SW Oklahoma News

Custer County recorded an unemployment rate of 2.7% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 411 people out of the 28,564 living in Custer County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Custer County has decreased compared to the 2.8% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Custer County was less than the statewide unemployment rate of 5%.

Of the 14,715 people who had a job during that time, 36 were employed in the Armed Forces and 14,679 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	411	2.7%
Employed	14,715	97.3%
Employed in civilian labor force	14,679	97%
Employed in armed forces	36	0.2%