RANKING · 2024 ACS · 500 SHOWN OF 3,144

Highest unemployment, US counties

US counties ranked by the highest unemployment rate (2024 ACS). Quitman County, Georgia leads at 28.6%. 3,144 counties qualify in total. South Dakota carries 5 of the top 25 entries.

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YEAR2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPUNEMPLOYMENT RATEVS 2020

USUnited States334,922,4995.2%–

01Quitman County, GAGA2,25428.6%+7.2 pts

02Corson County, SDSD3,78123.5%−0.6 pts

03Ziebach County, SDSD2,38923.5%−6.9 pts

04Brooks County, TXTX6,57919.9%+18.8 pts

05Kusilvak Census Area, AKAK7,93219.8%−2.7 pts

06Lee County, ARAR8,02919.1%+5.3 pts

07Todd County, SDSD8,86318.7%+7.9 pts

08St. Helena Parish, LALA10,75817.6%+0.3 pts

09Sioux County, NDND3,66717.0%+0.2 pts

10Nome Census Area, AKAK9,83016.9%−1.2 pts

11Northwest Arctic, AKAK7,09516.7%+0.7 pts

12Perry County, ALAL7,42516.5%+5.0 pts

13Oglala Lakota County, SDSD13,33816.4%+0.1 pts

14Bethel Census Area, AKAK18,39115.9%−1.6 pts

15Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, AKAK2,27115.8%+5.0 pts

16Harding County, NMNM61715.3%+12.0 pts

17Bamberg County, SCSC12,79615.0%+7.9 pts

18Phillips County, ARAR14,25514.5%+0.1 pts

19Charlton County, GAGA13,12114.0%+0.2 pts

20Dewey County, SDSD5,41913.9%−7.5 pts

21East Carroll Parish, LALA6,76013.9%+7.5 pts

22Hickory County, MOMO9,04413.8%+4.7 pts

23Blaine County, MTMT6,86013.6%+0.8 pts

24Wilkinson County, MSMS7,58213.4%+5.7 pts

25Tunica County, MSMS8,81913.3%+5.2 pts

26Jasper County, TXTX33,07513.3%+3.2 pts

27Big Horn County, MTMT12,75213.2%−0.1 pts

28Wolfe County, KYKY6,29813.1%−12.3 pts

29Washington County, NCNC10,63813.0%+5.7 pts

30Sierra County, CACA3,09812.6%+5.6 pts

31Cottle County, TXTX1,22412.6%+4.5 pts

32Owsley County, KYKY3,93212.6%+1.6 pts

33Imperial County, CACA181,41112.5%−1.2 pts

34Humphreys County, MSMS7,00112.5%−1.9 pts

35San Juan County, UTUT14,54212.5%+0.5 pts

36Mellette County, SDSD2,13712.5%+2.4 pts

37Ferry County, WAWA7,51712.5%+5.1 pts

38Quitman County, MSMS5,36412.4%−3.3 pts

39Turner County, GAGA8,98312.2%+4.8 pts

40Santa Cruz County, AZAZ50,02012.2%+3.8 pts

41Sumter County, ALAL11,58812.1%+4.1 pts

42Bibb County, ALAL22,26212.1%+4.6 pts

43Highland County, VAVA2,31811.9%+0.6 pts

44Pocahontas County, WVWV7,60211.9%+4.9 pts

45Greene County, MSMS13,70711.9%−4.6 pts

46Clay County, WVWV7,53811.9%−0.9 pts

47Wilcox County, ALAL9,66611.8%−1.2 pts

48Concordia Parish, LALA17,83611.7%+2.5 pts

49Leflore County, MSMS25,68611.6%+0.2 pts

50Mingo County, WVWV21,45511.5%−2.5 pts

51Garza County, TXTX4,51011.5%+2.5 pts

52Tensas Parish, LALA3,70011.4%−2.9 pts

53Bronx County, NYNY1,406,33211.4%+1.3 pts

54Sunflower County, MSMS22,89311.2%+0.3 pts

55Lake County, CACA67,77211.1%+0.5 pts

56Duval County, TXTX9,40211.0%+2.2 pts

57Dallas County, ALAL35,14011.0%+0.6 pts

58Randolph County, GAGA6,15610.9%+2.2 pts

59Scotland County, NCNC33,32210.9%−0.8 pts

60Reynolds County, MOMO5,99210.9%+3.0 pts

61Lafayette County, FLFL8,79210.9%+0.2 pts

62St. John the Baptist Parish, LALA39,87510.9%+2.3 pts

63Kemper County, MSMS8,60010.8%−4.5 pts

64Kings County, CACA154,32710.8%+2.4 pts

65Buffalo County, SDSD1,80210.8%−11.2 pts

66Menard County, TXTX1,95610.8%+6.3 pts

67Roosevelt County, MTMT10,24210.8%+0.1 pts

68Cross County, ARAR16,18610.7%+3.7 pts

69Apache County, AZAZ64,44510.7%+1.3 pts

70Rosebud County, MTMT8,25310.6%+4.8 pts

71Merced County, CACA297,26010.6%−0.1 pts

72Dillingham Census Area, AKAK4,48310.5%−1.1 pts

73Cibola County, NMNM26,80710.5%−1.1 pts

74Starr County, TXTX66,31910.4%−2.7 pts

75Monroe County, ALAL18,96510.4%−3.1 pts

76Saguache County, COCO6,73210.3%+0.5 pts

77Crittenden County, ARAR46,21010.2%+0.9 pts

78Dougherty County, GAGA82,61610.2%−0.2 pts

79Tallahatchie County, MSMS10,87710.2%−0.3 pts

80Rio Grande County, COCO11,08710.1%+0.8 pts

81Madera County, CACA167,92710.1%+0.5 pts

82Bell County, KYKY22,82910.1%+0.5 pts

83Caldwell Parish, LALA9,34410.1%+0.7 pts

84Escambia County, ALAL36,66510.1%−0.0 pts

85Clay County, TNTN7,82110.0%+4.8 pts

86Petersburg, VAVA33,73410.0%−2.6 pts

87La Paz County, AZAZ16,71110.0%+1.2 pts

88Glacier County, MTMT13,46310.0%+3.7 pts

89Warren County, GAGA5,26910.0%+6.4 pts

90Menominee County, WIWI4,19910.0%−0.4 pts

91Bennett County, SDSD3,30710.0%+0.6 pts

92Thurston County, NENE6,75210.0%−1.8 pts

93Luce County, MIMI6,3399.9%+3.3 pts

94Marlboro County, SCSC25,4889.9%−0.1 pts

95Coahoma County, MSMS19,8499.9%−2.1 pts

96Washington Parish, LALA44,9379.9%+0.4 pts

97Colleton County, SCSC39,3829.9%+2.9 pts

98Mahnomen County, MNMN5,1539.8%+0.8 pts

99Monroe County, ARAR6,2449.8%+3.6 pts

100Choctaw County, MSMS8,0489.8%+0.5 pts

101Evangeline Parish, LALA31,9809.8%−3.5 pts

102Mineral County, NVNV4,4079.8%−2.3 pts

103Richmond County, NCNC42,0419.8%+1.6 pts

104Allen Parish, LALA22,6729.8%+1.1 pts

105Hardeman County, TNTN25,2749.8%−3.3 pts

106Colusa County, CACA21,8369.8%+5.6 pts

107Jackson County, ARAR16,7419.8%−0.8 pts

108Yazoo County, MSMS22,9479.7%−2.4 pts

109Pemiscot County, MOMO14,4659.7%−1.6 pts

110Jack County, TXTX9,5639.6%+6.3 pts

111Jefferson Davis County, MSMS10,9419.6%+2.6 pts

112Lancaster County, VAVA10,9959.5%−0.4 pts

113Holmes County, MSMS15,4659.5%−5.8 pts

114Harlan County, KYKY24,7259.5%−3.0 pts

115Lee County, VAVA21,6429.5%−0.2 pts

116San Augustine County, TXTX7,7229.5%−1.6 pts

117DeSoto County, FLFL37,0789.5%+0.7 pts

118Hampton County, SCSC18,1749.5%+1.4 pts

119Chugach Census Area, AKAK6,5539.5%+6.7 pts

120Clare County, MIMI31,5439.5%−0.6 pts

121Morehouse Parish, LALA23,7059.4%+3.7 pts

122San Juan County, COCO8139.4%+3.9 pts

123Lander County, NVNV5,8729.4%+0.2 pts

124Braxton County, WVWV11,8859.4%−2.9 pts

125Stone County, MSMS19,6549.3%+2.7 pts

126Breathitt County, KYKY12,5589.3%+0.2 pts

127Tulare County, CACA485,1469.3%−0.6 pts

128Clay County, KYKY19,4659.3%−0.2 pts

129Wilbarger County, TXTX12,4819.3%+2.3 pts

130Knott County, KYKY13,3219.3%−0.7 pts

131Halifax County, NCNC46,5349.3%+2.8 pts

132Dickens County, TXTX1,6929.2%+2.9 pts

133Hopewell, VAVA23,2619.2%+0.8 pts

134Jackson County, COCO1,2119.2%−0.7 pts

135St. Francis County, ARAR21,8009.2%+3.2 pts

136Musselshell County, MTMT5,5829.2%+2.2 pts

137Rappahannock County, VAVA7,4399.2%+5.0 pts

138Webster County, WVWV7,7609.2%−2.7 pts

139Clarke County, ALAL22,0149.2%−2.4 pts

140Lawrence County, MSMS11,8199.2%−3.4 pts

141Gallatin County, ILIL4,6169.2%+0.5 pts

142Plumas County, CACA18,5839.2%+2.8 pts

143Skagway, AKAK1,1049.1%−0.8 pts

144Roane County, WVWV13,3179.1%−1.0 pts

145Mineral County, COCO9109.1%+3.5 pts

146Chicot County, ARAR9,1079.1%−1.8 pts

147Sharkey County, MSMS3,0979.1%−1.3 pts

148Chattahoochee County, GAGA8,4659.1%−2.7 pts

149McCulloch County, TXTX7,4729.0%+4.1 pts

150Hall County, TXTX2,7379.0%−1.0 pts

151McKinley County, NMNM68,1199.0%−3.4 pts

152Torrance County, NMNM16,1009.0%−0.0 pts

153Lenoir County, NCNC55,8379.0%+0.1 pts

154Hampshire County, WVWV24,1059.0%+2.0 pts

155Magoffin County, KYKY11,1109.0%−3.2 pts

156Mendocino County, CACA88,1229.0%+0.4 pts

157Humboldt County, CACA131,6479.0%−0.0 pts

158Grundy County, TNTN14,1169.0%+0.9 pts

159Dillon County, SCSC27,4589.0%+2.6 pts

160Catahoula Parish, LALA8,2238.9%+1.2 pts

161Calhoun County, WVWV5,9788.9%−1.7 pts

162Walker County, TXTX83,8428.9%+5.5 pts

163Casey County, KYKY16,2058.9%+0.5 pts

164Richland Parish, LALA19,5828.9%+2.3 pts

165Boone County, WVWV20,2518.9%−3.5 pts

166Emanuel County, GAGA23,1478.9%+0.9 pts

167Navajo County, AZAZ109,9468.8%−2.2 pts

168Atlantic County, NJNJ278,6578.8%+0.1 pts

169Bandera County, TXTX22,8768.7%+1.6 pts

170Edgecombe County, NCNC49,1218.7%−0.1 pts

171Essex County, NJNJ896,3798.7%+0.7 pts

172Caddo Parish, LALA224,2268.7%+1.8 pts

173Conecuh County, ALAL10,8998.7%+0.8 pts

174Fresno County, CACA1,035,4568.7%−0.2 pts

175Matagorda County, TXTX36,4638.7%+2.3 pts

176Marion County, TXTX9,8968.7%−2.2 pts

177Wayne County, MIMI1,769,0388.7%−0.2 pts

178Kern County, CACA927,0688.6%−0.5 pts

179Noxubee County, MSMS9,7988.6%−2.2 pts

180Lewis County, WVWV16,3948.6%+2.1 pts

181Lake and Peninsula, AKAK1,3578.6%−9.7 pts

182Otero County, NMNM70,3688.6%−0.6 pts

183Pleasants County, WVWV7,3388.5%+0.9 pts

184Richmond County, GAGA206,5598.5%−0.8 pts

185Logan County, WVWV30,3758.5%−5.6 pts

186Barbour County, WVWV15,4148.5%+0.1 pts

187Allendale County, SCSC7,3558.5%−4.4 pts

188Kent County, TXTX6748.5%+3.5 pts

189Franklin County, FLFL13,0298.5%+0.7 pts

190De Baca County, NMNM1,6478.4%−1.3 pts

191Fayette County, ALAL15,8728.4%+0.5 pts

192Hancock County, WVWV27,7298.4%+0.3 pts

193Dimmit County, TXTX8,0248.4%+0.5 pts

194Blaine County, OKOK8,5158.4%+2.5 pts

195Trinity County, CACA15,7208.4%−0.7 pts

196Grant County, NMNM27,2528.4%+0.3 pts

197Aleutians East, AKAK3,4798.4%+4.8 pts

198Lassen County, CACA28,1178.3%+2.2 pts

199Orangeburg County, SCSC83,1778.3%−1.6 pts

200Macon County, ALAL18,1328.3%−2.6 pts

201Madison County, IDID55,1728.3%+0.9 pts

202Newton County, TXTX11,9548.3%−2.7 pts

203Throckmorton County, TXTX1,5548.3%+3.5 pts

204Dallas County, ARAR6,0118.2%+1.3 pts

205Crosby County, TXTX4,8528.2%+3.0 pts

206Bulloch County, GAGA86,9498.2%−0.8 pts

207McDowell County, WVWV16,8788.2%−6.8 pts

208Wise County, VAVA34,8248.2%−1.0 pts

209Tuolumne County, CACA53,1608.2%+0.9 pts

210Vance County, NCNC42,6388.2%+0.2 pts

211Curry County, NMNM46,6558.2%+0.3 pts

212Crawford County, MIMI13,7228.2%+0.7 pts

213Franklin Parish, LALA19,0028.2%−0.1 pts

214Philadelphia County, PAPA1,574,2818.1%−0.6 pts

215Sharp County, ARAR18,1228.1%+2.9 pts

216Arkansas County, ARAR15,8368.1%+3.4 pts

217Knox County, KYKY29,5328.1%+1.8 pts

218Jefferson County, ARAR62,9878.1%−0.5 pts

219Bibb County, GAGA157,5568.1%+0.7 pts

220Northampton County, NCNC16,4918.1%+0.3 pts

221Radford, VAVA17,2438.1%+1.6 pts

222Lawrence County, ILIL13,7908.1%+3.5 pts

223Polk County, TXTX53,4348.1%−1.0 pts

224Nye County, NVNV57,3368.1%−0.6 pts

225Genesee County, MIMI401,0938.1%−0.9 pts

226Jefferson County, OROR25,7408.1%−1.4 pts

227Oscoda County, MIMI8,7238.0%−1.3 pts

228Hudspeth County, TXTX3,4338.0%−0.6 pts

229Glenn County, CACA28,1418.0%+2.3 pts

230Calhoun County, FLFL13,2898.0%+4.0 pts

231Passaic County, NJNJ531,6248.0%+1.8 pts

232Lincoln County, OROR50,6368.0%+0.9 pts

233Washington County, GAGA19,4538.0%+2.9 pts

234Desha County, ARAR9,9848.0%+3.0 pts

235Stanislaus County, CACA557,7198.0%−0.8 pts

236Mackinac County, MIMI11,2368.0%−1.3 pts

237Huerfano County, COCO7,0118.0%+5.7 pts

238Jefferson County, IAIA15,2918.0%+0.6 pts

239Liberty County, GAGA70,3137.9%−1.4 pts

240Union County, SCSC26,7997.9%+0.2 pts

241Franklin, VAVA8,4787.9%−2.0 pts

242Robertson County, TXTX17,8397.9%−1.1 pts

243Kings County, NYNY2,653,9637.9%+1.4 pts

244Allen County, KSKS12,3027.9%+3.7 pts

245Menifee County, KYKY6,4307.9%+3.3 pts

246Siskiyou County, CACA42,0137.9%+0.5 pts

247McDonough County, ILIL25,9167.9%−1.3 pts

248Watauga County, NCNC54,7867.9%−0.9 pts

249Beckham County, OKOK22,1597.9%+3.5 pts

250Henderson County, ILIL5,9847.8%+1.6 pts

251Cameron County, PAPA4,2117.8%−2.4 pts

252Pitt County, NCNC182,9367.8%−0.3 pts

253Barbour County, ALAL24,6077.8%+0.9 pts

254Lincoln County, WAWA11,9827.8%+4.2 pts

255Lawrence County, KYKY15,7657.7%+1.9 pts

256Saline County, ILIL22,7727.7%−0.2 pts

257Treutlen County, GAGA6,4667.7%−1.2 pts

258Acadia Parish, LALA57,0327.7%−1.9 pts

259Graham County, AZAZ40,1577.7%+0.8 pts

260Kleberg County, TXTX30,3157.7%+1.7 pts

261East Baton Rouge Parish, LALA456,1807.7%+1.1 pts

262Clearwater County, MNMN8,6477.7%+0.7 pts

263Floyd County, KYKY34,4017.7%−1.6 pts

264Coleman County, TXTX7,9157.7%+1.9 pts

265Wasco County, OROR26,3107.7%+1.1 pts

266Edmonson County, KYKY12,7497.7%−0.9 pts

267Maverick County, TXTX58,8237.7%−0.0 pts

268Franklin County, ILIL36,9167.7%+0.5 pts

269Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, AKAK5,7777.7%−2.0 pts

270Jackson County, TNTN12,4667.6%+0.0 pts

271Cumberland County, NCNC338,4737.6%−0.2 pts

272Schley County, GAGA4,5937.6%−0.4 pts

273Taos County, NMNM34,5647.6%−0.6 pts

274Hidalgo County, TXTX921,5497.6%+0.3 pts

275Swain County, NCNC14,0247.6%+1.6 pts

276Modoc County, CACA8,4267.6%−0.8 pts

277North Slope, AKAK10,5827.6%−2.2 pts

278Clark County, NVNV2,407,2267.6%+0.6 pts

279New York County, NYNY1,664,8627.6%+1.9 pts

280St. Bernard Parish, LALA45,6427.6%−1.4 pts

281San Joaquin County, CACA823,8157.6%+0.3 pts

282Orleans Parish, LALA362,1547.5%−1.0 pts

283Willacy County, TXTX19,9717.5%−2.9 pts

284Hinds County, MSMS211,8887.5%−1.8 pts

285Montgomery County, GAGA8,6357.5%−0.3 pts

286Coal County, OKOK5,4367.5%+1.4 pts

287Taylor County, WVWV16,2877.5%−2.6 pts

288Chesterfield County, SCSC44,7407.5%−1.9 pts

289Fleming County, KYKY15,7877.5%−0.9 pts

290Shackelford County, TXTX3,1977.5%−1.0 pts

291Neshoba County, MSMS28,7327.5%−1.8 pts

292Pike County, PAPA62,8087.5%−0.4 pts

293Jackson County, ILIL52,5017.5%−1.4 pts

294Marion County, MSMS24,0017.5%−1.9 pts

295George County, MSMS26,3317.5%−5.2 pts

296Crisp County, GAGA19,2377.5%−4.5 pts

297Carbon County, PAPA65,8687.5%+2.3 pts

298Somerset County, MDMD24,9737.5%−1.8 pts

299Butte County, CACA209,2117.5%+0.0 pts

300Scott County, TNTN22,6717.5%−0.7 pts

301Adams County, IDID5,0137.4%−4.1 pts

302Johnson County, GAGA9,3107.4%−4.3 pts

303Randolph County, WVWV26,8827.4%+0.3 pts

304Quay County, NMNM8,4547.4%+4.9 pts

305Jefferson County, FLFL16,0077.4%+1.6 pts

306Salem County, NJNJ66,2807.4%+0.3 pts

307Jackson Parish, LALA15,8347.4%+3.0 pts

308Cochise County, AZAZ126,3327.4%+0.6 pts

309Fremont County, WYWY39,4647.4%−0.0 pts

310Lake County, MIMI13,1827.4%+1.6 pts

311Putnam County, FLFL77,7347.4%−1.1 pts

312Calhoun County, TXTX19,5997.4%+3.1 pts

313Boone County, ILIL53,5687.4%−0.2 pts

314Zapata County, TXTX13,7537.3%−1.0 pts

315Wayne County, MOMO10,7827.3%−0.6 pts

316Hardy County, WVWV14,3377.3%+3.7 pts

317Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CTCT337,6977.3%–

318Yakima County, WAWA259,1857.3%+0.9 pts

319Little River County, ARAR11,7637.3%−0.6 pts

320Westmoreland County, VAVA19,7157.3%−5.4 pts

321Hawkins County, TNTN59,5597.3%−0.3 pts

322Spalding County, GAGA70,7757.3%+3.0 pts

323Yancey County, NCNC19,0847.3%−0.1 pts

324Los Angeles County, CACA9,694,9347.3%+0.8 pts

325Chambers County, TXTX57,5947.3%+0.2 pts

326Polk County, ARAR19,4867.3%−3.2 pts

327San Juan County, NMNM120,3407.3%−1.0 pts

328Okmulgee County, OKOK37,2417.3%−0.7 pts

329Iberia Parish, LALA66,8467.3%−1.5 pts

330Greer County, OKOK5,3737.3%+2.1 pts

331Winnebago County, ILIL283,6747.3%−0.5 pts

332Mohave County, AZAZ228,1027.3%−0.4 pts

333Queens County, NYNY2,358,1827.2%+1.3 pts

334Steuben County, ININ34,7997.2%+1.5 pts

335Marion County, SCSC28,2427.2%−1.1 pts

336Clay County, MSMS18,2387.2%−1.5 pts

337Bullock County, ALAL9,7807.2%+3.9 pts

338Harmon County, OKOK2,3277.2%+0.4 pts

339Jasper County, GAGA17,6327.2%+2.1 pts

340Shelby County, TNTN910,2267.2%−0.2 pts

341Warren County, NCNC18,8987.2%−1.8 pts

342Clayton County, GAGA297,4717.2%+0.1 pts

343Wayne County, GAGA32,4817.2%+1.8 pts

344Green County, KYKY11,6447.2%+1.8 pts

345Jackson County, SDSD2,6667.2%−2.1 pts

346Klamath County, OROR70,2747.2%−0.3 pts

347Izard County, ARAR14,4057.2%−3.5 pts

348Macon County, GAGA11,7567.2%−2.0 pts

349Decatur County, TNTN11,8207.2%−0.8 pts

350Sutter County, CACA98,7877.2%−0.5 pts

351Harrison County, MSMS217,1367.1%−1.6 pts

352Madison County, TXTX14,2267.1%+1.4 pts

353Glades County, FLFL13,2707.1%−3.4 pts

354Morris County, TXTX12,1337.1%−0.3 pts

355Liberty County, TXTX121,3647.1%−0.4 pts

356Allegany County, NYNY46,8007.1%+1.9 pts

357San Bernardino County, CACA2,224,0917.1%−0.2 pts

358Bolivar County, MSMS28,2627.1%−0.3 pts

359Marion County, TNTN29,8047.1%+2.0 pts

360Miller County, ARAR42,3577.1%−1.0 pts

361Broome County, NYNY195,7367.1%−0.5 pts

362Coryell County, TXTX85,5927.1%+0.4 pts

363Comanche County, OKOK122,1587.1%+0.3 pts

364Tyler County, TXTX20,4437.1%−7.3 pts

365Montague County, TXTX21,9667.1%+0.8 pts

366Stone County, MOMO32,5037.1%−0.7 pts

367Gila County, AZAZ53,8017.1%+0.7 pts

368Barnwell County, SCSC20,6537.0%+0.4 pts

369Madison County, TNTN100,7907.0%+0.3 pts

370Estill County, KYKY13,9627.0%−3.0 pts

371Nacogdoches County, TXTX66,0357.0%−0.6 pts

372Graham County, NCNC8,1907.0%+3.6 pts

373Clarke County, MSMS15,1027.0%+0.6 pts

374Cook County, ILIL5,194,6257.0%−0.0 pts

375Oswego County, NYNY118,5697.0%+0.4 pts

376Grays Harbor County, WAWA78,1447.0%+0.6 pts

377Clay County, SDSD15,0317.0%−1.5 pts

378West Baton Rouge Parish, LALA28,7567.0%−0.9 pts

379Kenai Peninsula, AKAK61,9517.0%−1.0 pts

380Wayne County, MSMS19,8077.0%−3.7 pts

381Owen County, KYKY11,6017.0%+3.0 pts

382Pointe Coupee Parish, LALA19,5207.0%+1.5 pts

383Benton County, OROR97,7287.0%+0.9 pts

384Whitman County, WAWA48,5127.0%−1.2 pts

385Tyler County, WVWV7,8817.0%−0.7 pts

386Valencia County, NMNM82,0137.0%−0.8 pts

387Geary County, KSKS36,3386.9%+3.1 pts

388Yuma County, AZAZ224,4496.9%−1.7 pts

389Avoyelles Parish, LALA37,9416.9%+0.6 pts

390Humphreys County, TNTN19,6466.9%−2.2 pts

391Claiborne County, MSMS8,0586.9%−4.0 pts

392Mississippi County, ARAR37,8286.9%−2.0 pts

393Monroe County, PAPA167,1796.9%+0.7 pts

394Worth County, GAGA20,0596.9%+0.5 pts

395Camden County, NJNJ535,7996.9%+0.2 pts

396Lea County, NMNM74,7496.9%−0.0 pts

397Allen County, KYKY22,5366.9%+1.1 pts

398Sumter County, SCSC105,0676.9%−1.6 pts

399Yoakum County, TXTX7,4386.9%+1.5 pts

400Adair County, OKOK19,8286.9%+1.5 pts

401Delaware County, PAPA580,9376.9%+0.7 pts

402Harrisonburg, VAVA50,8396.9%+2.1 pts

403Clarendon County, SCSC31,0436.8%−4.6 pts

404Lowndes County, ALAL9,3596.8%−3.6 pts

405Yuba County, CACA88,6916.8%−0.3 pts

406Talladega County, ALAL81,6036.8%−0.2 pts

407McDonald County, MOMO23,9926.8%+2.5 pts

408Beauregard Parish, LALA36,6736.8%−1.0 pts

409Williamsburg, VAVA15,8616.8%+1.6 pts

410Adair County, KYKY19,4236.8%−0.3 pts

411Fulton County, ININ20,0916.8%−0.1 pts

412Alger County, MIMI8,6416.8%+2.1 pts

413DeKalb County, ILIL101,8356.8%+0.2 pts

414Long County, GAGA21,5576.8%−5.6 pts

415Gilmer County, WVWV7,0856.8%−4.3 pts

416Edwards County, KSKS2,6406.8%+4.9 pts

417Sitka, AKAK8,3196.8%+1.4 pts

418Gladwin County, MIMI26,0776.8%+0.6 pts

419Waller County, TXTX69,8586.8%+1.5 pts

420Macon County, ILIL99,3006.8%−0.9 pts

421Latah County, IDID41,8426.8%+1.4 pts

422Greenup County, KYKY35,2136.8%+1.3 pts

423Bell County, TXTX402,2486.8%−0.7 pts

424San Jacinto County, TXTX29,4886.8%−0.5 pts

425Pickett County, TNTN5,2196.8%+2.0 pts

426Cumberland County, NJNJ157,1486.8%−1.2 pts

427Doña Ana County, NMNM229,0916.8%−0.9 pts

428St. Charles Parish, LALA50,5866.7%+0.7 pts

429Missaukee County, MIMI15,2746.7%−1.1 pts

430Indiana County, PAPA82,8786.7%−0.5 pts

431Early County, GAGA10,4556.7%−1.4 pts

432Harris County, TXTX5,045,0266.7%+0.6 pts

433Otero County, COCO17,6836.7%+0.8 pts

434Baker County, GAGA2,7256.7%−7.3 pts

435Winston County, MSMS17,4736.7%−1.6 pts

436Sacramento County, CACA1,618,4606.7%+0.3 pts

437Houston County, TXTX22,3166.7%+3.7 pts

438Clark County, OHOH135,3406.7%−0.1 pts

439Hamilton County, FLFL14,1806.7%−3.2 pts

440Worcester County, MDMD54,4596.7%+0.8 pts

441Jackson County, MSMS147,6666.7%−2.6 pts

442Presidio County, TXTX5,4336.7%−3.1 pts

443Jeff Davis County, GAGA15,2196.7%+1.4 pts

444Forrest County, MSMS79,0346.7%−0.6 pts

445Middlesex County, NJNJ883,3356.7%+0.9 pts

446Fulton County, ILIL32,9016.7%−0.1 pts

447Tattnall County, GAGA24,3766.7%+0.9 pts

448Lee County, SCSC15,7306.7%−0.6 pts

449Darlington County, SCSC62,8886.7%−1.4 pts

450Jefferson County, WAWA33,9706.6%−0.3 pts

451Daggett County, UTUT9346.6%+5.6 pts

452Grayson County, KYKY27,4066.6%+3.1 pts

453Newton County, GAGA125,5836.6%+0.5 pts

454Walthall County, MSMS13,9286.6%+1.9 pts

455Sequatchie County, TNTN17,8616.6%+1.9 pts

456Webster County, MSMS10,1676.6%+0.8 pts

457Cuyahoga County, OHOH1,232,9256.6%−0.8 pts

458Peach County, GAGA29,8776.6%−3.1 pts

459Bradley County, ARAR9,8286.6%+0.9 pts

460Ashtabula County, OHOH96,7136.6%−0.6 pts

461Hoke County, NCNC56,9396.6%−1.3 pts

462Panola County, MSMS32,6916.6%−1.5 pts

463Dale County, ALAL49,9126.6%−2.4 pts

464Meriwether County, GAGA21,5166.6%+1.0 pts

465Hardin County, KYKY113,4826.6%−0.1 pts

466Sabine Parish, LALA21,8346.6%−2.0 pts

467Liberty County, FLFL8,0356.6%−1.7 pts

468Mason County, WAWA71,1656.6%+0.2 pts

469Bradley County, TNTN115,4656.6%+1.2 pts

470Haskell County, OKOK11,7876.6%−1.4 pts

471Dukes County, MAMA21,2196.6%+1.5 pts

472Mineral County, WVWV26,7926.6%−0.8 pts

473Miami County, ININ34,4876.6%+1.7 pts

474Providence County, RIRI678,1796.6%+0.7 pts

475Cass County, MNMN31,4306.6%+0.3 pts

476Portsmouth, VAVA96,7776.6%+0.3 pts

477Baltimore, MDMD569,9976.5%−1.0 pts

478Presque Isle County, MIMI13,1286.5%+0.2 pts

479Lincoln County, KYKY25,3536.5%−0.8 pts

480Elliott County, KYKY7,2656.5%+4.7 pts

481Schuyler County, NYNY16,9246.5%+0.8 pts

482Newton County, ININ14,1886.5%−0.8 pts

483Athens County, OHOH63,1976.5%+0.7 pts

484Trinity County, TXTX14,3846.5%−0.6 pts

485Union County, NJNJ601,8636.5%+0.7 pts

486Lee County, TXTX18,7296.5%+4.0 pts

487Grant County, WAWA105,7276.5%+0.7 pts

488Riverside County, CACA2,544,9166.5%−0.8 pts

489Ouachita Parish, LALA158,5426.5%+1.1 pts

490Lipscomb County, TXTX2,9556.5%+0.9 pts

491Gogebic County, MIMI14,2856.5%+2.0 pts

492Contra Costa County, CACA1,170,0706.5%+1.0 pts

493Mitchell County, NCNC15,0626.5%+2.0 pts

494Iosco County, MIMI25,2666.5%−1.0 pts

495Oceana County, MIMI27,1776.5%+0.5 pts

496Alexander County, ILIL4,5706.5%−1.2 pts

497Storey County, NVNV4,2606.5%+2.8 pts

498Butler County, ALAL18,1006.5%+0.0 pts

499Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, AKAK7,2706.5%−4.1 pts

500Lyon County, NVNV65,0886.5%−1.5 pts

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Frequently asked

Which county has the highest unemployment rate?

Quitman County, Georgia ranks #1 with 28.6% (2024 American Community Survey).

What are the top 5 counties by unemployment rate?

Quitman County, Georgia, Corson County, South Dakota, Ziebach County, South Dakota, Brooks County, Texas, Kusilvak Census Area, Alaska.

How many counties are in this ranking?

3,144 counties qualify after filtering for population minimums and data availability. The ranking covers 2024 ACS 5-year data.

How is unemployment rate measured?

Share of the labor force that is unemployed. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024).