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Highest labor force participation, US counties · 2020

US counties ranked by the share of adults 16+ in the civilian labor force (2023 ACS).

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501Sagadahoc County, MEME37,97966.0%
502Harvey County, KSKS33,58066.0%
503Billings County, NDND1,07166.0%
504Mineral County, COCO91066.0%
505Decatur County, ININ26,57666.0%
506Nance County, NENE3,29066.0%
507DeKalb County, ININ44,53566.0%
508Muscatine County, IAIA41,85366.0%
509Richland County, MTMT11,37766.0%
510Knox County, NENE8,33566.0%
511Duval County, FLFL1,062,96366.0%
512Clark County, SDSD4,03166.0%
513La Crosse County, WIWI121,33965.9%
514Franklin County, ININ23,28665.9%
515Mills County, IAIA14,79365.9%
516Phelps County, NENE8,99465.9%
517Clayton County, GAGA297,47165.9%
518Webster County, NENE3,33665.9%
519Menard County, ILIL11,86365.8%
520Passaic County, NJNJ531,62465.8%
521York County, PAPA473,19765.8%
522Beadle County, SDSD19,62465.8%
523Effingham County, ILIL34,51965.8%
524Nome Census Area, AKAK9,83065.8%
525Box Butte County, NENE10,49465.8%
526Dauphin County, PAPA293,35165.8%
527Clermont County, OHOH216,97765.8%
528Sully County, SDSD1,47965.8%
529Broward County, FLFL2,013,31765.7%
530Banner County, NENE68665.7%
531Perkins County, NENE2,84965.7%
532Story County, IAIA101,29165.7%
533Haskell County, KSKS3,59965.7%
534Lafayette Parish, LALA257,94965.7%
535Coweta County, GAGA160,24065.7%
536Kit Carson County, COCO7,06965.7%
537Shelby County, IAIA11,68965.7%
538Lane County, KSKS1,50865.7%
539Butler County, NENE8,50765.7%
540Putnam County, NYNY99,02865.7%
541Mountrail County, NDND9,39565.7%
542Warrick County, ININ66,80365.7%
543Pierce County, WAWA946,28865.7%
544Tom Green County, TXTX120,60265.7%
545Orange County, CACA3,149,50765.6%
546Petroleum County, MTMT54865.6%
547Bell County, TXTX402,24865.6%
548Delaware County, PAPA580,93765.6%
549Wilson County, TNTN175,03365.6%
550Lincoln County, NENE33,30365.6%
551Essex County, NJNJ896,37965.6%
552Merrimack County, NHNH158,07865.6%
553Washington County, ILIL13,56465.6%
554Hyde County, SDSD1,19165.5%
555Pennington County, SDSD116,79265.5%
556McHenry County, NDND5,13065.5%
557Oconee County, GAGA44,89365.5%
558Clayton County, IAIA16,84565.5%
559Pottawattamie County, IAIA92,99665.5%
560Douglas County, MNMN40,12065.5%
561Kingsbury County, SDSD5,28465.5%
562Cerro Gordo County, IAIA42,37265.5%
563Wilkin County, MNMN6,28865.5%
564Defiance County, OHOH38,29265.5%
565Ida County, IAIA6,77765.5%
566Nuckolls County, NENE4,10065.5%
567Jefferson County, KSKS18,29665.5%
568Franklin County, KSKS26,29965.4%
569Shelby County, KYKY51,24365.4%
570Oklahoma County, OKOK822,12565.4%
571Shelby County, ALAL238,55265.4%
572Queen Anne's County, MDMD54,44865.4%
573Hunterdon County, NJNJ131,78165.4%
575Charleston County, SCSC436,20065.4%
576Winnebago County, WIWI174,21865.4%
577Campbell County, SDSD1,37765.4%
578Suffolk County, NYNY1,546,09065.4%
579Robertson County, TNTN80,17565.3%
580McPherson County, KSKS30,06465.3%
581Christian County, MOMO96,72565.3%
582Walsh County, NDND10,17965.3%
583Sublette County, WYWY8,92965.3%
584Clay County, IAIA16,20265.3%
585Kauai County, HIHI73,40065.3%
586Thomas County, NENE63965.3%
587St. Louis County, MOMO990,91165.3%
588Geauga County, OHOH95,67665.3%
589Dickinson County, IAIA18,07765.3%
590Stonewall County, TXTX1,18665.3%
591New Castle County, DEDE588,02665.3%
592Saline County, NENE14,99665.3%
593Bullitt County, KYKY86,45465.3%
594Portage County, OHOH163,40465.2%
595Logan County, KSKS2,66165.2%
596Bonneville County, IDID135,77165.2%
597Clark County, ININ130,45165.2%
598Westchester County, NYNY1,015,74365.2%
599Hampton, VAVA137,31565.2%
600Parmer County, TXTX9,67865.2%
601Walworth County, SDSD5,21765.2%
602Traill County, NDND7,92065.2%
603Custer County, NENE10,50065.2%
604Jefferson County, WVWV63,10265.2%
605Leon County, FLFL299,04865.2%
606Deaf Smith County, TXTX18,62665.1%
607Chatham County, GAGA311,85565.1%
608Hillsborough County, FLFL1,574,11565.1%
609Gage County, NENE21,71165.1%
610Albany County, NYNY321,22565.1%
611Bexar County, TXTX2,160,08865.1%
612East Baton Rouge Parish, LALA456,18065.1%
613Livingston County, MIMI197,31565.1%
614Rush County, KSKS2,84565.1%
615Mahaska County, IAIA21,88065.1%
616Warren County, OHOH257,18165.1%
617Rock County, NENE1,25965.1%
618Middlesex County, NJNJ883,33565.1%
619Buffalo County, WIWI13,31865.1%
620Rock County, WIWI166,47265.1%
621Bristol County, MAMA593,64065.1%
622Adams County, ILIL64,26765.1%
623Grant County, SDSD7,53465.1%
624Converse County, WYWY13,82465.1%
625Benton County, ARAR332,55465.1%
626Faribault County, MNMN13,88865.1%
627Rice County, MNMN69,93965.1%
628Nassau County, NYNY1,398,93965.1%
629Napa County, CACA132,94965.1%
630Juab County, UTUT13,56765.1%
631Ochiltree County, TXTX9,28465.1%
632Androscoggin County, MEME116,48765.0%
633Allegheny County, PAPA1,225,03565.0%
634Sonoma County, CACA486,44465.0%
635Marion County, IAIA34,19265.0%
636Guthrie County, IAIA10,78265.0%
637Sac County, IAIA9,52565.0%
638Lafayette County, WIWI17,47865.0%
639Johnston County, NCNC256,44865.0%
640Polk County, NENE5,27065.0%
641Grant County, KSKS7,02865.0%
642Kittson County, MNMN4,03165.0%
643Rensselaer County, NYNY160,51065.0%
644Grundy County, IAIA12,36165.0%
645Columbia County, GAGA169,18965.0%
646Washington County, ARAR271,21365.0%
647Contra Costa County, CACA1,170,07065.0%
648Greene County, IAIA8,65865.0%
649Meade County, KSKS3,85265.0%
650Berks County, PAPA440,07265.0%
651Elk County, PAPA29,92665.0%
652Meeker County, MNMN23,60364.9%
653Cecil County, MDMD107,13164.9%
654Montgomery County, TXTX781,19464.9%
655Hancock County, OHOH75,03464.9%
656Chippewa County, MNMN12,40664.9%
657Lubbock County, TXTX328,90664.9%
658Lehigh County, PAPA384,38364.9%
659Wheeler County, TXTX4,77364.9%
660Greenville County, SCSC583,12564.9%
661Yankton County, SDSD23,63564.9%
662Red Willow County, NENE10,30764.9%
663Taylor County, IAIA5,83564.9%
664Johnson County, MOMO56,67064.9%
665Ransom County, NDND5,61764.9%
666Kingfisher County, OKOK15,79564.9%
667Berkeley County, SCSC274,66664.9%
668Scott County, IAIA175,25964.8%
669Jones County, SDSD91364.8%
670Ventura County, CACA830,85164.8%
671Greeley County, KSKS1,18264.8%
672York County, NENE14,56464.8%
673Poweshiek County, IAIA18,36864.8%
674Wicomico County, MDMD106,89964.8%
675Piatt County, ILIL16,79164.8%
676Wyandot County, OHOH21,56764.8%
677Milwaukee County, WIWI924,21664.8%
678LaMoure County, NDND4,13564.8%
679Rice County, KSKS9,26664.8%
680Keya Paha County, NENE79264.8%
681Currituck County, NCNC33,15864.8%
682Los Angeles County, CACA9,694,93464.8%
683Lake County, OHOH232,21764.7%
684Campbell County, KYKY95,44164.7%
685Jackson County, IAIA19,28864.7%
686Monroe County, FLFL80,40664.7%
687Douglas County, ILIL19,88064.7%
688Oldham County, KYKY70,98664.7%
689Grand Traverse County, MIMI96,72964.7%
690Kimball County, NENE3,39164.7%
691Summit County, OHOH538,37664.7%
692Fillmore County, NENE5,45864.7%
693Floyd County, ININ82,15364.7%
694Madison County, ALAL433,51664.7%
695Comanche County, KSKS1,67364.7%
696Roanoke, VAVA99,11164.7%
697Clark County, WIWI35,05264.7%
698Logan County, NENE66964.7%
699Pottawatomie County, KSKS27,18664.6%
700Dearborn County, ININ51,60964.6%
701Providence County, RIRI678,17964.6%
702Audubon County, IAIA5,50964.6%
703Mille Lacs County, MNMN27,75364.6%
704Humboldt County, IAIA9,40964.6%
705Lander County, NVNV5,87264.6%
706Polk County, MNMN30,54564.6%
707Dare County, NCNC38,24564.6%
708Merrick County, NENE7,90564.6%
709Maricopa County, AZAZ4,689,55864.6%
710Tipton County, ININ15,31964.6%
711Traverse County, MNMN3,13064.6%
712Davis County, IAIA9,23064.6%
713Lamar County, MSMS67,40364.5%
714Ingham County, MIMI289,70964.5%
715Stutsman County, NDND21,41464.5%
716Van Wert County, OHOH29,01364.5%
717Barton County, KSKS24,79064.5%
718Tama County, IAIA16,79664.5%
719Renville County, NDND2,33164.5%
720Okaloosa County, FLFL221,81064.5%
721Morrow County, OHOH36,30564.5%
722Taylor County, WIWI20,11864.5%
723Knox County, TNTN511,45364.5%
724Daggett County, UTUT93464.4%
725Gibson County, ININ33,09164.4%
726Pope County, MNMN11,42064.4%
727Cumberland County, NCNC338,47364.4%
728Marshall County, MNMN8,79864.4%
729Pipestone County, MNMN9,26064.4%
730Lexington County, SCSC317,58864.4%
731Twin Falls County, IDID97,53964.4%
732Iredell County, NCNC211,79864.4%
733Osceola County, FLFL481,71864.4%
734Cheatham County, TNTN42,77864.3%
735Marshall County, IAIA39,89064.3%
736Lyman County, SDSD3,69464.3%
737St. Clair County, ILIL250,70864.3%
738Pocahontas County, IAIA6,81964.3%
739Ogle County, ILIL51,39964.3%
740Castro County, TXTX7,29564.3%
741Santa Cruz County, CACA258,85264.3%
742Genesee County, NYNY58,41664.3%
743Noble County, ININ47,93764.3%
744Butler County, OHOH400,12864.3%
745Dawson County, GAGA35,36564.3%
746Henry County, OHOH27,59864.3%
747Shelby County, ININ45,88264.3%
748Montgomery County, ININ38,95464.3%
749McLean County, ILIL171,41964.3%
750Swift County, MNMN9,76364.2%
751Clark County, WAWA532,11964.2%
752Shelby County, TNTN910,22664.2%
753Clinton County, ININ33,32264.2%
754Washtenaw County, MIMI370,21464.2%
755Allamakee County, IAIA14,23864.2%
756Holmes County, OHOH44,97064.2%
757Kingman County, KSKS7,02964.2%
758Caroline County, MDMD34,11664.2%
759Waupaca County, WIWI51,46164.2%
760Box Elder County, UTUT65,32064.2%
761Franklin County, MAMA70,69864.2%
762McCone County, MTMT1,72064.2%
763Cumberland County, PAPA277,27064.2%
764Washington County, RIRI129,79564.1%
765Dickinson County, KSKS18,63764.1%
766Wabaunsee County, KSKS7,01864.1%
767Pepin County, WIWI7,51364.1%
768Rankin County, MSMS162,18164.1%
769Stafford County, KSKS4,00564.1%
770Emporia, VAVA5,44764.1%
771Steuben County, ININ34,79964.1%
772Yellow Medicine County, MNMN9,47764.1%
773Sherman County, NENE2,92464.1%
774Monroe County, IAIA7,40664.1%
775Lee County, GAGA34,17964.1%
776Mower County, MNMN40,97164.0%
777Thayer County, NENE4,84264.0%
778Watonwan County, MNMN11,45964.0%
779Wilbarger County, TXTX12,48164.0%
780Clackamas County, OROR426,28064.0%
781Queens County, NYNY2,358,18264.0%
782Culpeper County, VAVA57,66664.0%
783Galveston County, TXTX372,20764.0%
784Cole County, MOMO77,90864.0%
785Curry County, NMNM46,65564.0%
786Woodford County, KYKY27,88364.0%
787Bartholomew County, ININ85,72964.0%
788Martin County, MNMN19,44064.0%
789Cheshire County, NHNH78,26964.0%
790McClain County, OKOK49,64764.0%
791Louisa County, IAIA10,41664.0%
792Monroe County, WIWI46,57264.0%
793McIntosh County, NDND2,45163.9%
794Redwood County, MNMN15,26563.9%
795Perry County, MOMO19,09363.9%
796Austin County, TXTX33,62563.9%
797Guilford County, NCNC562,23463.9%
798Morris County, KSKS5,34863.9%
799Moffat County, COCO13,12263.9%
800Cloud County, KSKS8,83363.9%
801Clark County, NVNV2,407,22663.9%
802Brazoria County, TXTX419,08063.9%
803Cooke County, TXTX44,46163.9%
804Warren County, ININ8,47463.9%
805Phillips County, KSKS4,72863.9%
806Monroe County, NYNY750,50663.9%
807Fulton County, OHOH41,85363.8%
808Charlottesville, VAVA44,38863.8%
809Miami County, KSKS36,24063.8%
810Mercer County, NJNJ399,28963.8%
811Isle of Wight County, VAVA41,32163.8%
812Chippewa County, WIWI67,61463.8%
813Ottawa County, KSKS5,74463.8%
814Guadalupe County, TXTX201,11163.8%
815New Kent County, VAVA28,02263.8%
816Fairfield County, OHOH169,75263.8%
817Poquoson, VAVA13,29263.8%
818Atlantic County, NJNJ278,65763.8%
819Edwards County, KSKS2,64063.8%
820Emmet County, IAIA9,10763.8%
821Craighead County, ARAR116,95763.8%
822Marin County, CACA253,69463.8%
823Clinton County, MIMI80,43263.8%
824Madison County, ILIL263,11063.7%
825Grant County, MNMN6,08563.7%
826Lawrence County, SDSD29,45963.7%
827Belknap County, NHNH65,14763.7%
828Manitowoc County, WIWI81,71063.7%
829Adair County, IAIA7,40363.7%
830La Plata County, COCO56,89863.7%
831Cape Girardeau County, MOMO83,99963.7%
832Jefferson County, NYNY111,54063.7%
833Racine County, WIWI198,91963.7%
834Grant County, WIWI52,44663.7%
835Morgan County, ININ74,96763.7%
836Hendry County, FLFL48,27663.7%
837Becker County, MNMN35,49763.7%
838Macomb County, MIMI886,22163.7%
839Frederick County, VAVA99,95563.7%
840Dorchester County, SCSC178,39763.7%
841Santa Barbara County, CACA442,06563.7%
842Steele County, NDND1,79763.7%
843Warren County, VAVA42,74063.7%
844Wood County, WIWI74,06063.7%
845Amelia County, VAVA13,63263.7%
846Cass County, ILIL12,46363.7%
847Scotts Bluff County, NENE35,58663.7%
848Kings County, NYNY2,653,96363.7%
849Red Lake County, MNMN3,94063.7%
850Cottonwood County, MNMN11,40563.7%
851Beaver County, UTUT7,30163.7%
852Woodford County, ILIL38,11163.6%
853Deschutes County, OROR213,07263.6%
854Polk County, WIWI45,80363.6%
855Maury County, TNTN118,13163.6%
856St. Joseph County, ININ272,86163.6%
857Perry County, PAPA46,80663.6%
858De Witt County, ILIL15,11863.6%
859Windham County, VTVT45,20463.6%
860Pratt County, KSKS9,11763.6%
861Orange County, NYNY417,66963.6%
862Harrison County, MSMS217,13663.6%
863Miner County, SDSD2,28163.6%
864Valley County, NENE4,09463.6%
865Miami County, OHOH112,63463.6%
866Atchison County, KSKS16,17263.6%
867Rockland County, NYNY357,39763.6%
868Hamilton County, IAIA14,94463.6%
869Montgomery County, IAIA10,00263.6%
870Rockingham County, VAVA89,31663.6%
871Jackson County, GAGA99,26563.6%
872Beltrami County, MNMN47,05563.5%
873Butler County, PAPA200,16963.5%
874Ford County, ILIL13,21663.5%
875Huntington County, ININ37,22463.5%
876Wagoner County, OKOK93,26363.5%
877Colonial Heights, VAVA18,73863.5%
878Crawford County, KSKS39,00863.5%
879Lebanon County, PAPA146,38063.5%
880Norman County, MNMN6,33663.5%
881Latah County, IDID41,84263.5%
882Hall County, GAGA226,56863.5%
883Winnebago County, ILIL283,67463.5%
884Jefferson Parish, LALA431,39863.5%
885Portsmouth, VAVA96,77763.5%
886Jackson County, KSKS13,43863.5%
887Spencer County, ININ20,06163.4%
888Andrew County, MOMO18,24163.4%
889Hayes County, NENE82163.4%
890Rogers County, OKOK102,19763.4%
891Warren County, ILIL16,22263.4%
892Douglas County, WIWI43,99063.4%
893Carson County, TXTX5,80563.4%
894Camden County, GAGA60,14363.4%
895Eaton County, MIMI109,58163.4%
896Sherman County, TXTX2,78163.4%
897Solano County, CACA455,37663.4%
898Logan County, COCO20,65463.4%
899Vanderburgh County, ININ181,99563.4%
900Eddy County, NDND2,32963.3%
901Pembina County, NDND6,56863.3%
902Canyon County, IDID275,12363.3%
903Jackson County, OKOK24,76463.3%
904Floyd County, IAIA14,90163.3%
905Washakie County, WYWY7,59763.3%
906Jackson County, ININ47,37063.3%
907Cuyahoga County, OHOH1,232,92563.3%
908Waynesboro, VAVA23,95163.3%
909Gove County, KSKS2,63163.3%
910Jasper County, MOMO127,42863.3%
911Hardin County, KYKY113,48263.3%
912Archer County, TXTX9,12963.3%
913Beaver County, OKOK4,88263.3%
914Licking County, OHOH185,56463.3%
915Douglas County, WAWA46,47363.3%
916Chase County, NENE3,71863.3%
917Lincoln County, MOMO66,67663.3%
918Nelson County, KYKY49,03663.3%
919Shawnee County, KSKS178,60763.3%
920Loup County, NENE57063.3%
921Bottineau County, NDND6,28463.3%
922Oglethorpe County, GAGA16,41563.2%
923Benton County, ININ8,88363.2%
924St. Charles Parish, LALA50,58663.2%
925Harlan County, NENE3,00063.2%
926Hansford County, TXTX4,94463.2%
927Sheridan County, NENE4,80963.2%
928Cortland County, NYNY45,85063.2%
929Franklin County, IDID15,88963.2%
930Freeborn County, MNMN30,44063.2%
931Caribou County, IDID7,25263.2%
932Pitt County, NCNC182,93663.2%
933Lonoke County, ARAR76,66463.2%
934Hamilton County, KSKS2,50063.2%
935Union County, ININ6,86363.2%
936Newton County, GAGA125,58363.2%
937Wayne County, NYNY91,25063.2%
938Edmunds County, SDSD4,02263.1%
939Hampshire County, MAMA164,06563.1%
940Park County, MTMT18,21463.1%
941Fisher County, TXTX3,69263.1%
942Parker County, TXTX184,76763.1%
943Barber County, KSKS4,08363.1%
944Warren County, MOMO39,01663.1%
945Adams County, PAPA107,59463.1%
946Morgan County, COCO30,30663.1%
947Miami-Dade County, FLFL2,802,02963.1%
948Jessamine County, KYKY57,14763.1%
949Sacramento County, CACA1,618,46063.1%
950Osborne County, KSKS3,28563.1%
951Collingsworth County, TXTX2,48763.1%
952Clark County, KSKS1,90063.1%
953Pulaski County, ARAR404,61163.0%
954Murray County, MNMN7,94263.0%
955Darke County, OHOH51,52063.0%
956Brewster County, TXTX9,45863.0%
957Jasper County, IAIA38,15363.0%
958Butler County, IAIA14,04963.0%
959Northampton County, PAPA324,41163.0%
960Adams County, ININ36,65063.0%
962Cottle County, TXTX1,22463.0%
963Ontario County, NYNY113,13063.0%
964Roberts County, SDSD10,25563.0%
965Franklin County, MOMO108,09063.0%
966Minidoka County, IDID22,91163.0%
967Ray County, MOMO23,39863.0%
968Otter Tail County, MNMN61,04163.0%
969Dutchess County, NYNY300,70862.9%
970Dukes County, MAMA21,21962.9%
971Jasper County, ILIL9,03262.9%
972Lucas County, OHOH423,34762.9%
973Lincoln County, MNMN5,58362.9%
974Ness County, KSKS2,61762.9%
975Douglas County, SDSD2,88862.9%
976Bartow County, GAGA120,80062.9%
977Elmore County, IDID29,46562.9%
978Clay County, FLFL239,59362.9%
979Valley County, MTMT7,38562.9%
980Lee County, MSMS83,73162.9%
981Saline County, ARAR133,28862.9%
982Clark County, ILIL15,11462.9%
983Bossier Parish, LALA131,86762.9%
984Bingham County, IDID51,15362.8%
985Calhoun County, TXTX19,59962.8%
986Person County, NCNC40,63662.8%
987Labette County, KSKS19,68562.8%
988West Baton Rouge Parish, LALA28,75662.8%
989Stevens County, KSKS4,98462.8%
990Cascade County, MTMT85,02962.8%
991Flathead County, MTMT115,42962.8%
992Crawford County, IAIA16,23762.8%
993Wayne County, OHOH116,75862.8%
994Coles County, ILIL46,60762.8%
995Brown County, KSKS9,10462.8%
996Tippecanoe County, ININ190,45662.8%
997Grant County, WAWA105,72762.8%
998Johnson County, TXTX218,04862.7%
999Culberson County, TXTX2,26762.7%
1000Hot Springs County, WYWY4,60062.7%
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UPDATED 2026-06-02 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES