Green Bay Reporter

Brown County recorded an unemployment rate of 2.9% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 4,282 people out of the 267,364 living in Brown County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Brown County has increased compared to the 2.8% registered in 2020.

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

Of the 140,918 people who had a job during that time, 66 were employed in the Armed Forces and 140,852 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	4,282	2.9%
Employed	140,918	97.1%
Employed in civilian labor force	140,852	97%
Employed in armed forces	66	0%