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Pueblo County recorded an unemployment rate of 6.7% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 5,049 people out of the 167,453 living in Pueblo County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Pueblo County has decreased compared to the 6.9% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Pueblo County was greater than the statewide unemployment rate of 4.6%.

Of the 70,502 people who had a job during that time, 413 were employed in the Armed Forces and 70,089 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	5,049	6.7%
Employed	70,502	93.3%
Employed in civilian labor force	70,089	92.8%
Employed in armed forces	413	0.5%