Anne Arundel Today

Anne Arundel County recorded an unemployment rate of 4.2% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 13,663 people out of the 584,064 living in Anne Arundel County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Anne Arundel County has increased compared to the 4.1% registered in 2020.

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

Of the 311,629 people who had a job during that time, 14,294 were employed in the Armed Forces and 297,335 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	13,663	4.2%
Employed	311,629	95.8%
Employed in civilian labor force	297,335	91.4%
Employed in armed forces	14,294	4.4%