North Coast Today

Clatsop County recorded an unemployment rate of 4.7% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 930 people out of the 40,720 living in Clatsop County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Clatsop County has increased compared to the 4.2% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Clatsop County was less than the statewide unemployment rate of 5.6%.

Of the 19,055 people who had a job during that time, 462 were employed in the Armed Forces and 18,593 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	930	4.7%
Employed	19,055	95.3%
Employed in civilian labor force	18,593	93%
Employed in armed forces	462	2.3%