South Indy News

Johnson County recorded an unemployment rate of 3.5% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 2,930 people out of the 159,739 living in Johnson County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Johnson County has decreased compared to the 3.6% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Johnson County was less than the statewide unemployment rate of 4.7%.

Of the 81,747 people who had a job during that time, 528 were employed in the Armed Forces and 81,219 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	2,930	3.5%
Employed	81,747	96.5%
Employed in civilian labor force	81,219	95.9%
Employed in armed forces	528	0.6%