WC New Mexico News

McKinley County recorded an unemployment rate of 10.9% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 2,940 people out of the 72,946 living in McKinley County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in McKinley County has decreased compared to the 12.4% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in McKinley County was greater than the statewide unemployment rate of 6.5%.

Of the 23,975 people who had a job during that time, 148 were employed in the Armed Forces and 23,827 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	2,940	10.9%
Employed	23,975	89.1%
Employed in civilian labor force	23,827	88.5%
Employed in armed forces	148	0.5%