Pensacola Times

Escambia County recorded an unemployment rate of 5.9% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 9,302 people out of the 318,828 living in Escambia County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Escambia County has decreased compared to the 6% registered in 2020.

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

Of the 149,005 people who had a job during that time, 10,209 were employed in the Armed Forces and 138,796 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	9,302	5.9%
Employed	149,005	94.1%
Employed in civilian labor force	138,796	87.7%
Employed in armed forces	10,209	6.4%