Sangamon Sun

Sangamon County recorded an unemployment rate of 5.3% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 5,266 people out of the 196,759 living in Sangamon County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Sangamon County has increased compared to the 5% registered in 2020.

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

Of the 93,219 people who had a job during that time, 267 were employed in the Armed Forces and 92,952 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	5,266	5.3%
Employed	93,219	94.7%
Employed in civilian labor force	92,952	94.4%
Employed in armed forces	267	0.3%