Hillsborough Sun

Hillsborough County recorded an unemployment rate of 3.9% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 9,530 people out of the 420,504 living in Hillsborough County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Hillsborough County has decreased compared to the 4% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Hillsborough County was greater than the statewide unemployment rate of 3.8%.

Of the 234,073 people who had a job during that time, 577 were employed in the Armed Forces and 233,496 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	9,530	3.9%
Employed	234,073	96.1%
Employed in civilian labor force	233,496	95.9%
Employed in armed forces	577	0.2%