East DFW News

Rockwall County recorded an unemployment rate of 3.6% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 2,018 people out of the 105,227 living in Rockwall County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Rockwall County has decreased compared to the 3.7% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Rockwall County was less than the statewide unemployment rate of 5.3%.

Of the 53,884 people who had a job during that time, 47 were employed in the Armed Forces and 53,837 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	2,018	3.6%
Employed	53,884	96.4%
Employed in civilian labor force	53,837	96.3%
Employed in armed forces	47	0.1%