North Birmingham Times

Blount County recorded an unemployment rate of 6% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 1,554 people out of the 58,884 living in Blount County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Blount County has increased compared to the 5.2% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Blount County was greater than the statewide unemployment rate of 5.4%.

Of the 24,290 people who had a job during that time, 46 were employed in the Armed Forces and 24,244 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	1,554	6%
Employed	24,290	94%
Employed in civilian labor force	24,244	93.8%
Employed in armed forces	46	0.2%