Norfolk Reporter

Norfolk County recorded an unemployment rate of 5% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 20,588 people out of the 720,403 living in Norfolk County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Norfolk County has increased compared to the 4.5% registered in 2020.

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

Of the 387,188 people who had a job during that time, 256 were employed in the Armed Forces and 386,932 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	20,588	5%
Employed	387,188	95%
Employed in civilian labor force	386,932	94.9%
Employed in armed forces	256	0.1%