Kalamazoo Times

Kalamazoo County recorded an unemployment rate of 6.7% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 9,338 people out of the 261,280 living in Kalamazoo County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Kalamazoo County has increased compared to the 6.2% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Kalamazoo County was greater than the statewide unemployment rate of 6.2%.

Of the 130,726 people who had a job during that time, 181 were employed in the Armed Forces and 130,545 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	9,338	6.7%
Employed	130,726	93.3%
Employed in civilian labor force	130,545	93.2%
Employed in armed forces	181	0.1%