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Botetourt County recorded an unemployment rate of 3.1% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 516 people out of the 33,542 living in Botetourt County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Botetourt County has increased compared to the 2.8% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Botetourt County was less than the statewide unemployment rate of 4.5%.

Of the 16,401 people who had a job during that time, 18 were employed in the Armed Forces and 16,383 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	516	3.1%
Employed	16,401	96.9%
Employed in civilian labor force	16,383	96.8%
Employed in armed forces	18	0.1%