Springfield Standard

Webster County recorded an unemployment rate of 4.7% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 802 people out of the 38,978 living in Webster County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Webster County has decreased compared to the 5.1% registered in 2020.

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

Of the 16,346 people who had a job during that time, 61 were employed in the Armed Forces and 16,285 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	802	4.7%
Employed	16,346	95.3%
Employed in civilian labor force	16,285	95%
Employed in armed forces	61	0.4%