Outer Banks Times

Currituck County recorded an unemployment rate of 2.5% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 358 people out of the 27,575 living in Currituck County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Currituck County has decreased compared to the 3.2% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Currituck County was less than the statewide unemployment rate of 5.2%.

Of the 14,117 people who had a job during that time, 297 were employed in the Armed Forces and 13,820 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	358	2.5%
Employed	14,117	97.5%
Employed in civilian labor force	13,820	95.5%
Employed in armed forces	297	2.1%