West Cleveland News

Cuyahoga County recorded an unemployment rate of 7.5% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 49,084 people out of the 1,263,667 living in Cuyahoga County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Cuyahoga County has increased compared to the 7.4% registered in 2020.

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

Of the 605,186 people who had a job during that time, 378 were employed in the Armed Forces and 604,808 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	49,084	7.5%
Employed	605,186	92.5%
Employed in civilian labor force	604,808	92.4%
Employed in armed forces	378	0.1%