#### Unemployment Rates, 2021

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|                                                                              | **Civilian Labor Force, 2021** | **Persons Employed, 2021** | **Persons Unemployed, 2021** | **Unemployment Rate, 2021** | **Unemployment Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2021** |
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| **United States**                                                                 | 161,204,000                    | 152,581,000                | 8,623,000                    | 5.3%                        | 100.0%                                               |
| **Appalachian Region**                                                            | 12,035,551                     | 11,468,696                 | 566,855                      | 4.7%                        | 88.0%                                                |
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| **STATE TOTALS**                                                                  |
| **Alabama**                                                                       | 2,246,993                      | 2,169,721                  | 77,272                       | 3.4%                        | 64.3%                                                |
| **Georgia**                                                                       | 5,186,969                      | 4,983,732                  | 203,237                      | 3.9%                        | 73.2%                                                |
| **Kentucky**                                                                      | 2,036,942                      | 1,941,737                  | 95,205                       | 4.7%                        | 87.4%                                                |
| **Maryland**                                                                      | 3,175,550                      | 2,992,228                  | 183,322                      | 5.8%                        | 107.9%                                               |
| **Mississippi**                                                                   | 1,254,239                      | 1,184,401                  | 69,838                       | 5.6%                        | 104.1%                                               |
| **New York**                                                                      | 9,441,458                      | 8,786,280                  | 655,178                      | 6.9%                        | 129.7%                                               |
| **North Carolina**                                                                | 4,959,672                      | 4,721,198                  | 238,474                      | 4.8%                        | 89.9%                                                |
| **Ohio**                                                                          | 5,736,882                      | 5,441,879                  | 295,003                      | 5.1%                        | 96.1%                                                |
| **Pennsylvania**                                                                  | 6,406,185                      | 5,999,442                  | 406,743                      | 6.3%                        | 118.7%                                               |
| **South Carolina**                                                                | 2,364,366                      | 2,269,813                  | 94,553                       | 4.0%                        | 74.8%                                                |
| **Tennessee**                                                                     | 3,327,966                      | 3,185,263                  | 142,703                      | 4.3%                        | 80.2%                                                |
| **Virginia**                                                                      | 4,267,656                      | 4,100,803                  | 166,853                      | 3.9%                        | 73.1%                                                |
| **West Virginia**                                                                 | 788,826                        | 749,132                    | 39,694                       | 5.0%                        | 94.1%                                                |
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| **STATE APPALACHIAN TOTALS**                                                      |
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| Appalachian Alabama                                                               | 1,473,325                      | 1,427,352                  | 45,973                       | 3.1%                        | 58.3%                                                |
| Appalachian Georgia                                                               | 1,661,370                      | 1,607,708                  | 53,662                       | 3.2%                        | 60.4%                                                |
| Appalachian Kentucky                                                              | 428,805                        | 404,938                    | 23,867                       | 5.6%                        | 104.1%                                               |
| Appalachian Maryland                                                              | 118,327                        | 111,673                    | 6,654                        | 5.6%                        | 105.1%                                               |
| Appalachian Mississippi                                                           | 268,300                        | 254,069                    | 14,231                       | 5.3%                        | 99.2%                                                |
| Appalachian New York                                                              | 444,970                        | 423,228                    | 21,742                       | 4.9%                        | 91.3%                                                |
| Appalachian North Carolina                                                        | 937,095                        | 894,228                    | 42,867                       | 4.6%                        | 85.5%                                                |
| Appalachian Ohio                                                                  | 873,484                        | 825,099                    | 48,385                       | 5.5%                        | 103.6%                                               |
| Appalachian Pennsylvania                                                          | 2,733,179                      | 2,553,004                  | 180,175                      | 6.6%                        | 123.2%                                               |
| Appalachian South Carolina                                                        | 628,913                        | 605,474                    | 23,439                       | 3.7%                        | 69.7%                                                |
| Appalachian Tennessee                                                             | 1,352,948                      | 1,299,915                  | 53,033                       | 3.9%                        | 73.3%                                                |
| Appalachian Virginia                                                              | 326,004                        | 312,875                    | 13,129                       | 4.0%                        | 75.3%                                                |
| West Virginia                                                                     | 788,831                        | 749,133                    | 39,698                       | 5.0%                        | 94.1%                                                |