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Florence County recorded an unemployment rate of 4.6% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 2,891 people out of the 137,276 living in Florence County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Florence County has decreased compared to the 5% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Florence County was less than the statewide unemployment rate of 5.3%.

Of the 60,470 people who had a job during that time, 356 were employed in the Armed Forces and 60,114 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	2,891	4.6%
Employed	60,470	95.4%
Employed in civilian labor force	60,114	94.9%
Employed in armed forces	356	0.6%