Rockingham Times

Rockingham County recorded an unemployment rate of 3.6% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 6,571 people out of the 312,771 living in Rockingham County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Rockingham County has increased compared to the 3.4% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Rockingham County was less than the statewide unemployment rate of 3.8%.

Of the 175,244 people who had a job during that time, 817 were employed in the Armed Forces and 174,427 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	6,571	3.6%
Employed	175,244	96.4%
Employed in civilian labor force	174,427	95.9%
Employed in armed forces	817	0.4%