West Pennyroyal News

Allen County recorded an unemployment rate of 7.5% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 705 people out of the 20,604 living in Allen County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Allen County has increased compared to the 5.7% registered in 2020.

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

Of the 8,637 people who had a job during that time, 27 were employed in the Armed Forces and 8,610 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	705	7.5%
Employed	8,637	92.5%
Employed in civilian labor force	8,610	92.2%
Employed in armed forces	27	0.3%