River Region Times

Montgomery County recorded an unemployment rate of 6.4% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 6,972 people out of the 229,072 living in Montgomery County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Montgomery County has increased compared to the 6.3% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Montgomery County was greater than the statewide unemployment rate of 5.4%.

Of the 101,617 people who had a job during that time, 2,355 were employed in the Armed Forces and 99,262 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	6,972	6.4%
Employed	101,617	93.6%
Employed in civilian labor force	99,262	91.4%
Employed in armed forces	2,355	2.2%