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Colbert County recorded an unemployment rate of 3.8% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 978 people out of the 56,789 living in Colbert County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Colbert County has decreased compared to the 4% registered in 2020.

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

Of the 25,064 people who had a job during that time, 57 were employed in the Armed Forces and 25,007 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	978	3.8%
Employed	25,064	96.2%
Employed in civilian labor force	25,007	96%
Employed in armed forces	57	0.2%