East Stark News

Stark County recorded an unemployment rate of 4.9% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 9,215 people out of the 374,712 living in Stark County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Stark County has decreased compared to the 5.1% registered in 2020.

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

Of the 178,801 people who had a job during that time, 197 were employed in the Armed Forces and 178,604 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	9,215	4.9%
Employed	178,801	95.1%
Employed in civilian labor force	178,604	95%
Employed in armed forces	197	0.1%