Central PA News

Perry County recorded an unemployment rate of 3.4% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 789 people out of the 45,879 living in Perry County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Perry County has remained fairly stable compared to the 3.4% registered in 2020.

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

Of the 22,569 people who had a job during that time, 43 were employed in the Armed Forces and 22,526 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	789	3.4%
Employed	22,569	96.6%
Employed in civilian labor force	22,526	96.4%
Employed in armed forces	43	0.2%