Albany Standard

Dougherty County recorded an unemployment rate of 9.8% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 3,792 people out of the 86,825 living in Dougherty County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Dougherty County has decreased compared to the 10.4% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Dougherty County was greater than the statewide unemployment rate of 5.5%.

Of the 34,890 people who had a job during that time, 284 were employed in the Armed Forces and 34,606 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	3,792	9.8%
Employed	34,890	90.2%
Employed in civilian labor force	34,606	89.5%
Employed in armed forces	284	0.7%