Savannah Standard

Effingham County recorded an unemployment rate of 5.2% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 1,636 people out of the 63,448 living in Effingham County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Effingham County has decreased compared to the 5.8% registered in 2020.

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

Of the 30,115 people who had a job during that time, 353 were employed in the Armed Forces and 29,762 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	1,636	5.2%
Employed	30,115	94.8%
Employed in civilian labor force	29,762	93.7%
Employed in armed forces	353	1.1%