Mansfield Times

Richland County recorded an unemployment rate of 5.2% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 2,995 people out of the 124,504 living in Richland County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Richland County has decreased compared to the 5.7% registered in 2020.

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

Of the 54,142 people who had a job during that time, 133 were employed in the Armed Forces and 54,009 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	2,995	5.2%
Employed	54,142	94.8%
Employed in civilian labor force	54,009	94.5%
Employed in armed forces	133	0.2%