North Tidewater News

Hampton city recorded an unemployment rate of 5.5% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 4,004 people out of the 136,748 living in Hampton city at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Hampton city has decreased compared to the 5.7% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Hampton city was greater than the statewide unemployment rate of 4.5%.

Of the 69,007 people who had a job during that time, 5,752 were employed in the Armed Forces and 63,255 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	4,004	5.5%
Employed	69,007	94.5%
Employed in civilian labor force	63,255	86.6%
Employed in armed forces	5,752	7.9%