Gloucester Today

Gloucester County recorded an unemployment rate of 5.6% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 9,091 people out of the 300,821 living in Gloucester County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Gloucester County has increased compared to the 5.3% registered in 2020.

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

Of the 153,931 people who had a job during that time, 186 were employed in the Armed Forces and 153,745 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	9,091	5.6%
Employed	153,931	94.4%
Employed in civilian labor force	153,745	94.3%
Employed in armed forces	186	0.1%