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Highest unemployment, US counties · 2020

US counties ranked by the highest unemployment rate (2023 ACS).

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RANKPLACESTATEPOPUNEMPLOYMENT RATEVS 2000
501Dawson County, TXTX11,7767.3%
502West Carroll Parish, LALA9,1567.3%
503Isabella County, MIMI64,6917.3%
504Sullivan County, NYNY80,5867.3%
505Riverside County, CACA2,544,9167.3%
506Forrest County, MSMS79,0347.3%
507Fayette County, WVWV38,1657.3%
508Haskell County, TXTX5,4997.3%
509Dorchester County, MDMD33,6287.3%
510San Joaquin County, CACA823,8157.2%
511Benton County, MOMO20,5367.2%
512Nash County, NCNC99,3657.2%
513Benton County, TNTN16,1837.2%
514Perry County, MSMS11,5777.2%
515Toombs County, GAGA27,5457.2%
516Atascosa County, TXTX53,5907.2%
517Indiana County, PAPA82,8787.2%
518Muskegon County, MIMI177,9017.2%
519Scott County, MSMS28,0737.2%
520Franklin County, ILIL36,9167.2%
521Wheeler County, GAGA7,5707.2%
522Claiborne County, TNTN33,2297.2%
523Lucas County, OHOH423,3477.2%
524Washington County, MOMO23,8107.2%
525Schuyler County, ILIL6,6577.2%
526Montmorency County, MIMI9,8427.2%
527Ashtabula County, OHOH96,7137.2%
528Choctaw County, OKOK14,0597.1%
529Danville, VAVA41,6477.1%
530Lampasas County, TXTX23,6577.1%
531District of Columbia, DCDC693,6457.1%
532Fairbanks North Star, AKAK93,9727.1%
533Randolph County, WVWV26,8827.1%
534Lane County, OROR381,5847.1%
535Bandera County, TXTX22,8767.1%
536Washington County, MEME31,3347.1%
537Yuba County, CACA88,6917.1%
538Salem County, NJNJ66,2807.1%
539Lincoln County, OROR50,6367.1%
540Tangipahoa Parish, LALA141,3467.1%
541Pike County, MSMS38,7127.1%
542Adair County, KYKY19,4237.1%
543Amite County, MSMS12,4877.1%
544Van Buren County, ARAR16,2387.1%
545Trinity County, TXTX14,3847.1%
546Pinal County, AZAZ539,3807.1%
547Chambers County, TXTX57,5947.1%
548Tazewell County, VAVA38,6357.1%
549Clayton County, GAGA297,4717.1%
550Talladega County, ALAL81,6037.1%
551Bamberg County, SCSC12,7967.0%
552Harney County, OROR7,3807.0%
553Lake County, ININ504,6127.0%
554Cook County, ILIL5,194,6257.0%
555Cross County, ARAR16,1867.0%
556Elbert County, GAGA20,0727.0%
557Sierra County, CACA3,0987.0%
558Edgefield County, SCSC29,8087.0%
559Simpson County, MSMS25,4987.0%
560Rio Arriba County, NMNM39,8327.0%
561Lauderdale County, TNTN24,6177.0%
562Lafourche Parish, LALA95,5057.0%
563Colleton County, SCSC39,3827.0%
564Miller County, GAGA5,8127.0%
565Clearwater County, MNMN8,6477.0%
566Hampshire County, WVWV24,1057.0%
567Coos County, OROR63,9927.0%
568Jefferson County, WAWA33,9707.0%
569Clark County, NVNV2,407,2267.0%
570Dallas County, ARAR6,0117.0%
571Musselshell County, MTMT5,5827.0%
572Hutchinson County, TXTX19,6337.0%
573Bryan County, GAGA52,0627.0%
574Rowan County, NCNC155,0967.0%
575Pocahontas County, WVWV7,6027.0%
576Schenectady County, NYNY162,5817.0%
577Franklin County, NYNY46,5007.0%
578Jefferson Davis County, MSMS10,9416.9%
579Uintah County, UTUT38,2786.9%
580Scioto County, OHOH71,3656.9%
581Wilbarger County, TXTX12,4816.9%
582Marengo County, ALAL18,3116.9%
583Barbour County, ALAL24,6076.9%
584McNairy County, TNTN26,2366.9%
585Raleigh County, WVWV71,7756.9%
586Graham County, AZAZ40,1576.9%
587Monroe County, TNTN49,7306.9%
588Marion County, FLFL442,6606.9%
589Umatilla County, OROR81,1196.9%
590Delta County, COCO32,1786.9%
591Butler County, MOMO41,9046.9%
592Hendry County, FLFL48,2766.9%
593Jackson County, OHOH32,8176.9%
594Fulton County, ININ20,0916.9%
595Lea County, NMNM74,7496.9%
596Pueblo County, COCO169,2776.9%
597Brunswick County, VAVA15,7276.9%
598Caddo County, OKOK26,1306.9%
599Mesa County, COCO162,8456.9%
600Caddo Parish, LALA224,2266.9%
601Alamosa County, COCO16,6886.9%
602Georgetown County, SCSC65,9126.9%
603Baker County, OROR16,6586.9%
604Beaufort County, NCNC44,6706.9%
605Harmon County, OKOK2,3276.9%
606Hernando County, FLFL221,7016.9%
607Pima County, AZAZ1,074,6856.8%
608Sussex County, VAVA10,7556.8%
609St. Lawrence County, NYNY105,4886.8%
610Suffolk County, MAMA791,8916.8%
611Fulton County, ILIL32,9016.8%
612Coles County, ILIL46,6076.8%
613Rolette County, NDND11,6886.8%
614Clark County, OHOH135,3406.8%
615Linn County, OROR132,8436.8%
616Franklin County, NCNC82,0376.8%
617Pope County, ILIL3,6726.8%
618Comanche County, OKOK122,1586.8%
619Brooks County, GAGA16,1016.8%
620Walker County, GAGA70,2506.8%
621Sampson County, NCNC61,5046.8%
622Howard County, TXTX30,5046.8%
623Cochise County, AZAZ126,3326.8%
624Potter County, PAPA15,8976.8%
625Laurens County, SCSC71,8486.8%
626Stephenson County, ILIL43,2206.8%
627Clinton County, KYKY9,1396.8%
628Stevens County, KSKS4,9846.8%
629Arenac County, MIMI15,0686.8%
630Ingham County, MIMI289,7096.8%
631Washington County, ALAL14,8226.8%
632Rutherford County, NCNC65,7456.7%
633DeWitt County, TXTX20,3096.7%
634Barren County, KYKY45,6416.7%
635Bleckley County, GAGA12,8666.7%
636Roanoke, VAVA99,1116.7%
637East Feliciana Parish, LALA18,9116.7%
638St. Mary Parish, LALA46,5526.7%
639Lafayette County, ARAR5,8886.7%
640Warren County, MSMS41,7596.7%
641Wadena County, MNMN14,3886.7%
642Angelina County, TXTX88,1546.7%
643Douglas County, GAGA154,2936.7%
644Madison County, TNTN100,7906.7%
645Barton County, MOMO11,7956.7%
646Cape May County, NJNJ93,3906.7%
647DeKalb County, GAGA774,3946.7%
648Pasquotank County, NCNC42,2016.7%
649Union County, TNTN21,4506.7%
650Guadalupe County, NMNM4,3436.7%
651Hardin County, KYKY113,4826.7%
652Stone County, MSMS19,6546.7%
653Yalobusha County, MSMS12,3756.7%
654Jefferson County, GAGA15,0116.7%
655Coryell County, TXTX85,5926.7%
656Camden County, NJNJ535,7996.7%
657Carbon County, UTUT20,6806.7%
658New Madrid County, MOMO15,0866.6%
659Lewis County, WAWA88,0626.6%
660Luce County, MIMI6,3396.6%
661Burke County, NCNC88,6556.6%
662Pittsburg County, OKOK43,3206.6%
663Tuscola County, MIMI52,6806.6%
664St. Clair County, MIMI160,4866.6%
665Barnwell County, SCSC20,6536.6%
666Appanoose County, IAIA12,0776.6%
667Lancaster County, SCSC114,2966.6%
668Clallam County, WAWA78,2026.6%
669Adams County, OHOH27,8656.6%
670Monongalia County, WVWV107,9916.6%
671Hemphill County, TXTX3,0836.6%
672Wasco County, OROR26,3106.6%
673Rockdale County, GAGA98,4166.6%
674Grant County, WVWV11,0416.6%
675Harnett County, NCNC150,1376.6%
676Oswego County, NYNY118,5696.6%
677Camden County, GAGA60,1436.6%
678Ector County, TXTX173,8016.6%
679East Baton Rouge Parish, LALA456,1806.6%
680Howard County, ARAR12,3066.6%
681DeKalb County, ILIL101,8356.6%
682Venango County, PAPA49,3466.6%
683Whitley County, KYKY37,2976.6%
684Richland Parish, LALA19,5826.6%
685Kay County, OKOK43,4906.6%
686Sandoval County, NMNM159,5656.6%
687Hockley County, TXTX21,6006.6%
688Russell County, VAVA25,3326.6%
689Lewis County, WVWV16,3946.6%
690Sevier County, UTUT22,8276.5%
691Kimball County, NENE3,3916.5%
692Prince George County, VAVA43,9366.5%
693Milam County, TXTX26,2586.5%
694Llano County, TXTX23,3536.5%
695Columbia County, ARAR21,8946.5%
696Garfield County, WAWA2,4166.5%
697Pulaski County, ILIL4,8206.5%
698Elmore County, IDID29,4656.5%
699Madison County, KYKY101,6966.5%
700Maries County, MOMO8,3976.5%
701Kings County, NYNY2,653,9636.5%
702Chenango County, NYNY45,7156.5%
703Saginaw County, MIMI187,6886.5%
704Calhoun County, SCSC14,1886.5%
705Talbot County, GAGA5,7096.5%
706Mineral County, MTMT5,1856.5%
707Sullivan County, TNTN163,7596.5%
708Cherokee County, SCSC58,2756.5%
709Murray County, GAGA41,6076.5%
710Halifax County, NCNC46,5346.5%
711Stephens County, OKOK44,3106.5%
712Cherokee County, TXTX53,3376.5%
713McKean County, PAPA38,9846.5%
714Sumter County, GAGA28,8016.5%
715Radford, VAVA17,2436.5%
716Butler County, ALAL18,1006.5%
717Choctaw County, ALAL11,9046.5%
718Cowlitz County, WAWA114,8856.5%
719Johnston County, OKOK10,4486.5%
720Buchanan County, VAVA18,4926.5%
721Los Angeles County, CACA9,694,9346.5%
722Decatur County, GAGA29,4326.5%
723Marion County, GAGA7,6766.5%
724Camp County, TXTX13,3806.5%
725Caldwell County, NCNC81,1056.5%
726Benewah County, IDID10,5086.4%
727Hickman County, KYKY4,3726.4%
728Hopkins County, KYKY45,1276.4%
729Franklin County, TXTX10,9946.4%
730Lewis County, KYKY12,9016.4%
731Yakima County, WAWA259,1856.4%
732Atkinson County, GAGA8,4546.4%
733Kenosha County, WIWI168,4486.4%
734Montgomery County, ALAL225,8916.4%
735Monroe County, ININ143,3456.4%
736Fremont County, IDID14,2086.4%
737Pend Oreille County, WAWA14,4576.4%
738Levy County, FLFL48,5206.4%
739Matagorda County, TXTX36,4636.4%
740Sacramento County, CACA1,618,4606.4%
741Russell County, KYKY18,6086.4%
742Muskogee County, OKOK66,7086.4%
743Cass County, ILIL12,4636.4%
744Chautauqua County, KSKS3,3216.4%
745Hill County, MTMT16,1676.4%
746Washington County, FLFL26,6956.4%
747Gooding County, IDID16,4466.4%
748Calhoun County, MIMI133,4086.4%
749East Carroll Parish, LALA6,7606.4%
750Del Norte County, CACA26,4106.4%
751Stephens County, GAGA27,8546.4%
752Prince George's County, MDMD970,3746.4%
753Clarke County, MSMS15,1026.4%
754Mercer County, WVWV57,5036.4%
755Bath County, VAVA4,0766.4%
756Presque Isle County, MIMI13,1286.4%
757Texas County, MOMO25,9946.4%
758Dillon County, SCSC27,4586.4%
759Laclede County, MOMO36,9436.4%
760Fayette County, TNTN45,0716.4%
761Worth County, GAGA20,0596.4%
762Lawrence County, PAPA83,9116.4%
763Grays Harbor County, WAWA78,1446.4%
764Marshall County, TNTN38,0716.4%
765Mason County, WAWA71,1656.4%
766Delaware County, ININ113,1066.4%
767Escambia County, FLFL333,8346.4%
768Avoyelles Parish, LALA37,9416.4%
769Rockingham County, NCNC94,1956.3%
770Sedgwick County, COCO2,2476.3%
771Henry County, VAVA49,2426.3%
772Terrebonne Parish, LALA104,1636.3%
773Gila County, AZAZ53,8016.3%
774Plumas County, CACA18,5836.3%
775Refugio County, TXTX6,6576.3%
776Dickens County, TXTX1,6926.3%
777Martin County, KYKY10,6976.3%
778Bristol, VAVA16,4186.3%
779Clearwater County, IDID9,1186.3%
780Hawaii County, HIHI210,0436.3%
781Richmond, VAVA237,2576.3%
782Hardin County, ILIL3,5886.3%
783Knox County, KYKY29,5326.3%
784Pottawatomie County, OKOK75,1026.3%
785McDuffie County, GAGA21,6406.3%
786Garland County, ARAR99,6956.3%
787Lynchburg, VAVA81,3476.3%
788Henderson County, TXTX88,5956.3%
789Fentress County, TNTN20,3226.3%
790Reagan County, TXTX3,1666.3%
791Jackson County, KYKY13,3256.3%
792Wyandotte County, KSKS170,5976.3%
793Kershaw County, SCSC73,1666.3%
794Dinwiddie County, VAVA28,8966.3%
795Adams County, WAWA21,4886.3%
796Webster County, GAGA2,3696.3%
797Indian River County, FLFL172,7996.3%
798Jackson County, MIMI159,5526.3%
799Leon County, FLFL299,0486.3%
800Madison County, GAGA32,9196.3%
801Glacier County, MTMT13,4636.3%
802Polk County, TNTN18,5926.3%
803Wright County, MOMO19,6716.3%
804Montgomery County, OHOH539,5986.3%
805Passaic County, NJNJ531,6246.3%
806Jefferson County, ALAL665,7426.3%
807Portsmouth, VAVA96,7776.3%
808Harris County, GAGA37,2806.3%
809Sutton County, TXTX3,2036.3%
810Sweetwater County, WYWY41,2676.2%
811Alcorn County, MSMS34,5696.2%
812Carroll County, GAGA131,0366.2%
813Monroe County, ARAR6,2446.2%
814Cumberland County, TNTN66,3006.2%
815Cass County, MNMN31,4306.2%
816Kalamazoo County, MIMI263,7956.2%
817Hill County, TXTX39,5036.2%
818Monroe County, PAPA167,1796.2%
819Caldwell County, KYKY12,6096.2%
820Montague County, TXTX21,9666.2%
821Morgan County, WVWV18,0276.2%
822Gladwin County, MIMI26,0776.2%
823Dyer County, TNTN36,3206.2%
824El Paso County, TXTX877,8586.2%
825Hart County, GAGA28,6396.2%
826Malheur County, OROR32,2616.2%
827Lyman County, SDSD3,6946.2%
828Thomas County, GAGA46,3686.2%
829Lehigh County, PAPA384,3836.2%
830Mecosta County, MIMI42,3206.2%
831Hampden County, MAMA464,3386.2%
832Jefferson County, ILIL36,1476.2%
833Suffolk, VAVA104,6996.2%
834Delaware County, PAPA580,9376.2%
835Kodiak Island, AKAK12,3876.2%
836Carroll County, MOMO8,4176.2%
837Harris County, TXTX5,045,0266.2%
838McMinn County, TNTN57,4046.2%
839Kent County, DEDE194,7866.2%
840Berrien County, MIMI152,4446.2%
841Ogle County, ILIL51,3996.2%
842San Diego County, CACA3,282,2486.2%
843Henderson County, ILIL5,9846.2%
844Marion County, ALAL29,0976.2%
845Jefferson County, TNTN60,0246.2%
846Nowata County, OKOK9,5226.2%
847Newton County, GAGA125,5836.2%
848Obion County, TNTN30,0676.2%
849Klickitat County, WAWA24,3316.2%
850Lassen County, CACA28,1176.1%
851Tippah County, MSMS21,3896.1%
852Comanche County, TXTX14,4326.1%
853Craven County, NCNC105,0256.1%
854Screven County, GAGA14,4086.1%
855Logan County, ARAR21,6336.1%
856Susquehanna County, PAPA38,2376.1%
857Marshall County, MSMS34,6546.1%
858Thurston County, WAWA304,2616.1%
859Herkimer County, NYNY59,2196.1%
860Ben Hill County, GAGA17,0996.1%
861Hampton, VAVA137,3156.1%
862Perry County, OHOH35,9186.1%
863Coshocton County, OHOH37,1886.1%
864Kittitas County, WAWA48,8036.1%
865Richland County, SCSC434,9566.1%
866Ellis County, OKOK3,6136.1%
867New Castle County, DEDE588,0266.1%
868Lake County, FLFL456,0686.1%
869Oxford County, MEME60,3466.1%
870Chilton County, ALAL47,7086.1%
871Unicoi County, TNTN17,8566.1%
872Benton County, OROR97,7286.1%
873Sanilac County, MIMI40,0836.1%
874Greenwood County, SCSC70,3796.1%
875Santa Cruz County, CACA258,8526.1%
876Coal County, OKOK5,4366.1%
877Pine County, MNMN30,4726.1%
878Grant County, KSKS7,0286.1%
879Blackford County, ININ11,7306.1%
880St. Charles Parish, LALA50,5866.1%
881Wexford County, MIMI34,4456.1%
882Alcona County, MIMI10,5566.1%
883Marion County, OHOH65,1156.1%
884Harrison County, TXTX71,9566.1%
885Colonial Heights, VAVA18,7386.1%
886Hancock County, MSMS46,8736.1%
887Oconee County, SCSC83,7756.1%
888Beltrami County, MNMN47,0556.1%
889Mason County, ILIL12,4116.1%
890Person County, NCNC40,6366.1%
891Anderson County, KYKY25,2256.1%
892Swain County, NCNC14,0246.1%
893Palm Beach County, FLFL1,575,7266.1%
894Stewart County, TNTN14,4396.0%
895Luzerne County, PAPA332,1266.0%
896Osage County, OKOK46,7946.0%
897Valley County, MTMT7,3856.0%
898Pulaski County, KYKY67,3846.0%
899Northumberland County, VAVA12,5576.0%
900Catawba County, NCNC170,1726.0%
901Mercer County, KYKY23,7336.0%
902Ross County, OHOH76,4296.0%
903White County, ILIL13,2506.0%
904Kleberg County, TXTX30,3156.0%
905Wayne County, TNTN16,4166.0%
906Delaware County, OKOK41,9106.0%
907Roane County, TNTN57,3956.0%
908Ascension Parish, LALA135,1056.0%
909Prairie County, ARAR7,9236.0%
910Pasco County, FLFL674,5166.0%
911Elk County, PAPA29,9266.0%
912Spotsylvania County, VAVA155,3886.0%
913Mercer County, NJNJ399,2896.0%
914Gaston County, NCNC246,5586.0%
915Marion County, ARAR17,5936.0%
916Orleans County, NYNY39,8256.0%
917Wrangell, AKAK2,0076.0%
918LaSalle County, ILIL107,7736.0%
919St. Francis County, ARAR21,8006.0%
920Montgomery County, NYNY50,0466.0%
921Jones County, TXTX20,8616.0%
922Clarion County, PAPA36,6806.0%
923Horry County, SCSC427,5516.0%
924Columbiana County, OHOH99,3776.0%
925Oceana County, MIMI27,1776.0%
926Montgomery County, TNTN249,9356.0%
927Queens County, NYNY2,358,1826.0%
928Hood County, TXTX70,5016.0%
929Tillman County, OKOK6,7806.0%
930Berkeley County, WVWV139,5226.0%
931Isle of Wight County, VAVA41,3216.0%
932Tuscaloosa County, ALAL241,3686.0%
933Whitfield County, GAGA106,2126.0%
934Elk County, KSKS2,4586.0%
935Upshur County, TXTX44,4106.0%
936Brunswick County, NCNC174,7026.0%
937Douglas County, OROR111,9515.9%
938Prince Edward County, VAVA22,3915.9%
939Duplin County, NCNC51,5715.9%
940Powell County, KYKY12,8125.9%
941Greenbrier County, WVWV31,5785.9%
942Harrison County, OHOH14,0705.9%
943Ontonagon County, MIMI5,8235.9%
944Blaine County, OKOK8,5155.9%
945Churchill County, NVNV25,8515.9%
946Jackson County, FLFL49,6295.9%
947El Paso County, COCO757,0405.9%
948Limestone County, TXTX22,8495.9%
949Bay County, MIMI102,1235.9%
950Kalkaska County, MIMI18,6935.9%
951Adair County, IAIA7,4035.9%
952Pearl River County, MSMS59,3635.9%
953Otero County, COCO17,6835.9%
954Broward County, FLFL2,013,3175.9%
955Shasta County, CACA181,6485.9%
956Providence County, RIRI678,1795.9%
957Washington County, RIRI129,7955.9%
958Wilcox County, GAGA8,7975.9%
959Galveston County, TXTX372,2075.9%
960Buena Vista County, IAIA20,4495.9%
961Carter County, TNTN57,3615.9%
962Worcester County, MDMD54,4595.9%
963Miller County, MOMO25,8175.9%
964Lapeer County, MIMI89,5165.9%
965Gallatin County, KYKY8,8405.9%
966Vigo County, ININ106,5125.9%
967Effingham County, GAGA74,3975.9%
968Roberts County, SDSD10,2555.9%
969Solano County, CACA455,3765.9%
970Washington County, IDID11,5835.9%
971Simpson County, KYKY20,7885.9%
972Park County, COCO18,3145.9%
973Chemung County, NYNY80,4155.9%
974Ohio County, WVWV40,4965.9%
975Houghton County, MIMI37,8425.9%
976Fulton County, KYKY6,2185.9%
977Guilford County, NCNC562,2345.9%
978Leon County, TXTX16,8945.9%
979Putnam County, TNTN86,6125.9%
980Webster County, MSMS10,1675.9%
981Sequoyah County, OKOK40,8425.9%
982Adams County, WIWI21,7525.8%
983St. Louis, MOMO278,1445.8%
984Calcasieu Parish, LALA208,4665.8%
985Pulaski County, ININ12,4635.8%
986Palo Pinto County, TXTX30,7915.8%
987Houston County, TNTN8,4795.8%
988Athens County, OHOH63,1975.8%
989Yavapai County, AZAZ252,5525.8%
990Rosebud County, MTMT8,2535.8%
991Boyle County, KYKY31,6325.8%
992Koochiching County, MNMN11,5875.8%
993Nantucket County, MAMA14,7585.8%
994Vermilion County, ILIL71,2595.8%
995Collingsworth County, TXTX2,4875.8%
996Livingston County, KYKY8,8635.8%
997Marquette County, MIMI68,0645.8%
998Ashland County, WIWI16,2035.8%
999Rapides Parish, LALA125,8775.8%
1000Lake County, MTMT33,3925.8%
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UPDATED 2026-06-02 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES