SE Kansas News

Montgomery County recorded an unemployment rate of 4.5% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 658 people out of the 31,679 living in Montgomery County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Montgomery County has decreased compared to the 5.2% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Montgomery County was greater than the statewide unemployment rate of 4%.

Of the 14,000 people who had a job during that time, 13 were employed in the Armed Forces and 13,987 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	658	4.5%
Employed	14,000	95.5%
Employed in civilian labor force	13,987	95.4%
Employed in armed forces	13	0.1%