Corpus Christi Sun

Nueces County recorded an unemployment rate of 5.9% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 10,135 people out of the 353,594 living in Nueces County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Nueces County has increased compared to the 5.7% registered in 2020.

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

Of the 161,458 people who had a job during that time, 2,094 were employed in the Armed Forces and 159,364 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	10,135	5.9%
Employed	161,458	94.1%
Employed in civilian labor force	159,364	92.9%
Employed in armed forces	2,094	1.2%