Fayetteville Today

Cumberland County recorded an unemployment rate of 6.6% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 10,964 people out of the 333,582 living in Cumberland County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Cumberland County has increased compared to the 6.4% registered in 2020.

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

Of the 156,093 people who had a job during that time, 30,195 were employed in the Armed Forces and 125,898 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	10,964	6.6%
Employed	156,093	93.4%
Employed in civilian labor force	125,898	75.4%
Employed in armed forces	30,195	18.1%