NYC Gazette

Kings County recorded an unemployment rate of 7.1% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 97,387 people out of the 2,712,360 living in Kings County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Kings County has increased compared to the 6.5% registered in 2020.

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

Of the 1,272,504 people who had a job during that time, 807 were employed in the Armed Forces and 1,271,697 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	97,387	7.1%
Employed	1,272,504	92.9%
Employed in civilian labor force	1,271,697	92.8%
Employed in armed forces	807	0.1%