Ames Today

Boone County recorded an unemployment rate of 2% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 296 people out of the 26,721 living in Boone County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Boone County has decreased compared to the 2.2% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Boone County was less than the statewide unemployment rate of 3.9%.

Of the 14,169 people who had a job during that time, 47 were employed in the Armed Forces and 14,122 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	296	2%
Employed	14,169	98%
Employed in civilian labor force	14,122	97.6%
Employed in armed forces	47	0.3%