North Charlotte Today

Mecklenburg County recorded an unemployment rate of 4.6% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 28,741 people out of the 1,100,984 living in Mecklenburg County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Mecklenburg County has decreased compared to the 4.7% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Mecklenburg County was less than the statewide unemployment rate of 5.2%.

Of the 592,241 people who had a job during that time, 1,190 were employed in the Armed Forces and 591,051 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	28,741	4.6%
Employed	592,241	95.4%
Employed in civilian labor force	591,051	95.2%
Employed in armed forces	1,190	0.2%