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Piatt County recorded an unemployment rate of 4.5% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 397 people out of the 16,664 living in Piatt County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Piatt County has increased compared to the 3.7% registered in 2020.

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

Of the 8,335 people who had a job during that time, 8 were employed in the Armed Forces and 8,327 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	397	4.5%
Employed	8,335	95.5%
Employed in civilian labor force	8,327	95.4%
Employed in armed forces	8	0.1%