South Coast Times

Curry County recorded an unemployment rate of 8.7% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 806 people out of the 23,234 living in Curry County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Curry County has increased compared to the 8.6% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Curry County was greater than the statewide unemployment rate of 5.6%.

Of the 8,492 people who had a job during that time, 26 were employed in the Armed Forces and 8,466 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	806	8.7%
Employed	8,492	91.3%
Employed in civilian labor force	8,466	91.1%
Employed in armed forces	26	0.3%