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Douglas County recorded an unemployment rate of 3.2% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 643 people out of the 38,742 living in Douglas County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Douglas County has increased compared to the 2.4% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Douglas County was less than the statewide unemployment rate of 4%.

Of the 19,489 people who had a job during that time, 33 were employed in the Armed Forces and 19,456 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	643	3.2%
Employed	19,489	96.8%
Employed in civilian labor force	19,456	96.6%
Employed in armed forces	33	0.2%