Upper Cumberland Times

DeKalb County recorded an unemployment rate of 4.7% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 399 people out of the 19,875 living in DeKalb County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in DeKalb County has decreased compared to the 4.9% registered in 2020.

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

Everyone who had a job at the time belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	399	4.7%
Employed	8,070	95.3%
Employed in civilian labor force	8,070	95.3%
Employed in armed forces	0	0%