Central ND News

Morton County recorded an unemployment rate of 2.5% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 458 people out of the 32,916 living in Morton County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Morton County has increased compared to the 2% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Morton County was less than the statewide unemployment rate of 3.1%.

Of the 17,981 people who had a job during that time, 40 were employed in the Armed Forces and 17,941 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	458	2.5%
Employed	17,981	97.5%
Employed in civilian labor force	17,941	97.3%
Employed in armed forces	40	0.2%