Housatonic Valley News

Litchfield County recorded an unemployment rate of 6% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 6,111 people out of the 185,175 living in Litchfield County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Litchfield County has increased compared to the 5.8% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Litchfield County was nearly equal to the statewide unemployment rate of 6%.

Of the 96,554 people who had a job during that time, 112 were employed in the Armed Forces and 96,442 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	6,111	6%
Employed	96,554	94%
Employed in civilian labor force	96,442	93.9%
Employed in armed forces	112	0.1%