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. The median across all 3,144 is 4.4%. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Brooks County, TX, up 3,056 places to #4.

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YEAR2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPUNEMPLOYMENT RATEVS 2020

USUnited States334,922,4995.2%–

01▲6Quitman County, GAGA2,25428.6%+7.2 pts

02▲1Corson County, SDSD3,78123.5%−0.6 pts

03▼2Ziebach County, SDSD2,38923.5%−6.9 pts

04▲3,056Brooks County, TXTX6,57919.9%+18.8 pts

05▼1Kusilvak Census Area, AKAK7,93219.8%−2.7 pts

06▲24Lee County, ARAR8,02919.1%+5.3 pts

07▲90Todd County, SDSD8,86318.7%+7.9 pts

08▲3St. Helena Parish, LALA10,75817.6%+0.3 pts

09▲3Sioux County, NDND3,66717.0%+0.2 pts

10▼1Nome Census Area, AKAK9,83016.9%−1.2 pts

11▲6Northwest Arctic, AKAK7,09516.7%+0.7 pts

12▲62Perry County, ALAL7,42516.5%+5.0 pts

13▲3Oglala Lakota County, SDSD13,33816.4%+0.1 pts

14▼4Bethel Census Area, AKAK18,39115.9%−1.6 pts

15▲77Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, AKAK2,27115.8%+5.0 pts

16▲2,526Harding County, NMNM61715.3%+12.0 pts

17▲534Bamberg County, SCSC12,79615.0%+7.9 pts

18▲5Phillips County, ARAR14,25514.5%+0.1 pts

19▲12Charlton County, GAGA13,12114.0%+0.2 pts

20▼14Dewey County, SDSD5,41913.9%−7.5 pts

21▲728East Carroll Parish, LALA6,76013.9%+7.5 pts

22▲185Hickory County, MOMO9,04413.8%+4.7 pts

23▲19Blaine County, MTMT6,86013.6%+0.8 pts

24▲385Wilkinson County, MSMS7,58213.4%+5.7 pts

25▲306Tunica County, MSMS8,81913.3%+5.2 pts

26▲101Jasper County, TXTX33,07513.3%+3.2 pts

27▲7Big Horn County, MTMT12,75213.2%−0.1 pts

28▼26Wolfe County, KYKY6,29813.1%−12.3 pts

29▲468Washington County, NCNC10,63813.0%+5.7 pts

30▲527Sierra County, CACA3,09812.6%+5.6 pts

31▲302Cottle County, TXTX1,22412.6%+4.5 pts

32▲52Owsley County, KYKY3,93212.6%+1.6 pts

33▼1Imperial County, CACA181,41112.5%−1.2 pts

34▼9Humphreys County, MSMS7,00112.5%−1.9 pts

35▲26San Juan County, UTUT14,54212.5%+0.5 pts

36▲87Mellette County, SDSD2,13712.5%+2.4 pts

37▲449Ferry County, WAWA7,51712.5%+5.1 pts

38▼20Quitman County, MSMS5,36412.4%−3.3 pts

39▲425Turner County, GAGA8,98312.2%+4.8 pts

40▲261Santa Cruz County, AZAZ50,02012.2%+3.8 pts

41▲314Sumter County, ALAL11,58812.1%+4.1 pts

42▲409Bibb County, ALAL22,26212.1%+4.6 pts

43▲33Highland County, VAVA2,31811.9%+0.6 pts

44▲531Pocahontas County, WVWV7,60211.9%+4.9 pts

45▼31Greene County, MSMS13,70711.9%−4.6 pts

46▼5Clay County, WVWV7,53811.9%−0.9 pts

47▼8Wilcox County, ALAL9,66611.8%−1.2 pts

48▲151Concordia Parish, LALA17,83611.7%+2.5 pts

49▲26Leflore County, MSMS25,68611.6%+0.2 pts

50▼21Mingo County, WVWV21,45511.5%−2.5 pts

51▲175Garza County, TXTX4,51011.5%+2.5 pts

52▼26Tensas Parish, LALA3,70011.4%−2.9 pts

53▲75Bronx County, NYNY1,406,33211.4%+1.3 pts

54▲33Sunflower County, MSMS22,89311.2%+0.3 pts

55▲49Lake County, CACA67,77211.1%+0.5 pts

56▲183Duval County, TXTX9,40211.0%+2.2 pts

57▲56Dallas County, ALAL35,14011.0%+0.6 pts

58▲188Randolph County, GAGA6,15610.9%+2.2 pts

59▲7Scotland County, NCNC33,32210.9%−0.8 pts

60▲302Reynolds County, MOMO5,99210.9%+3.0 pts

61▲35Lafayette County, FLFL8,79210.9%+0.2 pts

62▲216St. John the Baptist Parish, LALA39,87510.9%+2.3 pts

63▼44Kemper County, MSMS8,60010.8%−4.5 pts

64▲223Kings County, CACA154,32710.8%+2.4 pts

65▼60Buffalo County, SDSD1,80210.8%−11.2 pts

66▲1,722Menard County, TXTX1,95610.8%+6.3 pts

67▲28Roosevelt County, MTMT10,24210.8%+0.1 pts

68▲487Cross County, ARAR16,18610.7%+3.7 pts

69▲100Apache County, AZAZ64,44510.7%+1.3 pts

70▲920Rosebud County, MTMT8,25310.6%+4.8 pts

71▲28Merced County, CACA297,26010.6%−0.1 pts

72▼2Dillingham Census Area, AKAK4,48310.5%−1.1 pts

73▼2Cibola County, NMNM26,80710.5%−1.1 pts

74▼38Starr County, TXTX66,31910.4%−2.7 pts

75▼42Monroe County, ALAL18,96510.4%−3.1 pts

76▲73Saguache County, COCO6,73210.3%+0.5 pts

77▲107Crittenden County, ARAR46,21010.2%+0.9 pts

78▲32Dougherty County, GAGA82,61610.2%−0.2 pts

79▲27Tallahatchie County, MSMS10,87710.2%−0.3 pts

80▲93Rio Grande County, COCO11,08710.1%+0.8 pts

81▲78Madera County, CACA167,92710.1%+0.5 pts

82▲76Bell County, KYKY22,82910.1%+0.5 pts

83▲84Caldwell Parish, LALA9,34410.1%+0.7 pts

84▲40Escambia County, ALAL36,66510.1%0.0 pts

85▲1,221Clay County, TNTN7,82110.0%+4.8 pts

86▼40Petersburg, VAVA33,73410.0%−2.6 pts

87▲151La Paz County, AZAZ16,71110.0%+1.2 pts

88▲713Glacier County, MTMT13,46310.0%+3.7 pts

89▲2,243Warren County, GAGA5,26910.0%+6.4 pts

90▲22Menominee County, WIWI4,19910.0%−0.4 pts

91▲75Bennett County, SDSD3,30710.0%+0.6 pts

92▼29Thurston County, NENE6,75210.0%−1.8 pts

93▲567Luce County, MIMI6,3399.9%+3.3 pts

94▲36Marlboro County, SCSC25,4889.9%−0.1 pts

95▼38Coahoma County, MSMS19,8499.9%−2.1 pts

96▲69Washington Parish, LALA44,9379.9%+0.4 pts

97▲466Colleton County, SCSC39,3829.9%+2.9 pts

98▲117Mahnomen County, MNMN5,1539.8%+0.8 pts

99▲714Monroe County, ARAR6,2449.8%+3.6 pts

100▲70Choctaw County, MSMS8,0489.8%+0.5 pts

101▼66Evangeline Parish, LALA31,9809.8%−3.5 pts

102▼47Mineral County, NVNV4,4079.8%−2.3 pts

103▲210Richmond County, NCNC42,0419.8%+1.6 pts

104▲148Allen Parish, LALA22,6729.8%+1.1 pts

105▼68Hardeman County, TNTN25,2749.8%−3.3 pts

106▲1,883Colusa County, CACA21,8369.8%+5.6 pts

107▼5Jackson County, ARAR16,7419.8%−0.8 pts

108▼52Yazoo County, MSMS22,9479.7%−2.4 pts

109▼32Pemiscot County, MOMO14,4659.7%−1.6 pts

110▲2,410Jack County, TXTX9,5639.6%+6.3 pts

111▲467Jefferson Davis County, MSMS10,9419.6%+2.6 pts

112▲30Lancaster County, VAVA10,9959.5%−0.4 pts

113▼93Holmes County, MSMS15,4659.5%−5.8 pts

114▼66Harlan County, KYKY24,7259.5%−3.0 pts

115▲38Lee County, VAVA21,6429.5%−0.2 pts

116▼38San Augustine County, TXTX7,7229.5%−1.6 pts

117▲131DeSoto County, FLFL37,0789.5%+0.7 pts

118▲207Hampton County, SCSC18,1749.5%+1.4 pts

119▲2,593Chugach Census Area, AKAK6,5539.5%+6.7 pts

120▲9Clare County, MIMI31,5439.5%−0.6 pts

121▲925Morehouse Parish, LALA23,7059.4%+3.7 pts

122▲1,043San Juan County, COCO8139.4%+3.9 pts

123▲73Lander County, NVNV5,8729.4%+0.2 pts

124▼71Braxton County, WVWV11,8859.4%−2.9 pts

125▲527Stone County, MSMS19,6549.3%+2.7 pts

126▲78Breathitt County, KYKY12,5589.3%+0.2 pts

127▲14Tulare County, CACA485,1469.3%−0.6 pts

128▲34Clay County, KYKY19,4659.3%−0.2 pts

129▲452Wilbarger County, TXTX12,4819.3%+2.3 pts

130▲2Knott County, KYKY13,3219.3%−0.7 pts

131▲579Halifax County, NCNC46,5349.3%+2.8 pts

132▲644Dickens County, TXTX1,6929.2%+2.9 pts

133▲156Hopewell, VAVA23,2619.2%+0.8 pts

134▲3Jackson County, COCO1,2119.2%−0.7 pts

135▲784St. Francis County, ARAR21,8009.2%+3.2 pts

136▲435Musselshell County, MTMT5,5829.2%+2.2 pts

137▲1,874Rappahannock County, VAVA7,4399.2%+5.0 pts

138▼76Webster County, WVWV7,7609.2%−2.7 pts

139▼72Clarke County, ALAL22,0149.2%−2.4 pts

140▼93Lawrence County, MSMS11,8199.2%−3.4 pts

141▲115Gallatin County, ILIL4,6169.2%+0.5 pts

142▲632Plumas County, CACA18,5839.2%+2.8 pts

143▼9Skagway, AKAK1,1049.1%−0.8 pts

144▼19Roane County, WVWV13,3179.1%−1.0 pts

145▲997Mineral County, COCO9109.1%+3.5 pts

146▼53Chicot County, ARAR9,1079.1%−1.8 pts

147▼36Sharkey County, MSMS3,0979.1%−1.3 pts

148▼83Chattahoochee County, GAGA8,4659.1%−2.7 pts

149▲1,381McCulloch County, TXTX7,4729.0%+4.1 pts

150▼28Hall County, TXTX2,7379.0%−1.0 pts

151▼101McKinley County, NMNM68,1199.0%−3.4 pts

152▲59Torrance County, NMNM16,1009.0%0.0 pts

153▲72Lenoir County, NCNC55,8379.0%+0.1 pts

154▲412Hampshire County, WVWV24,1059.0%+2.0 pts

155▼101Magoffin County, KYKY11,1109.0%−3.2 pts

156▲108Mendocino County, CACA88,1229.0%+0.4 pts

157▲60Humboldt County, CACA131,6479.0%0.0 pts

158▲180Grundy County, TNTN14,1169.0%+0.9 pts

159▲599Dillon County, SCSC27,4589.0%+2.6 pts

160▲234Catahoula Parish, LALA8,2238.9%+1.2 pts

161▼60Calhoun County, WVWV5,9788.9%−1.7 pts

162▲2,298Walker County, TXTX83,8428.9%+5.5 pts

163▲130Casey County, KYKY16,2058.9%+0.5 pts

164▲520Richland Parish, LALA19,5828.9%+2.3 pts

165▼113Boone County, WVWV20,2518.9%−3.5 pts

166▲190Emanuel County, GAGA23,1478.9%+0.9 pts

167▼86Navajo County, AZAZ109,9468.8%−2.2 pts

168▲90Atlantic County, NJNJ278,6578.8%+0.1 pts

169▲366Bandera County, TXTX22,8768.7%+1.6 pts

170▲67Edgecombe County, NCNC49,1218.7%−0.1 pts

171▲182Essex County, NJNJ896,3798.7%+0.7 pts

172▲428Caddo Parish, LALA224,2268.7%+1.8 pts

173▲202Conecuh County, ALAL10,8998.7%+0.8 pts

174▲62Fresno County, CACA1,035,4568.7%−0.2 pts

175▲564Matagorda County, TXTX36,4638.7%+2.3 pts

176▼88Marion County, TXTX9,8968.7%−2.2 pts

177▲53Wayne County, MIMI1,769,0388.7%−0.2 pts

178▲27Kern County, CACA927,0688.6%−0.5 pts

179▼85Noxubee County, MSMS9,7988.6%−2.2 pts

180▲509Lewis County, WVWV16,3948.6%+2.1 pts

181▼173Lake and Peninsula, AKAK1,3578.6%−9.7 pts

182▲21Otero County, NMNM70,3688.6%−0.6 pts

183▲238Pleasants County, WVWV7,3388.5%+0.9 pts

184▲2Richmond County, GAGA206,5598.5%−0.8 pts

185▼158Logan County, WVWV30,3758.5%−5.6 pts

186▲105Barbour County, WVWV15,4148.5%+0.1 pts

187▼147Allendale County, SCSC7,3558.5%−4.4 pts

188▲1,286Kent County, TXTX6748.5%+3.5 pts

189▲199Franklin County, FLFL13,0298.5%+0.7 pts

190▼38De Baca County, NMNM1,6478.4%−1.3 pts

191▲168Fayette County, ALAL15,8728.4%+0.5 pts

192▲129Hancock County, WVWV27,7298.4%+0.3 pts

193▲167Dimmit County, TXTX8,0248.4%+0.5 pts

194▲750Blaine County, OKOK8,5158.4%+2.5 pts

195▲21Trinity County, CACA15,7208.4%−0.7 pts

196▲143Grant County, NMNM27,2528.4%+0.3 pts

197▲2,179Aleutians East, AKAK3,4798.4%+4.8 pts

198▲652Lassen County, CACA28,1178.3%+2.2 pts

199▼56Orangeburg County, SCSC83,1778.3%−1.6 pts

200▼109Macon County, ALAL18,1328.3%−2.6 pts

201▲260Madison County, IDID55,1728.3%+0.9 pts

202▼119Newton County, TXTX11,9548.3%−2.7 pts

203▲1,419Throckmorton County, TXTX1,5548.3%+3.5 pts

204▲366Dallas County, ARAR6,0118.2%+1.3 pts

205▲1,109Crosby County, TXTX4,8528.2%+3.0 pts

206▲12Bulloch County, GAGA86,9498.2%−0.8 pts

207▼186McDowell County, WVWV16,8788.2%−6.8 pts

208▼17Wise County, VAVA34,8248.2%−1.0 pts

209▲285Tuolumne County, CACA53,1608.2%+0.9 pts

210▲139Vance County, NCNC42,6388.2%+0.2 pts

211▲162Curry County, NMNM46,6558.2%+0.3 pts

212▲242Crawford County, MIMI13,7228.2%+0.7 pts

213▲97Franklin Parish, LALA19,0028.2%−0.1 pts

214▲28Philadelphia County, PAPA1,574,2818.1%−0.6 pts

215▲1,139Sharp County, ARAR18,1228.1%+2.9 pts

216▲1,428Arkansas County, ARAR15,8368.1%+3.4 pts

217▲566Knox County, KYKY29,5328.1%+1.8 pts

218▲51Jefferson County, ARAR62,9878.1%−0.5 pts

219▲229Bibb County, GAGA157,5568.1%+0.7 pts

220▲159Northampton County, NCNC16,4918.1%+0.3 pts

221▲494Radford, VAVA17,2438.1%+1.6 pts

222▲1,527Lawrence County, ILIL13,7908.1%+3.5 pts

223▼13Polk County, TXTX53,4348.1%−1.0 pts

224▲36Nye County, NVNV57,3368.1%−0.6 pts

225▼1Genesee County, MIMI401,0938.1%−0.9 pts

226▼63Jefferson County, OROR25,7408.1%−1.4 pts

227▼49Oscoda County, MIMI8,7238.0%−1.3 pts

228▲34Hudspeth County, TXTX3,4338.0%−0.6 pts

229▲871Glenn County, CACA28,1418.0%+2.3 pts

230▲1,875Calhoun County, FLFL13,2898.0%+4.0 pts

231▲574Passaic County, NJNJ531,6248.0%+1.8 pts

232▲307Lincoln County, OROR50,6368.0%+0.9 pts

233▲1,193Washington County, GAGA19,4538.0%+2.9 pts

234▲1,249Desha County, ARAR9,9848.0%+3.0 pts

235▲5Stanislaus County, CACA557,7198.0%−0.8 pts

236▼43Mackinac County, MIMI11,2368.0%−1.3 pts

237▲2,633Huerfano County, COCO7,0118.0%+5.7 pts

238▲247Jefferson County, IAIA15,2918.0%+0.6 pts

239▼56Liberty County, GAGA70,3137.9%−1.4 pts

240▲155Union County, SCSC26,7997.9%+0.2 pts

241▼102Franklin, VAVA8,4787.9%−2.0 pts

242▼28Robertson County, TXTX17,8397.9%−1.1 pts

243▲458Kings County, NYNY2,653,9637.9%+1.4 pts

244▲1,729Allen County, KSKS12,3027.9%+3.7 pts

245▲1,488Menifee County, KYKY6,4307.9%+3.3 pts

246▲219Siskiyou County, CACA42,0137.9%+0.5 pts

247▼45McDonough County, ILIL25,9167.9%−1.3 pts

248▲5Watauga County, NCNC54,7867.9%−0.9 pts

249▲1,638Beckham County, OKOK22,1597.9%+3.5 pts

250▲593Henderson County, ILIL5,9847.8%+1.6 pts

251▼137Cameron County, PAPA4,2117.8%−2.4 pts

252▲77Pitt County, NCNC182,9367.8%−0.3 pts

253▲330Barbour County, ALAL24,6077.8%+0.9 pts

254▲2,109Lincoln County, WAWA11,9827.8%+4.2 pts

255▲747Lawrence County, KYKY15,7657.7%+1.9 pts

256▲108Saline County, ILIL22,7727.7%−0.2 pts

257▼25Treutlen County, GAGA6,4667.7%−1.2 pts

258▼101Acadia Parish, LALA57,0327.7%−1.9 pts

259▲327Graham County, AZAZ40,1577.7%+0.8 pts

260▲644Kleberg County, TXTX30,3157.7%+1.7 pts

261▲418East Baton Rouge Parish, LALA456,1807.7%+1.1 pts

262▲303Clearwater County, MNMN8,6477.7%+0.7 pts

263▼76Floyd County, KYKY34,4017.7%−1.6 pts

264▲771Coleman County, TXTX7,9157.7%+1.9 pts

265▲407Wasco County, OROR26,3107.7%+1.1 pts

266▲8Edmonson County, KYKY12,7497.7%−0.9 pts

267▲141Maverick County, TXTX58,8237.7%0.0 pts

268▲252Franklin County, ILIL36,9167.7%+0.5 pts

269▼114Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, AKAK5,7777.7%−2.0 pts

270▲154Jackson County, TNTN12,4667.6%0.0 pts

271▲113Cumberland County, NCNC338,4737.6%−0.2 pts

272▲69Schley County, GAGA4,5937.6%−0.4 pts

273▲41Taos County, NMNM34,5647.6%−0.6 pts

274▲214Hidalgo County, TXTX921,5497.6%+0.3 pts

275▲617Swain County, NCNC14,0247.6%+1.6 pts

276▲18Modoc County, CACA8,4267.6%−0.8 pts

277▼129North Slope, AKAK10,5827.6%−2.2 pts

278▲291Clark County, NVNV2,407,2267.6%+0.6 pts

279▲799New York County, NYNY1,664,8627.6%+1.9 pts

280▼57St. Bernard Parish, LALA45,6427.6%−1.4 pts

281▲229San Joaquin County, CACA823,8157.6%+0.3 pts

282▼5Orleans Parish, LALA362,1547.5%−1.0 pts

283▼174Willacy County, TXTX19,9717.5%−2.9 pts

284▼108Hinds County, MSMS211,8887.5%−1.8 pts

285▲100Montgomery County, GAGA8,6357.5%−0.3 pts

286▲590Coal County, OKOK5,4367.5%+1.4 pts

287▼168Taylor County, WVWV16,2877.5%−2.6 pts

288▼120Chesterfield County, SCSC44,7407.5%−1.9 pts

289▲3Fleming County, KYKY15,7877.5%−0.9 pts

290▼8Shackelford County, TXTX3,1977.5%−1.0 pts

291▼97Neshoba County, MSMS28,7327.5%−1.8 pts

292▲89Pike County, PAPA62,8087.5%−0.4 pts

293▼59Jackson County, ILIL52,5017.5%−1.4 pts

294▼123Marion County, MSMS24,0017.5%−1.9 pts

295▼250George County, MSMS26,3317.5%−5.2 pts

296▼236Crisp County, GAGA19,2377.5%−4.5 pts

297▲1,103Carbon County, PAPA65,8687.5%+2.3 pts

298▼106Somerset County, MDMD24,9737.5%−1.8 pts

299▲161Butte County, CACA209,2117.5%0.0 pts

300▲18Scott County, TNTN22,6717.5%−0.7 pts

301▼229Adams County, IDID5,0137.4%−4.1 pts

302▼238Johnson County, GAGA9,3107.4%−4.3 pts

303▲230Randolph County, WVWV26,8827.4%+0.3 pts

304▲2,486Quay County, NMNM8,4547.4%+4.9 pts

305▲698Jefferson County, FLFL16,0077.4%+1.6 pts

306▲232Salem County, NJNJ66,2807.4%+0.3 pts

307▲1,567Jackson Parish, LALA15,8347.4%+3.0 pts

308▲315Cochise County, AZAZ126,3327.4%+0.6 pts

309▲153Fremont County, WYWY39,4647.4%0.0 pts

310▲714Lake County, MIMI13,1827.4%+1.6 pts

311▼32Putnam County, FLFL77,7347.4%−1.1 pts

312▲1,616Calhoun County, TXTX19,5997.4%+3.1 pts

313▲122Boone County, ILIL53,5687.4%−0.2 pts

314▼10Zapata County, TXTX13,7537.3%−1.0 pts

315▲52Wayne County, MOMO10,7827.3%−0.6 pts

316▲2,050Hardy County, WVWV14,3377.3%+3.7 pts

317Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CTCT337,6977.3%–

318▲413Yakima County, WAWA259,1857.3%+0.9 pts

319▲51Little River County, ARAR11,7637.3%−0.6 pts

320▼277Westmoreland County, VAVA19,7157.3%−5.4 pts

321▲102Hawkins County, TNTN59,5597.3%−0.3 pts

322▲1,601Spalding County, GAGA70,7757.3%+3.0 pts

323▲153Yancey County, NCNC19,0847.3%−0.1 pts

324▲397Los Angeles County, CACA9,694,9347.3%+0.8 pts

325▲222Chambers County, TXTX57,5947.3%+0.2 pts

326▼219Polk County, ARAR19,4867.3%−3.2 pts

327▼15San Juan County, NMNM120,3407.3%−1.0 pts

328▲22Okmulgee County, OKOK37,2417.3%−0.7 pts

329▼74Iberia Parish, LALA66,8467.3%−1.5 pts

330▲1,023Greer County, OKOK5,3737.3%+2.1 pts

331▲58Winnebago County, ILIL283,6747.3%−0.5 pts

332▲88Mohave County, AZAZ228,1027.3%−0.4 pts

333▲594Queens County, NYNY2,358,1827.2%+1.3 pts

334▲714Steuben County, ININ34,7997.2%+1.5 pts

335▼40Marion County, SCSC28,2427.2%−1.1 pts

336▼85Clay County, MSMS18,2387.2%−1.5 pts

337▲2,167Bullock County, ALAL9,7807.2%+3.9 pts

338▲267Harmon County, OKOK2,3277.2%+0.4 pts

339▲1,059Jasper County, GAGA17,6327.2%+2.1 pts

340▲131Shelby County, TNTN910,2267.2%−0.2 pts

341▼121Warren County, NCNC18,8987.2%−1.8 pts

342▲207Clayton County, GAGA297,4717.2%+0.1 pts

343▲898Wayne County, GAGA32,4817.2%+1.8 pts

344▲892Green County, KYKY11,6447.2%+1.8 pts

345▼156Jackson County, SDSD2,6667.2%−2.1 pts

346▲98Klamath County, OROR70,2747.2%−0.3 pts

347▼249Izard County, ARAR14,4057.2%−3.5 pts

348▼151Macon County, GAGA11,7567.2%−2.0 pts

349▲5Decatur County, TNTN11,8207.2%−0.8 pts

350▲57Sutter County, CACA98,7877.2%−0.5 pts

351▼106Harrison County, MSMS217,1367.1%−1.6 pts

352▲716Madison County, TXTX14,2267.1%+1.4 pts

353▼250Glades County, FLFL13,2707.1%−3.4 pts

354▲109Morris County, TXTX12,1337.1%−0.3 pts

355▲73Liberty County, TXTX121,3647.1%−0.4 pts

356▲995Allegany County, NYNY46,8007.1%+1.9 pts

357▲138San Bernardino County, CACA2,224,0917.1%−0.2 pts

358▲110Bolivar County, MSMS28,2627.1%−0.3 pts

359▲1,023Marion County, TNTN29,8047.1%+2.0 pts

360▼34Miller County, ARAR42,3577.1%−1.0 pts

361▲57Broome County, NYNY195,7367.1%−0.5 pts

362▲293Coryell County, TXTX85,5927.1%+0.4 pts

363▲255Comanche County, OKOK122,1587.1%+0.3 pts

364▼340Tyler County, TXTX20,4437.1%−7.3 pts

365▲455Montague County, TXTX21,9667.1%+0.8 pts

366▲32Stone County, MOMO32,5037.1%−0.7 pts

367▲406Gila County, AZAZ53,8017.1%+0.7 pts

368▲297Barnwell County, SCSC20,6537.0%+0.4 pts

369▲275Madison County, TNTN100,7907.0%+0.3 pts

370▼244Estill County, KYKY13,9627.0%−3.0 pts

371▲44Nacogdoches County, TXTX66,0357.0%−0.6 pts

372▲2,120Graham County, NCNC8,1907.0%+3.6 pts

373▲380Clarke County, MSMS15,1027.0%+0.6 pts

374▲180Cook County, ILIL5,194,6257.0%0.0 pts

375▲301Oswego County, NYNY118,5697.0%+0.4 pts

376▲387Grays Harbor County, WAWA78,1447.0%+0.6 pts

377▼96Clay County, SDSD15,0317.0%−1.5 pts

378▼12West Baton Rouge Parish, LALA28,7567.0%−0.9 pts

379▼33Kenai Peninsula, AKAK61,9517.0%−1.0 pts

380▼280Wayne County, MSMS19,8077.0%−3.7 pts

381▲1,793Owen County, KYKY11,6017.0%+3.0 pts

382▲836Pointe Coupee Parish, LALA19,5207.0%+1.5 pts

383▲489Benton County, OROR97,7287.0%+0.9 pts

384▼64Whitman County, WAWA48,5127.0%−1.2 pts

385▲34Tyler County, WVWV7,8817.0%−0.7 pts

386▲16Valencia County, NMNM82,0137.0%−0.8 pts

387▲1,831Geary County, KSKS36,3386.9%+3.1 pts

388▼123Yuma County, AZAZ224,4496.9%−1.7 pts

389▲379Avoyelles Parish, LALA37,9416.9%+0.6 pts

390▼177Humphreys County, TNTN19,6466.9%−2.2 pts

391▼302Claiborne County, MSMS8,0586.9%−4.0 pts

392▼164Mississippi County, ARAR37,8286.9%−2.0 pts

393▲425Monroe County, PAPA167,1796.9%+0.7 pts

394▲367Worth County, GAGA20,0596.9%+0.5 pts

395▲261Camden County, NJNJ535,7996.9%+0.2 pts

396▲199Lea County, NMNM74,7496.9%0.0 pts

397▲653Allen County, KYKY22,5366.9%+1.1 pts

398▼118Sumter County, SCSC105,0676.9%−1.6 pts

399▲888Yoakum County, TXTX7,4386.9%+1.5 pts

400▲884Adair County, OKOK19,8286.9%+1.5 pts

401▲433Delaware County, PAPA580,9376.9%+0.7 pts

402▲1,249Harrisonburg, VAVA50,8396.9%+2.1 pts

403▼330Clarendon County, SCSC31,0436.8%−4.6 pts

404▼296Lowndes County, ALAL9,3596.8%−3.6 pts

405▲132Yuba County, CACA88,6916.8%−0.3 pts

406▲144Talladega County, ALAL81,6036.8%−0.2 pts

407▲1,501McDonald County, MOMO23,9926.8%+2.5 pts

408▼30Beauregard Parish, LALA36,6736.8%−1.0 pts

409▲954Williamsburg, VAVA15,8616.8%+1.6 pts

410▲132Adair County, KYKY19,4236.8%−0.3 pts

411▲183Fulton County, ININ20,0916.8%−0.1 pts

412▲1,259Alger County, MIMI8,6416.8%+2.1 pts

413▲268DeKalb County, ILIL101,8356.8%+0.2 pts

414▼363Long County, GAGA21,5576.8%−5.6 pts

415▼335Gilmer County, WVWV7,0856.8%−4.3 pts

416▲2,539Edwards County, KSKS2,6406.8%+4.9 pts

417▲841Sitka, AKAK8,3196.8%+1.4 pts

418▲404Gladwin County, MIMI26,0776.8%+0.6 pts

419▲883Waller County, TXTX69,8586.8%+1.5 pts

420▼24Macon County, ILIL99,3006.8%−0.9 pts

421▲858Latah County, IDID41,8426.8%+1.4 pts

422▲775Greenup County, KYKY35,2136.8%+1.3 pts

423▲17Bell County, TXTX402,2486.8%−0.7 pts

424▲69San Jacinto County, TXTX29,4886.8%−0.5 pts

425▲1,187Pickett County, TNTN5,2196.8%+2.0 pts

426▼78Cumberland County, NJNJ157,1486.8%−1.2 pts

427▼16Doña Ana County, NMNM229,0916.8%−0.9 pts

428▲452St. Charles Parish, LALA50,5866.7%+0.7 pts

429▼52Missaukee County, MIMI15,2746.7%−1.1 pts

430▲87Indiana County, PAPA82,8786.7%−0.5 pts

431▼112Early County, GAGA10,4556.7%−1.4 pts

432▲405Harris County, TXTX5,045,0266.7%+0.6 pts

433▲520Otero County, COCO17,6836.7%+0.8 pts

434▼406Baker County, GAGA2,7256.7%−7.3 pts

435▼128Winston County, MSMS17,4736.7%−1.6 pts

436▲304Sacramento County, CACA1,618,4606.7%+0.3 pts

437▲2,208Houston County, TXTX22,3166.7%+3.7 pts

438▲176Clark County, OHOH135,3406.7%−0.1 pts

439▼304Hamilton County, FLFL14,1806.7%−3.2 pts

440▲522Worcester County, MDMD54,4596.7%+0.8 pts

441▼256Jackson County, MSMS147,6666.7%−2.6 pts

442▼296Presidio County, TXTX5,4336.7%−3.1 pts

443▲830Jeff Davis County, GAGA15,2196.7%+1.4 pts

444▲62Forrest County, MSMS79,0346.7%−0.6 pts

445▲563Middlesex County, NJNJ883,3356.7%+0.9 pts

446▲165Fulton County, ILIL32,9016.7%−0.1 pts

447▲613Tattnall County, GAGA24,3766.7%+0.9 pts

448▲43Lee County, SCSC15,7306.7%−0.6 pts

449▼109Darlington County, SCSC62,8886.7%−1.4 pts

450▲118Jefferson County, WAWA33,9706.6%−0.3 pts

451▲2,614Daggett County, UTUT9346.6%+5.6 pts

452▲1,948Grayson County, KYKY27,4066.6%+3.1 pts

453▲394Newton County, GAGA125,5836.6%+0.5 pts

454▲1,195Walthall County, MSMS13,9286.6%+1.9 pts

455▲1,223Sequatchie County, TNTN17,8616.6%+1.9 pts

456▲524Webster County, MSMS10,1676.6%+0.8 pts

457▼11Cuyahoga County, OHOH1,232,9256.6%−0.8 pts

458▼304Peach County, GAGA29,8776.6%−3.1 pts

459▲633Bradley County, ARAR9,8286.6%+0.9 pts

460▲67Ashtabula County, OHOH96,7136.6%−0.6 pts

461▼87Hoke County, NCNC56,9396.6%−1.3 pts

462▼138Panola County, MSMS32,6916.6%−1.5 pts

463▼242Dale County, ALAL49,9126.6%−2.4 pts

464▲676Meriwether County, GAGA21,5166.6%+1.0 pts

465▲186Hardin County, KYKY113,4826.6%−0.1 pts

466▼200Sabine Parish, LALA21,8346.6%−2.0 pts

467▼156Liberty County, FLFL8,0356.6%−1.7 pts

468▲297Mason County, WAWA71,1656.6%+0.2 pts

469▲777Bradley County, TNTN115,4656.6%+1.2 pts

470▼113Haskell County, OKOK11,7876.6%−1.4 pts

471▲972Dukes County, MAMA21,2196.6%+1.5 pts

472▼3Mineral County, WVWV26,7926.6%−0.8 pts

473▲1,098Miami County, ININ34,4876.6%+1.7 pts

474▲482Providence County, RIRI678,1796.6%+0.7 pts

475▲340Cass County, MNMN31,4306.6%+0.3 pts

476▲331Portsmouth, VAVA96,7776.6%+0.3 pts

477▼51Baltimore, MDMD569,9976.5%−1.0 pts

478▲278Presque Isle County, MIMI13,1286.5%+0.2 pts

479▼6Lincoln County, KYKY25,3536.5%−0.8 pts

480▲2,481Elliott County, KYKY7,2656.5%+4.7 pts

481▲604Schuyler County, NYNY16,9246.5%+0.8 pts

482▲18Newton County, ININ14,1886.5%−0.8 pts

483▲505Athens County, OHOH63,1976.5%+0.7 pts

484▲61Trinity County, TXTX14,3846.5%−0.6 pts

485▲551Union County, NJNJ601,8636.5%+0.7 pts

486▲2,319Lee County, TXTX18,7296.5%+4.0 pts

487▲566Grant County, WAWA105,7276.5%+0.7 pts

488▲17Riverside County, CACA2,544,9166.5%−0.8 pts

489▲731Ouachita Parish, LALA158,5426.5%+1.1 pts

490▲646Lipscomb County, TXTX2,9556.5%+0.9 pts

491▲1,308Gogebic County, MIMI14,2856.5%+2.0 pts

492▲701Contra Costa County, CACA1,170,0706.5%+1.0 pts

493▲1,276Mitchell County, NCNC15,0626.5%+2.0 pts

494▼47Iosco County, MIMI25,2666.5%−1.0 pts

495▲430Oceana County, MIMI27,1776.5%+0.5 pts

496▼90Alexander County, ILIL4,5706.5%−1.2 pts

497▲1,830Storey County, NVNV4,2606.5%+2.8 pts

498▲218Butler County, ALAL18,1006.5%0.0 pts

499▼394Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, AKAK7,2706.5%−4.1 pts

500▼149Lyon 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).