Fairfield Reporter

Fairfield County recorded an unemployment rate of 4% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 3,229 people out of the 157,622 living in Fairfield County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Fairfield County has increased compared to the 3.9% registered in 2020.

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

Of the 76,760 people who had a job during that time, 291 were employed in the Armed Forces and 76,469 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	3,229	4%
Employed	76,760	96%
Employed in civilian labor force	76,469	95.6%
Employed in armed forces	291	0.4%