Central Virginia Times

Orange County recorded an unemployment rate of 5% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 891 people out of the 36,001 living in Orange County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Orange County has decreased compared to the 5.5% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Orange County was greater than the statewide unemployment rate of 4.5%.

Of the 17,032 people who had a job during that time, 59 were employed in the Armed Forces and 16,973 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	891	5%
Employed	17,032	95%
Employed in civilian labor force	16,973	94.7%
Employed in armed forces	59	0.3%