Sandhills Today

Brown County recorded an unemployment rate of 0.6% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 8 people out of the 2,752 living in Brown County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Brown County has decreased compared to the 0.8% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Brown County was less than the statewide unemployment rate of 3.3%.

Everyone who had a job at the time belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	8	0.6%
Employed	1,272	99.4%
Employed in civilian labor force	1,272	99.4%
Employed in armed forces	0	0%