Sandoval News

Sandoval County recorded an unemployment rate of 6.9% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 4,843 people out of the 147,327 living in Sandoval County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Sandoval County has increased compared to the 6.5% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Sandoval County was greater than the statewide unemployment rate of 6.5%.

Of the 65,027 people who had a job during that time, 200 were employed in the Armed Forces and 64,827 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	4,843	6.9%
Employed	65,027	93.1%
Employed in civilian labor force	64,827	92.8%
Employed in armed forces	200	0.3%