95.2%
Employed in armed forces	94	0.1%