River Bend Times

Cedar County recorded an unemployment rate of 3.4% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 341 people out of the 18,494 living in Cedar County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

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

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

Of the 9,658 people who had a job during that time, 5 were employed in the Armed Forces and 9,653 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	341	3.4%
Employed	9,658	96.6%
Employed in civilian labor force	9,653	96.5%
Employed in armed forces	5	0.1%