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Manitowoc County recorded an unemployment rate of 2.1% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 882 people out of the 81,103 living in Manitowoc County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Manitowoc County has decreased compared to the 2.4% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Manitowoc County was less than the statewide unemployment rate of 3.5%.

Of the 40,941 people who had a job during that time, 105 were employed in the Armed Forces and 40,836 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	882	2.1%
Employed	40,941	97.9%
Employed in civilian labor force	40,836	97.6%
Employed in armed forces	105	0.3%