NYC Gazette

Queens County recorded an unemployment rate of 7% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 87,222 people out of the 2,393,104 living in Queens County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Queens County has increased compared to the 6% registered in 2020.

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

Of the 1,165,461 people who had a job during that time, 644 were employed in the Armed Forces and 1,164,817 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	87,222	7%
Employed	1,165,461	93%
Employed in civilian labor force	1,164,817	93%
Employed in armed forces	644	0.1%