North Tidewater News

Portsmouth city recorded an unemployment rate of 5.8% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 2,807 people out of the 97,454 living in Portsmouth city at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Portsmouth city has increased compared to the 5.7% registered in 2020.

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

Of the 45,657 people who had a job during that time, 4,125 were employed in the Armed Forces and 41,532 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	2,807	5.8%
Employed	45,657	94.2%
Employed in civilian labor force	41,532	85.7%
Employed in armed forces	4,125	8.5%