Aiken Times

Aiken County recorded an unemployment rate of 6.6% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 5,252 people out of the 168,045 living in Aiken County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Aiken County has decreased compared to the 7.2% registered in 2020.

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

Of the 73,989 people who had a job during that time, 696 were employed in the Armed Forces and 73,293 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	5,252	6.6%
Employed	73,989	93.4%
Employed in civilian labor force	73,293	92.5%
Employed in armed forces	696	0.9%