South Central Reporter

Clinton County recorded an unemployment rate of 3.4% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 641 people out of the 37,048 living in Clinton County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Clinton County has increased compared to the 3.1% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Clinton County was less than the statewide unemployment rate of 6.2%.

Of the 18,371 people who had a job during that time, 96 were employed in the Armed Forces and 18,275 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	641	3.4%
Employed	18,371	96.6%
Employed in civilian labor force	18,275	96.1%
Employed in armed forces	96	0.5%