South Ohio News

Lawrence County recorded an unemployment rate of 4.6% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 1,146 people out of the 58,570 living in Lawrence County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Lawrence County has decreased compared to the 5% registered in 2020.

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

Of the 23,666 people who had a job during that time, 73 were employed in the Armed Forces and 23,593 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	1,146	4.6%
Employed	23,666	95.4%
Employed in civilian labor force	23,593	95.1%
Employed in armed forces	73	0.3%