Macon Times

Crawford County recorded an unemployment rate of 9.7% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 518 people out of the 12,159 living in Crawford County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Crawford County has increased compared to the 8.6% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Crawford County was greater than the statewide unemployment rate of 5.5%.

Of the 4,810 people who had a job during that time, 22 were employed in the Armed Forces and 4,788 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	518	9.7%
Employed	4,810	90.3%
Employed in civilian labor force	4,788	89.9%
Employed in armed forces	22	0.4%