Richmond Leader

Richmond city recorded an unemployment rate of 6% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 7,624 people out of the 225,676 living in Richmond city at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

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

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

Of the 120,417 people who had a job during that time, 710 were employed in the Armed Forces and 119,707 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	7,624	6%
Employed	120,417	94%
Employed in civilian labor force	119,707	93.5%
Employed in armed forces	710	0.6%