Mobile Courant

Mobile County recorded an unemployment rate of 5.7% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 10,761 people out of the 414,620 living in Mobile County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Mobile County has increased compared to the 5.6% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Mobile County was greater than the statewide unemployment rate of 5.4%.

Of the 177,074 people who had a job during that time, 908 were employed in the Armed Forces and 176,166 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	10,761	5.7%
Employed	177,074	94.3%
Employed in civilian labor force	176,166	93.8%
Employed in armed forces	908	0.5%