Wine Country Times

Sonoma County recorded an unemployment rate of 5.1% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 13,428 people out of the 492,498 living in Sonoma County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Sonoma County has increased compared to the 4.6% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Sonoma County was less than the statewide unemployment rate of 6.5%.

Of the 252,105 people who had a job during that time, 723 were employed in the Armed Forces and 251,382 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	13,428	5.1%
Employed	252,105	94.9%
Employed in civilian labor force	251,382	94.7%
Employed in armed forces	723	0.3%