UP Gazette

Iron County recorded an unemployment rate of 4.6% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 216 people out of the 11,580 living in Iron County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

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

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

Of the 4,439 people who had a job during that time, 8 were employed in the Armed Forces and 4,431 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	216	4.6%
Employed	4,439	95.4%
Employed in civilian labor force	4,431	95.2%
Employed in armed forces	8	0.2%