North Central PA Times

Montour County recorded an unemployment rate of 2.6% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 234 people out of the 18,198 living in Montour County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Montour County has increased compared to the 1.7% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Montour County was less than the statewide unemployment rate of 5.5%.

Of the 8,787 people who had a job during that time, 76 were employed in the Armed Forces and 8,711 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	234	2.6%
Employed	8,787	97.4%
Employed in civilian labor force	8,711	96.6%
Employed in armed forces	76	0.8%