Topeka Sun

Shawnee County recorded an unemployment rate of 4% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 3,592 people out of the 179,053 living in Shawnee County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Shawnee County has decreased compared to the 4.1% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Shawnee County was nearly equal to the statewide unemployment rate of 4%.

Of the 85,646 people who had a job during that time, 372 were employed in the Armed Forces and 85,274 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	3,592	4%
Employed	85,646	96%
Employed in civilian labor force	85,274	95.6%
Employed in armed forces	372	0.4%