Springfield Standard

Greene County recorded an unemployment rate of 4% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 6,069 people out of the 296,875 living in Greene County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Greene County has remained fairly stable compared to the 4% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Greene County was less than the statewide unemployment rate of 4.5%.

Of the 144,373 people who had a job during that time, 213 were employed in the Armed Forces and 144,160 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	6,069	4%
Employed	144,373	96%
Employed in civilian labor force	144,160	95.8%
Employed in armed forces	213	0.1%