Nashville Standard

Davidson County recorded an unemployment rate of 4.8% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 19,696 people out of the 708,490 living in Davidson County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Davidson County has increased compared to the 4.7% registered in 2020.

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

Of the 394,093 people who had a job during that time, 594 were employed in the Armed Forces and 393,499 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	19,696	4.8%
Employed	394,093	95.2%
Employed in civilian labor force	393,499	95.1%
Employed in armed forces	594	0.1%