Great Lakes Wire

Michigan's unemployment rate hit 6.2% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That's 310,551 people out of the 10,062,512 living in Michigan at the time, according to data U.S. Census Bureau data obtained on Oct. 26, 2023.

The unemployment rate in Michigan has increased compared to the 6% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Michigan was greater than the national unemployment rate of 5.5%.

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer | twitter.com/gretchenwhitmer/photo

Of the 4,697,355 people who had a job during that time, 4,946 were employed in the Armed Forces and 4,692,409 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	310,551	6.2%
Employed	4,697,355	93.8%
Employed in civilian labor force	4,692,409	93.7%
Employed in armed forces	4,946	0.1%