Mid Coast Today

Knox County recorded an unemployment rate of 3.7% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 754 people out of the 40,519 living in Knox County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Knox County has increased compared to the 3.5% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Knox County was less than the statewide unemployment rate of 4.2%.

Of the 19,705 people who had a job during that time, 21 were employed in the Armed Forces and 19,684 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	754	3.7%
Employed	19,705	96.3%
Employed in civilian labor force	19,684	96.2%
Employed in armed forces	21	0.1%