Warner Robins Today

Houston County recorded an unemployment rate of 5.1% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 4,236 people out of the 161,177 living in Houston County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Houston County has decreased compared to the 5.2% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Houston County was less than the statewide unemployment rate of 5.5%.

Of the 78,338 people who had a job during that time, 4,465 were employed in the Armed Forces and 73,873 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	4,236	5.1%
Employed	78,338	94.9%
Employed in civilian labor force	73,873	89.5%
Employed in armed forces	4,465	5.4%