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5.7% of citizens unemployed in Berks County in 2021

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USCB Chief Office of Program, Performance and Stakeholder Integration | United States Census Bureau

USCB Chief Office of Program, Performance and Stakeholder Integration | United States Census Bureau

Berks County recorded an unemployment rate of 5.7% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 12,621 people out of the 426,967 living in Berks County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Berks County has increased compared to the 5.6% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Berks County was greater than the statewide unemployment rate of 5.5%.

Of the 209,368 people who had a job during that time, 270 were employed in the Armed Forces and 209,098 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment Status in Berks County During 2021

Employment statusNumber of peoplePercentage of population
Unemployed12,6215.7%
Employed209,36894.3%
Employed in civilian labor force209,09894.2%
Employed in armed forces2700.1%

ORGANIZATIONS IN THIS STORY

Borough of BechtelsvilleBorough of St. LawrenceAlsace ManorGreenwichBorough of LenhartsvilleJacksonwaldGibraltarMohrsvilleBorough of LaureldaleBorough of LeesportFlying HillsStouchsburgRiverview ParkBorough of New MorganBorough of FleetwoodRuscombmanorBorough of CenterportDouglassvilleNew SchaefferstownReifftonCumruTempleRehrersburgBorough of Mount PennMuhlenberg ParkBorough of BirdsboroBorough of KenhorstFrystownSpringmontNew BerlinvilleBorough of ShoemakersvilleSouth TempleVirginvilleAlleghenyvilleSouth HeidelbergKutztown University CdpBorough of MohntonBorough of WernersvilleKemptonLower HeidelbergMount AetnaShartlesvilleBlandonBorough of HamburgSchubertBaumstownBorough of WomelsdorfLoraneBorough of LyonsOleyGouglersvilleDaubervilleBorough of BernvilleBorough of BoyertownBorough of StrausstownWest HamburgKutztown BoroughMertztownBorough of ToptonFox ChaseUpper BernBowersLincoln ParkSpring RidgeColony ParkEdenburgBorough of ShillingtonMaxatawnyWalnuttownNew JerusalemNorth HeidelbergUpper TulpehockenBorough of West ReadingRocklandAmity GardensCity Of WyomissingTildenStony Creek MillsPennwynLongswampWest WyomissingWhitfieldDryvillePennsideDistrictGrillGreenfieldsWest LawnBorough Of BallyOntelauneeMontrose ManorBorough Of RobesoniaBorough Of Sinking Spring

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