Ft Wayne Times

Wells County recorded an unemployment rate of 2.4% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 352 people out of the 28,103 living in Wells County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Wells County has decreased compared to the 2.6% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Wells County was less than the statewide unemployment rate of 4.7%.

Of the 14,316 people who had a job during that time, 3 were employed in the Armed Forces and 14,313 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	352	2.4%
Employed	14,316	97.6%
Employed in civilian labor force	14,313	97.6%
Employed in armed forces	3	0%