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Brown County recorded an unemployment rate of 5.2% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 927 people out of the 38,085 living in Brown County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Brown County has increased compared to the 4.3% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Brown County was less than the statewide unemployment rate of 5.3%.

Of the 16,844 people who had a job during that time, 45 were employed in the Armed Forces and 16,799 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	927	5.2%
Employed	16,844	94.8%
Employed in civilian labor force	16,799	94.5%
Employed in armed forces	45	0.3%