North Chester Today

Chester County recorded an unemployment rate of 4.1% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 12,057 people out of the 531,704 living in Chester County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Chester County has remained fairly stable compared to the 4.1% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Chester County was less than the statewide unemployment rate of 5.5%.

Of the 279,711 people who had a job during that time, 199 were employed in the Armed Forces and 279,512 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	12,057	4.1%
Employed	279,711	95.9%
Employed in civilian labor force	279,512	95.8%
Employed in armed forces	199	0.1%