West Lucas News

Lucas County recorded an unemployment rate of 7.2% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 15,702 people out of the 431,212 living in Lucas County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Lucas County has remained fairly stable compared to the 7.2% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Lucas County was greater than the statewide unemployment rate of 5.3%.

Of the 200,951 people who had a job during that time, 319 were employed in the Armed Forces and 200,632 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	15,702	7.2%
Employed	200,951	92.8%
Employed in civilian labor force	200,632	92.6%
Employed in armed forces	319	0.1%