Eagle Valley Times

Lyon County recorded an unemployment rate of 8% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 2,178 people out of the 58,029 living in Lyon County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Lyon County has increased compared to the 7.9% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Lyon County was greater than the statewide unemployment rate of 7.1%.

Of the 25,009 people who had a job during that time, 180 were employed in the Armed Forces and 24,829 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	2,178	8%
Employed	25,009	92%
Employed in civilian labor force	24,829	91.3%
Employed in armed forces	180	0.7%