Columbus Standard

Decatur County recorded an unemployment rate of 4% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 550 people out of the 26,466 living in Decatur County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Decatur County has remained fairly stable compared to the 4% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Decatur County was less than the statewide unemployment rate of 4.7%.

Of the 13,348 people who had a job during that time, 34 were employed in the Armed Forces and 13,314 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	550	4%
Employed	13,348	96%
Employed in civilian labor force	13,314	95.8%
Employed in armed forces	34	0.2%