Gastonia Times

Gaston County recorded an unemployment rate of 5.3% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 6,067 people out of the 226,097 living in Gaston County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Gaston County has decreased compared to the 6% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Gaston County was greater than the statewide unemployment rate of 5.2%.

Of the 107,798 people who had a job during that time, 316 were employed in the Armed Forces and 107,482 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	6,067	5.3%
Employed	107,798	94.7%
Employed in civilian labor force	107,482	94.4%
Employed in armed forces	316	0.3%