South Knoxville News

Blount County recorded an unemployment rate of 4.5% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 3,002 people out of the 134,042 living in Blount County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Blount County has decreased compared to the 4.7% registered in 2020.

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

Of the 63,762 people who had a job during that time, 171 were employed in the Armed Forces and 63,591 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	3,002	4.5%
Employed	63,762	95.5%
Employed in civilian labor force	63,591	95.2%
Employed in armed forces	171	0.3%