Union News

Anson County recorded an unemployment rate of 7.3% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 717 people out of the 22,388 living in Anson County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Anson County has decreased compared to the 7.4% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Anson County was greater than the statewide unemployment rate of 5.2%.

Of the 9,158 people who had a job during that time, 21 were employed in the Armed Forces and 9,137 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	717	7.3%
Employed	9,158	92.7%
Employed in civilian labor force	9,137	92.5%
Employed in armed forces	21	0.2%