Tallahassee Sun

Gadsden County recorded an unemployment rate of 4% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 698 people out of the 44,233 living in Gadsden County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Gadsden County has decreased compared to the 4.8% registered in 2020.

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

Of the 16,835 people who had a job during that time, 25 were employed in the Armed Forces and 16,810 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	698	4%
Employed	16,835	96%
Employed in civilian labor force	16,810	95.9%
Employed in armed forces	25	0.1%