Columbia Standard

Lexington County recorded an unemployment rate of 4.7% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 7,037 people out of the 291,723 living in Lexington County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Lexington County has decreased compared to the 4.8% registered in 2020.

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

Of the 142,747 people who had a job during that time, 688 were employed in the Armed Forces and 142,059 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	7,037	4.7%
Employed	142,747	95.3%
Employed in civilian labor force	142,059	94.8%
Employed in armed forces	688	0.5%