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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%+34%

02Corson County, SDSD3,78123.5%−3%

03Ziebach County, SDSD2,38923.5%−23%

04Brooks County, TXTX6,57919.9%+1653%

05Kusilvak Census Area, AKAK7,93219.8%−12%

06Lee County, ARAR8,02919.1%+38%

07Todd County, SDSD8,86318.7%+74%

08St. Helena Parish, LALA10,75817.6%+1%

09Sioux County, NDND3,66717.0%+1%

10Nome Census Area, AKAK9,83016.9%−7%

11Northwest Arctic, AKAK7,09516.7%+4%

12Perry County, ALAL7,42516.5%+44%

13Oglala Lakota County, SDSD13,33816.4%+1%

14Bethel Census Area, AKAK18,39115.9%−9%

15Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, AKAK2,27115.8%+46%

16Harding County, NMNM61715.3%+366%

17Bamberg County, SCSC12,79615.0%+113%

18Phillips County, ARAR14,25514.5%+1%

19Charlton County, GAGA13,12114.0%+2%

20Dewey County, SDSD5,41913.9%−35%

21East Carroll Parish, LALA6,76013.9%+118%

22Hickory County, MOMO9,04413.8%+51%

23Blaine County, MTMT6,86013.6%+7%

24Wilkinson County, MSMS7,58213.4%+74%

25Tunica County, MSMS8,81913.3%+64%

26Jasper County, TXTX33,07513.3%+32%

27Big Horn County, MTMT12,75213.2%−1%

28Wolfe County, KYKY6,29813.1%−48%

29Washington County, NCNC10,63813.0%+78%

30Sierra County, CACA3,09812.6%+80%

31Cottle County, TXTX1,22412.6%+56%

32Owsley County, KYKY3,93212.6%+14%

33Imperial County, CACA181,41112.5%−9%

34Humphreys County, MSMS7,00112.5%−13%

35San Juan County, UTUT14,54212.5%+4%

36Mellette County, SDSD2,13712.5%+24%

37Ferry County, WAWA7,51712.5%+70%

38Quitman County, MSMS5,36412.4%−21%

39Turner County, GAGA8,98312.2%+65%

40Santa Cruz County, AZAZ50,02012.2%+46%

41Sumter County, ALAL11,58812.1%+52%

42Bibb County, ALAL22,26212.1%+62%

43Highland County, VAVA2,31811.9%+5%

44Pocahontas County, WVWV7,60211.9%+71%

45Greene County, MSMS13,70711.9%−28%

46Clay County, WVWV7,53811.9%−7%

47Wilcox County, ALAL9,66611.8%−9%

48Concordia Parish, LALA17,83611.7%+27%

49Leflore County, MSMS25,68611.6%+1%

50Mingo County, WVWV21,45511.5%−18%

51Garza County, TXTX4,51011.5%+28%

52Tensas Parish, LALA3,70011.4%−20%

53Bronx County, NYNY1,406,33211.4%+13%

54Sunflower County, MSMS22,89311.2%+3%

55Lake County, CACA67,77211.1%+5%

56Duval County, TXTX9,40211.0%+24%

57Dallas County, ALAL35,14011.0%+6%

58Randolph County, GAGA6,15610.9%+25%

59Scotland County, NCNC33,32210.9%−7%

60Reynolds County, MOMO5,99210.9%+38%

61Lafayette County, FLFL8,79210.9%+1%

62St. John the Baptist Parish, LALA39,87510.9%+27%

63Kemper County, MSMS8,60010.8%−30%

64Kings County, CACA154,32710.8%+28%

65Buffalo County, SDSD1,80210.8%−51%

66Menard County, TXTX1,95610.8%+140%

67Roosevelt County, MTMT10,24210.8%+1%

68Cross County, ARAR16,18610.7%+52%

69Apache County, AZAZ64,44510.7%+14%

70Rosebud County, MTMT8,25310.6%+81%

71Merced County, CACA297,26010.6%−1%

72Dillingham Census Area, AKAK4,48310.5%−9%

73Cibola County, NMNM26,80710.5%−10%

74Starr County, TXTX66,31910.4%−21%

75Monroe County, ALAL18,96510.4%−23%

76Saguache County, COCO6,73210.3%+5%

77Crittenden County, ARAR46,21010.2%+10%

78Dougherty County, GAGA82,61610.2%−2%

79Tallahatchie County, MSMS10,87710.2%−3%

80Rio Grande County, COCO11,08710.1%+8%

81Madera County, CACA167,92710.1%+5%

82Bell County, KYKY22,82910.1%+5%

83Caldwell Parish, LALA9,34410.1%+7%

84Escambia County, ALAL36,66510.1%−0%

85Clay County, TNTN7,82110.0%+90%

86Petersburg, VAVA33,73410.0%−20%

87La Paz County, AZAZ16,71110.0%+14%

88Glacier County, MTMT13,46310.0%+60%

89Warren County, GAGA5,26910.0%+174%

90Menominee County, WIWI4,19910.0%−4%

91Bennett County, SDSD3,30710.0%+6%

92Thurston County, NENE6,75210.0%−16%

93Luce County, MIMI6,3399.9%+49%

94Marlboro County, SCSC25,4889.9%−1%

95Coahoma County, MSMS19,8499.9%−18%

96Washington Parish, LALA44,9379.9%+5%

97Colleton County, SCSC39,3829.9%+41%

98Mahnomen County, MNMN5,1539.8%+9%

99Monroe County, ARAR6,2449.8%+58%

100Choctaw County, MSMS8,0489.8%+5%

101Evangeline Parish, LALA31,9809.8%−26%

102Mineral County, NVNV4,4079.8%−19%

103Richmond County, NCNC42,0419.8%+19%

104Allen Parish, LALA22,6729.8%+12%

105Hardeman County, TNTN25,2749.8%−25%

106Colusa County, CACA21,8369.8%+133%

107Jackson County, ARAR16,7419.8%−8%

108Yazoo County, MSMS22,9479.7%−20%

109Pemiscot County, MOMO14,4659.7%−14%

110Jack County, TXTX9,5639.6%+188%

111Jefferson Davis County, MSMS10,9419.6%+38%

112Lancaster County, VAVA10,9959.5%−4%

113Holmes County, MSMS15,4659.5%−38%

114Harlan County, KYKY24,7259.5%−24%

115Lee County, VAVA21,6429.5%−2%

116San Augustine County, TXTX7,7229.5%−15%

117DeSoto County, FLFL37,0789.5%+8%

118Hampton County, SCSC18,1749.5%+17%

119Chugach Census Area, AKAK6,5539.5%+237%

120Clare County, MIMI31,5439.5%−6%

121Morehouse Parish, LALA23,7059.4%+63%

122San Juan County, COCO8139.4%+69%

123Lander County, NVNV5,8729.4%+2%

124Braxton County, WVWV11,8859.4%−24%

125Stone County, MSMS19,6549.3%+40%

126Breathitt County, KYKY12,5589.3%+2%

127Tulare County, CACA485,1469.3%−6%

128Clay County, KYKY19,4659.3%−2%

129Wilbarger County, TXTX12,4819.3%+34%

130Knott County, KYKY13,3219.3%−7%

131Halifax County, NCNC46,5349.3%+43%

132Dickens County, TXTX1,6929.2%+46%

133Hopewell, VAVA23,2619.2%+10%

134Jackson County, COCO1,2119.2%−7%

135St. Francis County, ARAR21,8009.2%+54%

136Musselshell County, MTMT5,5829.2%+32%

137Rappahannock County, VAVA7,4399.2%+121%

138Webster County, WVWV7,7609.2%−22%

139Clarke County, ALAL22,0149.2%−21%

140Lawrence County, MSMS11,8199.2%−27%

141Gallatin County, ILIL4,6169.2%+5%

142Plumas County, CACA18,5839.2%+45%

143Skagway, AKAK1,1049.1%−8%

144Roane County, WVWV13,3179.1%−10%

145Mineral County, COCO9109.1%+62%

146Chicot County, ARAR9,1079.1%−16%

147Sharkey County, MSMS3,0979.1%−13%

148Chattahoochee County, GAGA8,4659.1%−23%

149McCulloch County, TXTX7,4729.0%+84%

150Hall County, TXTX2,7379.0%−10%

151McKinley County, NMNM68,1199.0%−27%

152Torrance County, NMNM16,1009.0%−0%

153Lenoir County, NCNC55,8379.0%+1%

154Hampshire County, WVWV24,1059.0%+29%

155Magoffin County, KYKY11,1109.0%−26%

156Mendocino County, CACA88,1229.0%+4%

157Humboldt County, CACA131,6479.0%−0%

158Grundy County, TNTN14,1169.0%+11%

159Dillon County, SCSC27,4589.0%+40%

160Catahoula Parish, LALA8,2238.9%+15%

161Calhoun County, WVWV5,9788.9%−16%

162Walker County, TXTX83,8428.9%+160%

163Casey County, KYKY16,2058.9%+6%

164Richland Parish, LALA19,5828.9%+35%

165Boone County, WVWV20,2518.9%−28%

166Emanuel County, GAGA23,1478.9%+11%

167Navajo County, AZAZ109,9468.8%−20%

168Atlantic County, NJNJ278,6578.8%+1%

169Bandera County, TXTX22,8768.7%+23%

170Edgecombe County, NCNC49,1218.7%−1%

171Essex County, NJNJ896,3798.7%+9%

172Caddo Parish, LALA224,2268.7%+27%

173Conecuh County, ALAL10,8998.7%+11%

174Fresno County, CACA1,035,4568.7%−2%

175Matagorda County, TXTX36,4638.7%+35%

176Marion County, TXTX9,8968.7%−20%

177Wayne County, MIMI1,769,0388.7%−3%

178Kern County, CACA927,0688.6%−6%

179Noxubee County, MSMS9,7988.6%−20%

180Lewis County, WVWV16,3948.6%+31%

181Lake and Peninsula, AKAK1,3578.6%−53%

182Otero County, NMNM70,3688.6%−6%

183Pleasants County, WVWV7,3388.5%+12%

184Richmond County, GAGA206,5598.5%−8%

185Logan County, WVWV30,3758.5%−40%

186Barbour County, WVWV15,4148.5%+1%

187Allendale County, SCSC7,3558.5%−34%

188Kent County, TXTX6748.5%+69%

189Franklin County, FLFL13,0298.5%+9%

190De Baca County, NMNM1,6478.4%−14%

191Fayette County, ALAL15,8728.4%+6%

192Hancock County, WVWV27,7298.4%+3%

193Dimmit County, TXTX8,0248.4%+6%

194Blaine County, OKOK8,5158.4%+42%

195Trinity County, CACA15,7208.4%−7%

196Grant County, NMNM27,2528.4%+4%

197Aleutians East, AKAK3,4798.4%+135%

198Lassen County, CACA28,1178.3%+35%

199Orangeburg County, SCSC83,1778.3%−16%

200Macon County, ALAL18,1328.3%−24%

201Madison County, IDID55,1728.3%+12%

202Newton County, TXTX11,9548.3%−25%

203Throckmorton County, TXTX1,5548.3%+73%

204Dallas County, ARAR6,0118.2%+18%

205Crosby County, TXTX4,8528.2%+57%

206Bulloch County, GAGA86,9498.2%−9%

207McDowell County, WVWV16,8788.2%−45%

208Wise County, VAVA34,8248.2%−11%

209Tuolumne County, CACA53,1608.2%+13%

210Vance County, NCNC42,6388.2%+3%

211Curry County, NMNM46,6558.2%+4%

212Crawford County, MIMI13,7228.2%+10%

213Franklin Parish, LALA19,0028.2%−1%

214Philadelphia County, PAPA1,574,2818.1%−7%

215Sharp County, ARAR18,1228.1%+57%

216Arkansas County, ARAR15,8368.1%+71%

217Knox County, KYKY29,5328.1%+29%

218Jefferson County, ARAR62,9878.1%−5%

219Bibb County, GAGA157,5568.1%+9%

220Northampton County, NCNC16,4918.1%+3%

221Radford, VAVA17,2438.1%+25%

222Lawrence County, ILIL13,7908.1%+77%

223Polk County, TXTX53,4348.1%−11%

224Nye County, NVNV57,3368.1%−7%

225Genesee County, MIMI401,0938.1%−10%

226Jefferson County, OROR25,7408.1%−15%

227Oscoda County, MIMI8,7238.0%−14%

228Hudspeth County, TXTX3,4338.0%−7%

229Glenn County, CACA28,1418.0%+41%

230Calhoun County, FLFL13,2898.0%+99%

231Passaic County, NJNJ531,6248.0%+28%

232Lincoln County, OROR50,6368.0%+13%

233Washington County, GAGA19,4538.0%+57%

234Desha County, ARAR9,9848.0%+60%

235Stanislaus County, CACA557,7198.0%−10%

236Mackinac County, MIMI11,2368.0%−14%

237Huerfano County, COCO7,0118.0%+249%

238Jefferson County, IAIA15,2918.0%+9%

239Liberty County, GAGA70,3137.9%−15%

240Union County, SCSC26,7997.9%+3%

241Franklin, VAVA8,4787.9%−20%

242Robertson County, TXTX17,8397.9%−12%

243Kings County, NYNY2,653,9637.9%+21%

244Allen County, KSKS12,3027.9%+87%

245Menifee County, KYKY6,4307.9%+72%

246Siskiyou County, CACA42,0137.9%+7%

247McDonough County, ILIL25,9167.9%−14%

248Watauga County, NCNC54,7867.9%−10%

249Beckham County, OKOK22,1597.9%+80%

250Henderson County, ILIL5,9847.8%+27%

251Cameron County, PAPA4,2117.8%−24%

252Pitt County, NCNC182,9367.8%−4%

253Barbour County, ALAL24,6077.8%+12%

254Lincoln County, WAWA11,9827.8%+116%

255Lawrence County, KYKY15,7657.7%+33%

256Saline County, ILIL22,7727.7%−2%

257Treutlen County, GAGA6,4667.7%−13%

258Acadia Parish, LALA57,0327.7%−20%

259Graham County, AZAZ40,1577.7%+11%

260Kleberg County, TXTX30,3157.7%+28%

261East Baton Rouge Parish, LALA456,1807.7%+17%

262Clearwater County, MNMN8,6477.7%+10%

263Floyd County, KYKY34,4017.7%−17%

264Coleman County, TXTX7,9157.7%+33%

265Wasco County, OROR26,3107.7%+16%

266Edmonson County, KYKY12,7497.7%−11%

267Maverick County, TXTX58,8237.7%−0%

268Franklin County, ILIL36,9167.7%+7%

269Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, AKAK5,7777.7%−21%

270Jackson County, TNTN12,4667.6%+1%

271Cumberland County, NCNC338,4737.6%−2%

272Schley County, GAGA4,5937.6%−5%

273Taos County, NMNM34,5647.6%−7%

274Hidalgo County, TXTX921,5497.6%+4%

275Swain County, NCNC14,0247.6%+26%

276Modoc County, CACA8,4267.6%−9%

277North Slope, AKAK10,5827.6%−22%

278Clark County, NVNV2,407,2267.6%+9%

279New York County, NYNY1,664,8627.6%+33%

280St. Bernard Parish, LALA45,6427.6%−16%

281San Joaquin County, CACA823,8157.6%+4%

282Orleans Parish, LALA362,1547.5%−12%

283Willacy County, TXTX19,9717.5%−28%

284Hinds County, MSMS211,8887.5%−19%

285Montgomery County, GAGA8,6357.5%−4%

286Coal County, OKOK5,4367.5%+24%

287Taylor County, WVWV16,2877.5%−26%

288Chesterfield County, SCSC44,7407.5%−20%

289Fleming County, KYKY15,7877.5%−11%

290Shackelford County, TXTX3,1977.5%−12%

291Neshoba County, MSMS28,7327.5%−19%

292Pike County, PAPA62,8087.5%−5%

293Jackson County, ILIL52,5017.5%−16%

294Marion County, MSMS24,0017.5%−20%

295George County, MSMS26,3317.5%−41%

296Crisp County, GAGA19,2377.5%−38%

297Carbon County, PAPA65,8687.5%+46%

298Somerset County, MDMD24,9737.5%−19%

299Butte County, CACA209,2117.5%+1%

300Scott County, TNTN22,6717.5%−9%

301Adams County, IDID5,0137.4%−35%

302Johnson County, GAGA9,3107.4%−37%

303Randolph County, WVWV26,8827.4%+4%

304Quay County, NMNM8,4547.4%+194%

305Jefferson County, FLFL16,0077.4%+27%

306Salem County, NJNJ66,2807.4%+4%

307Jackson Parish, LALA15,8347.4%+69%

308Cochise County, AZAZ126,3327.4%+9%

309Fremont County, WYWY39,4647.4%−0%

310Lake County, MIMI13,1827.4%+27%

311Putnam County, FLFL77,7347.4%−13%

312Calhoun County, TXTX19,5997.4%+71%

313Boone County, ILIL53,5687.4%−2%

314Zapata County, TXTX13,7537.3%−12%

315Wayne County, MOMO10,7827.3%−7%

316Hardy County, WVWV14,3377.3%+104%

317Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CTCT337,6977.3%–

318Yakima County, WAWA259,1857.3%+14%

319Little River County, ARAR11,7637.3%−7%

320Westmoreland County, VAVA19,7157.3%−42%

321Hawkins County, TNTN59,5597.3%−4%

322Spalding County, GAGA70,7757.3%+69%

323Yancey County, NCNC19,0847.3%−1%

324Los Angeles County, CACA9,694,9347.3%+13%

325Chambers County, TXTX57,5947.3%+3%

326Polk County, ARAR19,4867.3%−31%

327San Juan County, NMNM120,3407.3%−12%

328Okmulgee County, OKOK37,2417.3%−9%

329Iberia Parish, LALA66,8467.3%−17%

330Greer County, OKOK5,3737.3%+40%

331Winnebago County, ILIL283,6747.3%−7%

332Mohave County, AZAZ228,1027.3%−5%

333Queens County, NYNY2,358,1827.2%+22%

334Steuben County, ININ34,7997.2%+26%

335Marion County, SCSC28,2427.2%−14%

336Clay County, MSMS18,2387.2%−17%

337Bullock County, ALAL9,7807.2%+115%

338Harmon County, OKOK2,3277.2%+5%

339Jasper County, GAGA17,6327.2%+41%

340Shelby County, TNTN910,2267.2%−2%

341Warren County, NCNC18,8987.2%−20%

342Clayton County, GAGA297,4717.2%+2%

343Wayne County, GAGA32,4817.2%+33%

344Green County, KYKY11,6447.2%+33%

345Jackson County, SDSD2,6667.2%−23%

346Klamath County, OROR70,2747.2%−4%

347Izard County, ARAR14,4057.2%−33%

348Macon County, GAGA11,7567.2%−22%

349Decatur County, TNTN11,8207.2%−10%

350Sutter County, CACA98,7877.2%−7%

351Harrison County, MSMS217,1367.1%−19%

352Madison County, TXTX14,2267.1%+25%

353Glades County, FLFL13,2707.1%−33%

354Morris County, TXTX12,1337.1%−4%

355Liberty County, TXTX121,3647.1%−6%

356Allegany County, NYNY46,8007.1%+37%

357San Bernardino County, CACA2,224,0917.1%−3%

358Bolivar County, MSMS28,2627.1%−4%

359Marion County, TNTN29,8047.1%+38%

360Miller County, ARAR42,3577.1%−13%

361Broome County, NYNY195,7367.1%−7%

362Coryell County, TXTX85,5927.1%+6%

363Comanche County, OKOK122,1587.1%+4%

364Tyler County, TXTX20,4437.1%−51%

365Montague County, TXTX21,9667.1%+13%

366Stone County, MOMO32,5037.1%−9%

367Gila County, AZAZ53,8017.1%+11%

368Barnwell County, SCSC20,6537.0%+6%

369Madison County, TNTN100,7907.0%+5%

370Estill County, KYKY13,9627.0%−30%

371Nacogdoches County, TXTX66,0357.0%−8%

372Graham County, NCNC8,1907.0%+108%

373Clarke County, MSMS15,1027.0%+10%

374Cook County, ILIL5,194,6257.0%−0%

375Oswego County, NYNY118,5697.0%+6%

376Grays Harbor County, WAWA78,1447.0%+10%

377Clay County, SDSD15,0317.0%−18%

378West Baton Rouge Parish, LALA28,7567.0%−12%

379Kenai Peninsula, AKAK61,9517.0%−13%

380Wayne County, MSMS19,8077.0%−34%

381Owen County, KYKY11,6017.0%+77%

382Pointe Coupee Parish, LALA19,5207.0%+28%

383Benton County, OROR97,7287.0%+15%

384Whitman County, WAWA48,5127.0%−14%

385Tyler County, WVWV7,8817.0%−9%

386Valencia County, NMNM82,0137.0%−10%

387Geary County, KSKS36,3386.9%+79%

388Yuma County, AZAZ224,4496.9%−20%

389Avoyelles Parish, LALA37,9416.9%+9%

390Humphreys County, TNTN19,6466.9%−24%

391Claiborne County, MSMS8,0586.9%−36%

392Mississippi County, ARAR37,8286.9%−23%

393Monroe County, PAPA167,1796.9%+11%

394Worth County, GAGA20,0596.9%+8%

395Camden County, NJNJ535,7996.9%+4%

396Lea County, NMNM74,7496.9%−0%

397Allen County, KYKY22,5366.9%+19%

398Sumter County, SCSC105,0676.9%−19%

399Yoakum County, TXTX7,4386.9%+29%

400Adair County, OKOK19,8286.9%+29%

401Delaware County, PAPA580,9376.9%+11%

402Harrisonburg, VAVA50,8396.9%+45%

403Clarendon County, SCSC31,0436.8%−40%

404Lowndes County, ALAL9,3596.8%−35%

405Yuba County, CACA88,6916.8%−4%

406Talladega County, ALAL81,6036.8%−3%

407McDonald County, MOMO23,9926.8%+57%

408Beauregard Parish, LALA36,6736.8%−13%

409Williamsburg, VAVA15,8616.8%+32%

410Adair County, KYKY19,4236.8%−4%

411Fulton County, ININ20,0916.8%−1%

412Alger County, MIMI8,6416.8%+45%

413DeKalb County, ILIL101,8356.8%+4%

414Long County, GAGA21,5576.8%−45%

415Gilmer County, WVWV7,0856.8%−39%

416Edwards County, KSKS2,6406.8%+262%

417Sitka, AKAK8,3196.8%+27%

418Gladwin County, MIMI26,0776.8%+9%

419Waller County, TXTX69,8586.8%+28%

420Macon County, ILIL99,3006.8%−12%

421Latah County, IDID41,8426.8%+27%

422Greenup County, KYKY35,2136.8%+24%

423Bell County, TXTX402,2486.8%−9%

424San Jacinto County, TXTX29,4886.8%−7%

425Pickett County, TNTN5,2196.8%+41%

426Cumberland County, NJNJ157,1486.8%−15%

427Doña Ana County, NMNM229,0916.8%−12%

428St. Charles Parish, LALA50,5866.7%+11%

429Missaukee County, MIMI15,2746.7%−14%

430Indiana County, PAPA82,8786.7%−7%

431Early County, GAGA10,4556.7%−18%

432Harris County, TXTX5,045,0266.7%+9%

433Otero County, COCO17,6836.7%+14%

434Baker County, GAGA2,7256.7%−52%

435Winston County, MSMS17,4736.7%−19%

436Sacramento County, CACA1,618,4606.7%+5%

437Houston County, TXTX22,3166.7%+123%

438Clark County, OHOH135,3406.7%−1%

439Hamilton County, FLFL14,1806.7%−33%

440Worcester County, MDMD54,4596.7%+14%

441Jackson County, MSMS147,6666.7%−28%

442Presidio County, TXTX5,4336.7%−32%

443Jeff Davis County, GAGA15,2196.7%+26%

444Forrest County, MSMS79,0346.7%−8%

445Middlesex County, NJNJ883,3356.7%+15%

446Fulton County, ILIL32,9016.7%−2%

447Tattnall County, GAGA24,3766.7%+16%

448Lee County, SCSC15,7306.7%−9%

449Darlington County, SCSC62,8886.7%−17%

450Jefferson County, WAWA33,9706.6%−5%

451Daggett County, UTUT9346.6%+542%

452Grayson County, KYKY27,4066.6%+89%

453Newton County, GAGA125,5836.6%+8%

454Walthall County, MSMS13,9286.6%+40%

455Sequatchie County, TNTN17,8616.6%+41%

456Webster County, MSMS10,1676.6%+13%

457Cuyahoga County, OHOH1,232,9256.6%−11%

458Peach County, GAGA29,8776.6%−32%

459Bradley County, ARAR9,8286.6%+16%

460Ashtabula County, OHOH96,7136.6%−8%

461Hoke County, NCNC56,9396.6%−16%

462Panola County, MSMS32,6916.6%−19%

463Dale County, ALAL49,9126.6%−27%

464Meriwether County, GAGA21,5166.6%+18%

465Hardin County, KYKY113,4826.6%−1%

466Sabine Parish, LALA21,8346.6%−24%

467Liberty County, FLFL8,0356.6%−20%

468Mason County, WAWA71,1656.6%+3%

469Bradley County, TNTN115,4656.6%+22%

470Haskell County, OKOK11,7876.6%−17%

471Dukes County, MAMA21,2196.6%+30%

472Mineral County, WVWV26,7926.6%−11%

473Miami County, ININ34,4876.6%+35%

474Providence County, RIRI678,1796.6%+11%

475Cass County, MNMN31,4306.6%+5%

476Portsmouth, VAVA96,7776.6%+5%

477Baltimore, MDMD569,9976.5%−13%

478Presque Isle County, MIMI13,1286.5%+2%

479Lincoln County, KYKY25,3536.5%−11%

480Elliott County, KYKY7,2656.5%+255%

481Schuyler County, NYNY16,9246.5%+15%

482Newton County, ININ14,1886.5%−11%

483Athens County, OHOH63,1976.5%+12%

484Trinity County, TXTX14,3846.5%−8%

485Union County, NJNJ601,8636.5%+12%

486Lee County, TXTX18,7296.5%+162%

487Grant County, WAWA105,7276.5%+13%

488Riverside County, CACA2,544,9166.5%−11%

489Ouachita Parish, LALA158,5426.5%+20%

490Lipscomb County, TXTX2,9556.5%+16%

491Gogebic County, MIMI14,2856.5%+45%

492Contra Costa County, CACA1,170,0706.5%+18%

493Mitchell County, NCNC15,0626.5%+43%

494Iosco County, MIMI25,2666.5%−13%

495Oceana County, MIMI27,1776.5%+9%

496Alexander County, ILIL4,5706.5%−16%

497Storey County, NVNV4,2606.5%+77%

498Butler County, ALAL18,1006.5%+0%

499Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, AKAK7,2706.5%−39%

500Lyon County, NVNV65,0886.5%−19%

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UPDATED 2026-07-15 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES

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).