SW Tennessee News

McNairy County recorded an unemployment rate of 6% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 617 people out of the 25,916 living in McNairy County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in McNairy County has decreased compared to the 6.9% registered in 2020.

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

Of the 9,729 people who had a job during that time, 63 were employed in the Armed Forces and 9,666 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	617	6%
Employed	9,729	94%
Employed in civilian labor force	9,666	93.4%
Employed in armed forces	63	0.6%