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Benton County recorded an unemployment rate of 3.9% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 897 people out of the 41,087 living in Benton County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Benton County has increased compared to the 3.3% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Benton County was less than the statewide unemployment rate of 4%.

Of the 22,067 people who had a job during that time, 58 were employed in the Armed Forces and 22,009 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	897	3.9%
Employed	22,067	96.1%
Employed in civilian labor force	22,009	95.8%
Employed in armed forces	58	0.3%