East Kentucky Times

Morgan County recorded an unemployment rate of 4.2% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 179 people out of the 13,772 living in Morgan County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Morgan County has decreased compared to the 5.4% registered in 2020.

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

Of the 4,047 people who had a job during that time, 12 were employed in the Armed Forces and 4,035 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	179	4.2%
Employed	4,047	95.8%
Employed in civilian labor force	4,035	95.5%
Employed in armed forces	12	0.3%