Americus had unemployment rate of 8.5% in 2021

Americus recorded an unemployment rate of 8.5% among its 12,286 residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That means 6,714 of the 16,144 individuals of any age living in Americus at the time were employed, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Americus has increased compared to the 8.1% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Americus was greater than the statewide unemployment rate of 5.5%.

Of the 6,714 people who had a job during that time, 12 were employed in the Armed Forces and 6,702 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	624	8.5%
Employed	6,714	91.5%
Employed in civilian labor force	6,702	91.3%
Employed in armed forces	12	0.2%