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Kleberg County recorded an unemployment rate of 5.2% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 744 people out of the 31,015 living in Kleberg County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Kleberg County has decreased compared to the 5.8% registered in 2020.

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

Of the 13,519 people who had a job during that time, 400 were employed in the Armed Forces and 13,119 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	744	5.2%
Employed	13,519	94.8%
Employed in civilian labor force	13,119	92%
Employed in armed forces	400	2.8%