South Atlanta News

Spalding County recorded an unemployment rate of 4.7% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 1,377 people out of the 66,722 living in Spalding County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Spalding County has increased compared to the 4.3% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Spalding County was less than the statewide unemployment rate of 5.5%.

Of the 28,124 people who had a job during that time, 91 were employed in the Armed Forces and 28,033 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	1,377	4.7%
Employed	28,124	95.3%
Employed in civilian labor force	28,033	95%
Employed in armed forces	91	0.3%