Ft Wayne Times

Whitley County recorded an unemployment rate of 5% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 898 people out of the 34,048 living in Whitley County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Whitley County has increased compared to the 4.4% registered in 2020.

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

Of the 16,965 people who had a job during that time, 14 were employed in the Armed Forces and 16,951 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	898	5%
Employed	16,965	95%
Employed in civilian labor force	16,951	94.9%
Employed in armed forces	14	0.1%