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York County recorded an unemployment rate of 4.2% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 1,537 people out of the 69,635 living in York County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in York County has decreased compared to the 4.6% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in York County was less than the statewide unemployment rate of 4.5%.

Of the 35,476 people who had a job during that time, 4,216 were employed in the Armed Forces and 31,260 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	1,537	4.2%
Employed	35,476	95.8%
Employed in civilian labor force	31,260	84.5%
Employed in armed forces	4,216	11.4%