North Michigan News

Alpena County recorded an unemployment rate of 7.1% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 932 people out of the 28,913 living in Alpena County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Alpena County has decreased compared to the 7.5% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Alpena County was greater than the statewide unemployment rate of 6.2%.

Of the 12,179 people who had a job during that time, 46 were employed in the Armed Forces and 12,133 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	932	7.1%
Employed	12,179	92.9%
Employed in civilian labor force	12,133	92.5%
Employed in armed forces	46	0.4%