Huntington Times

Putnam County recorded an unemployment rate of 3.6% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 990 people out of the 57,385 living in Putnam County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Putnam County has decreased compared to the 3.7% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Putnam County was less than the statewide unemployment rate of 6.4%.

Of the 26,467 people who had a job during that time, 320 were employed in the Armed Forces and 26,147 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	990	3.6%
Employed	26,467	96.4%
Employed in civilian labor force	26,147	95.2%
Employed in armed forces	320	1.2%