Lynchburg Reporter

Lynchburg city recorded an unemployment rate of 6% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 2,380 people out of the 78,973 living in Lynchburg city at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Lynchburg city has decreased compared to the 6.3% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Lynchburg city was greater than the statewide unemployment rate of 4.5%.

Of the 37,119 people who had a job during that time, 162 were employed in the Armed Forces and 36,957 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	2,380	6%
Employed	37,119	94%
Employed in civilian labor force	36,957	93.6%
Employed in armed forces	162	0.4%