Durham Reporter

Durham County recorded an unemployment rate of 4.7% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 8,170 people out of the 320,146 living in Durham County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Durham County has remained fairly stable compared to the 4.7% registered in 2020.

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

Of the 165,455 people who had a job during that time, 288 were employed in the Armed Forces and 165,167 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	8,170	4.7%
Employed	165,455	95.3%
Employed in civilian labor force	165,167	95.1%
Employed in armed forces	288	0.2%