North Iredell News

Iredell County recorded an unemployment rate of 4.8% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 4,597 people out of the 183,965 living in Iredell County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Iredell County has remained fairly stable compared to the 4.8% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Iredell County was less than the statewide unemployment rate of 5.2%.

Of the 90,917 people who had a job during that time, 101 were employed in the Armed Forces and 90,816 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	4,597	4.8%
Employed	90,917	95.2%
Employed in civilian labor force	90,816	95.1%
Employed in armed forces	101	0.1%