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Alexander County recorded an unemployment rate of 4.8% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 828 people out of the 36,491 living in Alexander County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Alexander County has decreased compared to the 5.8% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Alexander County was less than the statewide unemployment rate of 5.2%.

Everyone who had a job at the time belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	828	4.8%
Employed	16,416	95.2%
Employed in civilian labor force	16,416	95.2%
Employed in armed forces	0	0%