Fredericksburg Leader

Stafford County recorded an unemployment rate of 3.9% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 3,222 people out of the 154,204 living in Stafford County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Stafford County has increased compared to the 3.6% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Stafford County was less than the statewide unemployment rate of 4.5%.

Of the 79,064 people who had a job during that time, 3,746 were employed in the Armed Forces and 75,318 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	3,222	3.9%
Employed	79,064	96.1%
Employed in civilian labor force	75,318	91.5%
Employed in armed forces	3,746	4.6%