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Middlesex County recorded an unemployment rate of 4.7% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 4,325 people out of the 164,568 living in Middlesex County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Middlesex County has increased compared to the 4.3% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Middlesex County was less than the statewide unemployment rate of 6%.

Of the 88,351 people who had a job during that time, 254 were employed in the Armed Forces and 88,097 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	4,325	4.7%
Employed	88,351	95.3%
Employed in civilian labor force	88,097	95.1%
Employed in armed forces	254	0.3%