Sooner State News

Oklahoma's unemployment rate hit 5% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That's 94,856 people out of the 3,948,136 living in Oklahoma at the time, according to data U.S. Census Bureau data obtained on Oct. 26, 2023.

The unemployment rate in Oklahoma has remained fairly stable compared to the 5% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Oklahoma was less than the national unemployment rate of 5.5%.

Of the 1,807,741 people who had a job during that time, 20,999 were employed in the Armed Forces and 1,786,742 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	94,856	5%
Employed	1,807,741	95%
Employed in civilian labor force	1,786,742	93.9%
Employed in armed forces	20,999	1.1%