River Bend Times

Muscatine County recorded an unemployment rate of 3.7% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 821 people out of the 43,145 living in Muscatine County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Muscatine County has increased compared to the 3.3% registered in 2020.

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

Of the 21,354 people who had a job during that time, 31 were employed in the Armed Forces and 21,323 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	821	3.7%
Employed	21,354	96.3%
Employed in civilian labor force	21,323	96.2%
Employed in armed forces	31	0.1%