Howard County News

Howard County recorded an unemployment rate of 3.8% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 6,816 people out of the 329,248 living in Howard County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Howard County has remained fairly stable compared to the 3.8% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Howard County was less than the statewide unemployment rate of 5.3%.

Of the 174,415 people who had a job during that time, 2,147 were employed in the Armed Forces and 172,268 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	6,816	3.8%
Employed	174,415	96.2%
Employed in civilian labor force	172,268	95.1%
Employed in armed forces	2,147	1.2%