Cabarrus Today

Stanly County recorded an unemployment rate of 4.7% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 1,394 people out of the 62,148 living in Stanly County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Stanly County has decreased compared to the 4.9% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Stanly County was less than the statewide unemployment rate of 5.2%.

Of the 28,368 people who had a job during that time, 35 were employed in the Armed Forces and 28,333 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	1,394	4.7%
Employed	28,368	95.3%
Employed in civilian labor force	28,333	95.2%
Employed in armed forces	35	0.1%