Down East Times

Washington County recorded an unemployment rate of 7.4% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 998 people out of the 31,003 living in Washington County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Washington County has increased compared to the 7.1% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Washington County was greater than the statewide unemployment rate of 4.2%.

Of the 12,514 people who had a job during that time, 63 were employed in the Armed Forces and 12,451 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	998	7.4%
Employed	12,514	92.6%
Employed in civilian labor force	12,451	92.1%
Employed in armed forces	63	0.5%