GTR Times

Lowndes County recorded an unemployment rate of 7.7% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 2,105 people out of the 58,904 living in Lowndes County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Lowndes County has increased compared to the 7.4% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Lowndes County was greater than the statewide unemployment rate of 6.8%.

Of the 25,151 people who had a job during that time, 1,207 were employed in the Armed Forces and 23,944 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	2,105	7.7%
Employed	25,151	92.3%
Employed in civilian labor force	23,944	87.8%
Employed in armed forces	1,207	4.4%