Waco Reporter

McLennan County recorded an unemployment rate of 4.7% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 5,819 people out of the 258,031 living in McLennan County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in McLennan County has increased compared to the 4.6% registered in 2020.

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

Of the 118,280 people who had a job during that time, 194 were employed in the Armed Forces and 118,086 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	5,819	4.7%
Employed	118,280	95.3%
Employed in civilian labor force	118,086	95.2%
Employed in armed forces	194	0.2%