East Montgomery Times

Philadelphia County recorded an unemployment rate of 8.9% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 71,565 people out of the 1,596,865 living in Philadelphia County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Philadelphia County has increased compared to the 8.8% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Philadelphia County was greater than the statewide unemployment rate of 5.5%.

Of the 731,310 people who had a job during that time, 580 were employed in the Armed Forces and 730,730 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	71,565	8.9%
Employed	731,310	91.1%
Employed in civilian labor force	730,730	91%
Employed in armed forces	580	0.1%