Huntington Times

Wayne County recorded an unemployment rate of 4.7% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 699 people out of the 39,337 living in Wayne County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Wayne County has decreased compared to the 4.9% registered in 2020.

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

Of the 14,112 people who had a job during that time, 14 were employed in the Armed Forces and 14,098 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	699	4.7%
Employed	14,112	95.3%
Employed in civilian labor force	14,098	95.2%
Employed in armed forces	14	0.1%