Lake County Gazette

Lake County recorded an unemployment rate of 5.3% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 20,605 people out of the 714,484 living in Lake County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Lake County has increased compared to the 5.2% registered in 2020.

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

Of the 365,804 people who had a job during that time, 10,065 were employed in the Armed Forces and 355,739 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	20,605	5.3%
Employed	365,804	94.7%
Employed in civilian labor force	355,739	92.1%
Employed in armed forces	10,065	2.6%