RANKING · 2024 ACS · 500 SHOWN OF 3,144

Lowest labor force participation, US counties

US counties with the smallest share of adults 16+ in the civilian labor force (2024 ACS). Issaquena County, Mississippi leads at 21.5%. 3,144 counties qualify in total. West Virginia carries 4 of the top 25 entries. The median across all 3,144 is 58.9%. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Eureka County, NV, up 1,068 places to #28.

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YEAR2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPLABOR FORCE PARTICIPATIONVS 2020

USUnited States334,922,49963.5%–

01▲3Issaquena County, MSMS1,26321.5%−4.6 pts

02▲1Sumter County, FLFL157,77225.8%+3.2 pts

03▲3McDowell County, WVWV16,87827.1%−1.5 pts

04▼3Forest County, PAPA6,61429.3%+7.8 pts

05▲7Hancock County, GAGA8,68230.1%−1.6 pts

06▲4Lake County, TNTN6,24930.6%−0.1 pts

07▲44Crowley County, COCO5,67731.5%−8.1 pts

08▼3Catron County, NMNM3,82731.7%+3.5 pts

09▲249Real County, TXTX2,74532.5%−14.2 pts

10▲19Martin County, KYKY10,69732.9%−4.1 pts

11▲13Calhoun County, GAGA5,41333.6%−2.6 pts

12▲18Buchanan County, VAVA18,49233.7%−3.4 pts

13▲234Oglala Lakota County, SDSD13,33833.8%−12.8 pts

14▲13McCormick County, SCSC10,21534.8%−1.8 pts

15▲23McCreary County, KYKY17,12435.4%−2.7 pts

16▲177Gilmer County, WVWV7,08535.4%−9.6 pts

17▲70Tensas Parish, LALA3,70035.4%−6.2 pts

18▲5Telfair County, GAGA11,19535.5%−0.6 pts

19▼10Greene County, MSMS13,70735.5%+5.0 pts

20▼13Elliott County, KYKY7,26535.5%+6.7 pts

21▲61Summers County, WVWV11,53235.8%−5.7 pts

22▲54Mingo County, WVWV21,45535.9%−5.2 pts

23▼15Lincoln County, ARAR12,76436.2%+6.3 pts

24▲30Claiborne Parish, LALA13,35436.3%−3.4 pts

25▼11Stewart County, GAGA4,63136.5%+4.2 pts

26▼6Wolfe County, KYKY6,29836.5%+1.4 pts

27▲30Magoffin County, KYKY11,11036.7%−3.2 pts

28▲1,068Eureka County, NVNV1,86736.8%−19.1 pts

29▲52Lee County, ARAR8,02936.9%−4.4 pts

30▲35Sierra County, NMNM11,39537.4%−2.9 pts

31▲15Noble County, OHOH14,27637.4%−1.6 pts

32▼6Hamilton County, FLFL14,18037.7%+1.3 pts

33▼20Union County, FLFL16,25038.0%+6.2 pts

34▼15Bent County, COCO5,71638.2%+3.9 pts

35▲24Wilcox County, GAGA8,79738.5%−1.5 pts

36▲55Claiborne County, MSMS8,05838.6%−3.2 pts

37▲155Wheeler County, GAGA7,57038.9%−6.1 pts

38▲139Esmeralda County, NVNV72938.9%−5.7 pts

39▼18Glades County, FLFL13,27039.2%+3.5 pts

40▼9Owsley County, KYKY3,93239.2%+2.2 pts

41▲4Wilkinson County, MSMS7,58239.2%+0.2 pts

42▲8Dixie County, FLFL18,03839.5%0.0 pts

43▼41East Carroll Parish, LALA6,76039.5%+17.8 pts

44▲277La Salle County, TXTX6,51739.5%−8.5 pts

45▼20Perry County, ALAL7,42539.6%+3.3 pts

46▲27Wyoming County, WVWV19,80139.8%−1.2 pts

47▲28Terrell County, TXTX70240.2%−0.8 pts

48▲114Quitman County, GAGA2,25440.3%−4.0 pts

49▲46Greene County, ALAL7,06740.3%−1.6 pts

50▲8Citrus County, FLFL171,66640.4%+0.4 pts

51▲49Lee County, VAVA21,64240.5%−1.6 pts

52▲72Conecuh County, ALAL10,89940.5%−2.6 pts

53▲141Lincoln County, WVWV19,17740.6%−4.5 pts

54▲191Socorro County, NMNM15,83840.7%−5.9 pts

55▼39Jones County, TXTX20,86140.7%+7.9 pts

56▲203Calhoun County, WVWV5,97840.8%−5.9 pts

57▲82Stone County, ARAR12,70340.8%−3.0 pts

58▲13Amite County, MSMS12,48740.9%0.0 pts

59▼6Greensville County, VAVA11,18141.1%+1.4 pts

60▲33Izard County, ARAR14,40541.1%−0.8 pts

61▲118Hardin County, ILIL3,58841.1%−3.6 pts

62▼34Morgan County, KYKY14,41541.1%+4.4 pts

63▲458Bullock County, ALAL9,78041.1%−9.8 pts

64▲42Luce County, MIMI6,33941.2%−1.2 pts

65▼3Hickory County, MOMO9,04441.3%+1.0 pts

66▼48Lassen County, CACA28,11741.3%+7.4 pts

67▼11Alger County, MIMI8,64141.3%+1.5 pts

68▲51Brown County, ILIL6,40141.4%−1.4 pts

69▲89Towns County, GAGA13,28541.4%−2.8 pts

70▲4Lee County, KYKY7,29741.4%+0.4 pts

71▲59Huerfano County, COCO7,01141.5%−2.1 pts

72▲11Knox County, KYKY29,53241.5%0.0 pts

73▲77Pulaski County, ILIL4,82041.6%−2.4 pts

74▲15Madison County, FLFL18,75941.6%−0.1 pts

75▲84Doddridge County, WVWV7,63441.7%−2.6 pts

76▼43Harlan County, KYKY24,72541.7%+4.5 pts

77▼37Apache County, AZAZ64,44541.8%+3.5 pts

78▲34Pershing County, NVNV6,42141.8%−0.9 pts

79▲78Powell County, MTMT7,15741.8%−2.5 pts

80▲115Gulf County, FLFL15,94341.8%−3.2 pts

81▲90Macon County, GAGA11,75641.9%−2.7 pts

82▼30Wahkiakum County, WAWA4,87341.9%+2.3 pts

83▲31McIntosh County, OKOK19,75841.9%−0.7 pts

84▲29Montmorency County, MIMI9,84241.9%−0.7 pts

85▲53Sanders County, MTMT14,06242.0%−1.8 pts

86▼47Johnson County, ILIL13,36342.0%+3.8 pts

87▲47Trinity County, CACA15,72042.1%−1.6 pts

88▲32Nye County, NVNV57,33642.1%−0.8 pts

89▲42Leslie County, KYKY9,62742.2%−1.4 pts

90▼24Knott County, KYKY13,32142.3%+1.7 pts

91▼5Roscommon County, MIMI23,91442.3%+0.7 pts

92▼51Bell County, KYKY22,82942.4%+4.0 pts

93▲6Yazoo County, MSMS22,94742.4%+0.4 pts

94▼77Pope County, ILIL3,67242.5%+8.6 pts

95▲7Lyon County, KYKY9,12342.5%+0.3 pts

96▲137Northumberland County, VAVA12,55742.5%−3.6 pts

97▼53Clay County, KYKY19,46542.6%+3.7 pts

98▲38Benton County, MOMO20,53642.7%−1.0 pts

99▼9Lexington, VAVA7,76942.7%+0.9 pts

100▲3Ferry County, WAWA7,51742.7%+0.5 pts

101▲80Hartley County, TXTX4,90442.7%−2.0 pts

102▼39Alcona County, MIMI10,55642.7%+2.4 pts

103▼33Breathitt County, KYKY12,55842.8%+1.9 pts

104▲83Roane County, WVWV13,31742.8%−2.1 pts

105▲352Braxton County, WVWV11,88542.9%−7.3 pts

106▼71La Paz County, AZAZ16,71142.9%+5.3 pts

107▼39Ontonagon County, MIMI5,82342.9%+2.2 pts

108▲32Live Oak County, TXTX11,92943.0%−0.8 pts

109▲28Bland County, VAVA6,15143.0%−0.7 pts

110▲13Pamlico County, NCNC12,75843.0%0.0 pts

111▲191Pocahontas County, WVWV7,60243.1%−4.6 pts

112▲84Letcher County, KYKY19,95243.1%−2.1 pts

113▲245Jenkins County, GAGA8,84343.1%−5.6 pts

114▲66Tyrrell County, NCNC3,53743.1%−1.6 pts

115▼68Liberty County, FLFL8,03543.1%+3.9 pts

116▼47Tyler County, TXTX20,44343.2%+2.4 pts

117▲49Jefferson County, MSMS6,82543.2%−1.2 pts

118▼39Charlotte County, FLFL217,21243.2%+1.9 pts

119▲102Jackson County, SDSD2,66643.3%−2.6 pts

120▼9Fulton County, ARAR12,49243.3%+0.7 pts

121▼99Garza County, TXTX4,51043.4%+7.3 pts

122▲344Johnson County, GAGA9,31043.4%−6.9 pts

123▲38Baraga County, MIMI8,16943.5%−0.8 pts

124▼92Taylor County, FLFL21,21043.5%+6.5 pts

125▲17Pike County, KYKY54,72143.5%−0.3 pts

126▼17Allendale County, SCSC7,35543.6%+1.1 pts

127▼33Calhoun County, FLFL13,28943.6%+1.7 pts

128▼85Dickenson County, VAVA13,23643.6%+4.8 pts

129▼25Highlands County, FLFL111,12243.6%+1.3 pts

130▼119Concho County, TXTX3,60743.6%+12.0 pts

131▼30Floyd County, KYKY34,40143.6%+1.5 pts

132▼47Clay County, WVWV7,53843.6%+2.0 pts

133▲136Cibola County, NMNM26,80743.7%−3.3 pts

134▲157Lincoln County, MTMT22,32843.7%−3.6 pts

135▲138Shannon County, MOMO7,28543.7%−3.4 pts

136▲190Dooly County, GAGA11,15643.8%−4.3 pts

137▲9Lafayette County, FLFL8,79243.8%−0.1 pts

138▲128West Feliciana Parish, LALA15,13443.8%−3.1 pts

139▲81Baxter County, ARAR42,98243.8%−2.0 pts

140▼42Hughes County, OKOK13,45543.9%+1.9 pts

141▼9Jefferson County, WAWA33,97043.9%+0.3 pts

142▲30Pulaski County, GAGA10,17244.0%−0.6 pts

143▼18Webster County, WVWV7,76044.0%+0.8 pts

144▲23Costilla County, COCO3,67944.0%−0.4 pts

145▲3Jackson County, FLFL49,62944.1%+0.1 pts

146▼109Fremont County, COCO50,03944.1%+6.2 pts

147▲78Fulton County, KYKY6,21844.1%−1.9 pts

148▲186Alfalfa County, OKOK5,64944.1%−4.3 pts

149▼82Madison Parish, LALA8,84444.1%+3.6 pts

150▼43Union County, NMNM3,84444.1%+1.7 pts

151▲40Oscoda County, MIMI8,72344.2%−0.6 pts

152▲216Lafayette County, ARAR5,88844.3%−4.6 pts

153▼56Ozark County, MOMO9,17244.4%+2.5 pts

154▲73Menifee County, KYKY6,43044.5%−1.5 pts

155▼8Houston County, TXTX22,31644.5%+0.6 pts

156▲53Van Buren County, ARAR16,23844.5%−1.0 pts

157▲31Mohave County, AZAZ228,10244.5%−0.3 pts

158▲40Baker County, GAGA2,72544.5%−0.7 pts

159▼111Johnson County, TNTN18,71844.6%+5.3 pts

160▲18Catahoula Parish, LALA8,22344.7%0.0 pts

161▼32East Feliciana Parish, LALA18,91144.7%+1.2 pts

162▲51Greer County, OKOK5,37344.7%−0.9 pts

163▼83Lake County, MIMI13,18244.7%+3.4 pts

164▼76Karnes County, TXTX15,01844.7%+3.1 pts

165▼24Holmes County, MSMS15,46544.7%+0.9 pts

166▼51Marion County, ARAR17,59344.8%+2.1 pts

167▲19Okfuskee County, OKOK11,45144.8%0.0 pts

168▲1,068Kenedy County, TXTX31944.8%−12.2 pts

169▲107Scott County, VAVA21,20044.9%−2.2 pts

170▲123Luna County, NMNM25,40744.9%−2.5 pts

171▲101Tazewell County, VAVA38,63544.9%−2.2 pts

172▲43Twiggs County, GAGA7,59745.0%−0.8 pts

173▲88Washington County, NCNC10,63845.0%−1.8 pts

174▲52Grant County, NMNM27,25245.1%−0.9 pts

175▼20Russell County, VAVA25,33245.1%+0.9 pts

176▼60Curry County, OROR22,62145.1%+2.4 pts

177▲323Kent County, TXTX67445.1%−5.6 pts

178▲51Sharp County, ARAR18,12245.1%−0.9 pts

179▲124Hyde County, NCNC4,55445.1%−2.6 pts

180▲57Keweenaw County, MIMI2,18645.1%−1.0 pts

181▼36Union County, GAGA27,85945.2%+1.3 pts

182▲57Montgomery County, ARAR8,57945.3%−1.0 pts

183▼50Logan County, WVWV30,37545.3%+1.7 pts

184▼19Wheeler County, OROR1,47245.3%+0.9 pts

185▲131Sumter County, ALAL11,58845.4%−2.6 pts

186▲190Clay County, NCNC12,23945.4%−3.6 pts

187▲13Pickens County, ALAL18,22145.5%+0.3 pts

188▲23Tyler County, WVWV7,88145.5%0.0 pts

189▲29Monroe County, ALAL18,96545.5%−0.3 pts

190▲33Barbour County, ALAL24,60745.6%−0.2 pts

191▲76Custer County, COCO5,59045.7%−1.3 pts

192▼84Lincoln County, NVNV4,32045.7%+3.2 pts

193▲37Marlboro County, SCSC25,48845.7%−0.3 pts

194▲107Bertie County, NCNC17,08645.7%−1.9 pts

195▼73Richmond County, VAVA9,29445.8%+2.8 pts

196▲38Navajo County, AZAZ109,94645.8%−0.3 pts

197▲282Cleburne County, ARAR25,67245.8%−4.6 pts

198▲1,541Mason County, TXTX3,99045.8%−14.5 pts

199▼184Lincoln County, COCO5,64545.9%+13.1 pts

200▼104Bee County, TXTX32,51545.9%+4.0 pts

201▲16Cumberland County, TNTN66,30045.9%+0.1 pts

202▲34Clay County, TNTN7,82145.9%−0.2 pts

203▼49Presque Isle County, MIMI13,12845.9%+1.8 pts

204▲455Norton County, KSKS5,28846.0%−6.3 pts

205▼169Mora County, NMNM4,05146.0%+8.3 pts

206▲89Somerset County, MDMD24,97346.0%−1.5 pts

207▲527Childress County, TXTX6,64346.1%−7.0 pts

208▲86Dimmit County, TXTX8,02446.1%−1.3 pts

209▲129Clare County, MIMI31,54346.2%−2.3 pts

210▼92Boone County, WVWV20,25146.2%+3.4 pts

211▼9Jackson County, ARAR16,74146.2%+0.9 pts

212▼134Anderson County, TXTX59,80546.3%+5.1 pts

213▼29Lee County, SCSC15,73046.3%+1.5 pts

214▲150Dodge County, GAGA19,66346.3%−2.5 pts

215▲378Talbot County, GAGA5,70946.3%−5.2 pts

216▼4St. Francis County, ARAR21,80046.3%+0.8 pts

217▼157Jackson County, KYKY13,32546.4%+6.2 pts

218▲216Lowndes County, ALAL9,35946.4%−3.6 pts

219▼9Wise County, VAVA34,82446.4%+0.9 pts

220▲99Mason County, WVWV24,70746.4%−1.6 pts

221▲259Latimer County, OKOK9,64546.5%−4.0 pts

222▼94Concordia Parish, LALA17,83646.5%+3.0 pts

223▲228Fentress County, TNTN20,32246.5%−3.7 pts

224▼50Jackson Parish, LALA15,83446.5%+1.9 pts

225▼153Sabine County, TXTX10,01246.5%+5.6 pts

226▼62Hancock County, TNTN7,07546.6%+2.2 pts

227▼57Chicot County, ARAR9,10746.6%+2.1 pts

228▼60Wayne County, MOMO10,78246.6%+2.2 pts

229▲272Cleveland County, ARAR7,22446.7%−4.0 pts

230▲327Plumas County, CACA18,58346.7%−4.6 pts

231▲330Covington, VAVA5,68046.7%−4.6 pts

232▼177Lawrence County, KYKY15,76546.7%+6.9 pts

233▲160Taylor County, GAGA7,81846.7%−2.6 pts

234▲256Grayson County, VAVA15,23046.7%−3.8 pts

235▲139Nicholas County, WVWV23,84846.7%−2.3 pts

236▼28Bienville Parish, LALA12,26946.8%+1.3 pts

237▼52Winn Parish, LALA14,96146.8%+2.0 pts

238▼14Lancaster County, VAVA10,99546.8%+1.0 pts

239▼17Washington County, FLFL26,69546.8%+1.0 pts

240▼206Piute County, UTUT1,50946.9%+9.3 pts

241▲544Robertson County, KYKY2,32546.9%−6.7 pts

242▼115Morgan County, TNTN22,16046.9%+3.4 pts

243▼126Tattnall County, GAGA24,37646.9%+4.2 pts

244▲12Wayne County, TNTN16,41647.0%+0.3 pts

245▼119Walker County, TXTX83,84247.0%+3.8 pts

246▲136Buckingham County, VAVA17,13747.1%−2.1 pts

247▲349Desha County, ARAR9,98447.2%−4.4 pts

248▼10Prince Edward County, VAVA22,39147.2%+1.0 pts

249▲105Lunenburg County, VAVA12,05847.2%−1.4 pts

250▼68Franklin County, FLFL13,02947.2%+2.5 pts

251▼75Grant Parish, LALA22,07547.2%+2.6 pts

252▲2Gila County, AZAZ53,80147.2%+0.6 pts

253▲398Clay County, ALAL14,20747.2%−5.0 pts

254▼47Avery County, NCNC18,11047.3%+1.8 pts

255▼145Johnson County, KYKY22,05147.3%+4.7 pts

256▼93Seminole County, GAGA9,16247.3%+3.0 pts

257▼60Adams County, MSMS30,06147.3%+2.2 pts

258▲169Adams County, IDID5,01347.3%−2.4 pts

259▼56Gladwin County, MIMI26,07747.4%+2.1 pts

260▲19Wood County, TXTX49,68847.4%+0.3 pts

261▲72Allen Parish, LALA22,67247.4%−1.0 pts

262▲18Modoc County, CACA8,42647.4%+0.3 pts

263▲93Putnam County, FLFL77,73447.5%−1.2 pts

264▲206Alleghany County, NCNC11,47947.5%−2.9 pts

265▲240Perry County, KYKY26,55547.5%−3.3 pts

266▼24Sabine Parish, LALA21,83447.5%+1.1 pts

267▲607Duval County, TXTX9,40247.5%−6.9 pts

268▲148Wirt County, WVWV4,87947.5%−2.1 pts

269▲78Lauderdale County, TNTN24,61747.5%−1.0 pts

270▼18Ogemaw County, MIMI21,12147.5%+1.0 pts

271▲112Clallam County, WAWA78,20247.6%−1.7 pts

272▼53Estill County, KYKY13,96247.6%+1.7 pts

273▼8Lewis County, IDID3,70447.6%+0.6 pts

274▲15Escambia County, ALAL36,66547.6%+0.3 pts

275▲98Ashley County, ARAR17,83147.6%−1.4 pts

276▲413Norton, VAVA3,47747.6%−5.0 pts

277▲15Coosa County, ALAL10,16147.6%+0.3 pts

278▼72Hardeman County, TNTN25,27447.6%+2.2 pts

279▲26Adams County, WIWI21,75247.6%−0.1 pts

280▼203DeKalb County, MOMO9,79547.6%+6.5 pts

281▲361Washington County, IDID11,58347.7%−4.5 pts

282▲153Bledsoe County, TNTN15,92047.7%−2.3 pts

283▼9Ritchie County, WVWV8,03447.7%+0.6 pts

284▲439Baldwin County, GAGA44,02947.7%−5.2 pts

285▲141Gadsden County, FLFL44,29847.7%−2.0 pts

286▼181Clearwater County, IDID9,11847.8%+5.4 pts

287▼39Nottoway County, VAVA15,79647.8%+1.3 pts

288▼10Pickett County, TNTN5,21947.8%+0.7 pts

289▼46Wetzel County, WVWV13,73447.9%+1.4 pts

290▼121Choctaw County, ALAL11,90447.9%+3.3 pts

291▲27Iron County, MIMI11,75747.9%−0.1 pts

292▼37Iosco County, MIMI25,26647.9%+1.3 pts

293▼104Franklin County, MSMS7,49147.9%+3.1 pts

294▼173Clinch County, GAGA6,84747.9%+5.0 pts

295▲125Aitkin County, MNMN16,25248.0%−1.7 pts

296▼95Atoka County, OKOK14,60948.0%+2.7 pts

297▲52Texas County, MOMO25,99448.0%−0.6 pts

298▲154Colfax County, NMNM12,18448.0%−2.2 pts

299▲165Raleigh County, WVWV71,77548.0%−2.3 pts

300▼147Pacific County, WAWA24,35748.1%+4.0 pts

301▲183Meigs County, OHOH21,58748.1%−2.4 pts

302▲406Noxubee County, MSMS9,79848.1%−4.7 pts

303▲40Fayette County, WVWV38,16548.1%−0.4 pts

304▲425Barbour County, WVWV15,41448.2%−4.8 pts

305▼30Morgan County, MOMO22,41848.2%+1.1 pts

306▲33Searcy County, ARAR7,84848.2%−0.2 pts

307▲237Alleghany County, VAVA14,54648.2%−2.9 pts

308▲83Bon Homme County, SDSD7,24448.2%−1.1 pts

309▲18Yavapai County, AZAZ252,55248.2%+0.1 pts

310▼120Amador County, CACA41,87648.3%+3.4 pts

311▲200Monroe County, WVWV12,49148.3%−2.6 pts

312▲204Cumberland County, KYKY5,99248.3%−2.6 pts

313▼249Hudspeth County, TXTX3,43348.3%+8.0 pts

314▼253Lewis County, KYKY12,90148.3%+8.1 pts

315▲130Wilkes County, GAGA9,54048.3%−1.8 pts

316▼66Trinity County, TXTX14,38448.5%+1.9 pts

317▼57Holmes County, FLFL20,11948.5%+1.7 pts

318▼34Pend Oreille County, WAWA14,45748.5%+1.3 pts

319▼91Jack County, TXTX9,56348.5%+2.5 pts

320▲25Dallas County, MOMO18,02548.5%−0.1 pts

321▲100McKinley County, NMNM68,11948.5%−1.1 pts

322▲335Lawrence County, MSMS11,81948.6%−3.7 pts

323▲89Hale County, ALAL15,19448.6%−1.0 pts

324▲26Clarendon County, SCSC31,04348.6%0.0 pts

325▲62Baker County, OROR16,65848.6%−0.7 pts

326▲132Rockcastle County, KYKY16,14848.6%−1.6 pts

327▼14Indian River County, FLFL172,79948.6%+0.7 pts

328▼46Wayne County, KYKY19,59748.6%+1.4 pts

329▲133Mathews County, VAVA8,52948.7%−1.6 pts

330▲152Williamsburg, VAVA15,86148.7%−1.8 pts

331▼1Idaho County, IDID17,87448.7%+0.4 pts

332▼86Llano County, TXTX23,35348.7%+2.2 pts

333▼24Carroll County, MSMS9,22648.7%+0.9 pts

334▲18Pushmataha County, OKOK10,80748.7%+0.1 pts

335▼130Wilcox County, ALAL9,66648.7%+3.3 pts

336▼11Red River Parish, LALA7,16548.7%+0.7 pts

337▼164Carter County, KYKY26,14948.8%+4.2 pts

338▲693McIntosh County, GAGA11,98948.8%−6.7 pts

339▲133Polk County, TXTX53,43448.9%−1.5 pts

340▲82Marion County, SCSC28,24248.9%−0.8 pts

341▼137Washington County, ALAL14,82248.9%+3.6 pts

342▲94Lincoln County, OROR50,63648.9%−1.1 pts

343▲249Sequatchie County, TNTN17,86148.9%−2.7 pts

344▲866Garfield County, WAWA2,41648.9%−8.0 pts

345▲10Sarasota County, FLFL479,95848.9%+0.3 pts

346▼50Jackson County, WVWV27,45048.9%+1.4 pts

347▲226Transylvania County, NCNC34,21149.0%−2.4 pts

348▲55Cherokee County, ALAL26,41349.0%−0.5 pts

349▼206Mississippi County, MOMO12,00349.0%+5.1 pts

350▼36Perry County, ILIL20,16049.0%+1.0 pts

351▼88Custer County, IDID4,63649.0%+2.0 pts

352▼121Bradford County, FLFL28,30749.0%+2.9 pts

353▲52Sussex County, VAVA10,75549.0%−0.5 pts

354▼68Marion County, FLFL442,66049.1%+1.8 pts

355▲305Lake County, OROR8,18749.1%−3.2 pts

356▼207Alexander County, ILIL4,57049.1%+5.1 pts

357▲31Flagler County, FLFL140,36049.1%−0.2 pts

358▼68Johnson County, NENE5,21849.1%+1.7 pts

359▲559Middlesex County, VAVA10,84149.1%−5.6 pts

360▼28Brunswick County, NCNC174,70249.1%+0.8 pts

361▼90Freestone County, TXTX20,81149.1%+2.1 pts

362▲52Douglas County, MOMO12,34249.1%−0.5 pts

363▲79Boundary County, IDID13,99749.1%−0.9 pts

364▼11Bolivar County, MSMS28,26249.2%+0.5 pts

365▼121Calaveras County, CACA46,60549.2%+2.7 pts

366▼214Del Norte County, CACA26,41049.2%+5.1 pts

367▼207Falls County, TXTX17,86949.2%+4.9 pts

368▲371Upshur County, WVWV23,75849.2%−3.9 pts

369▼71Delta County, COCO32,17849.2%+1.7 pts

370▼121Caldwell Parish, LALA9,34449.3%+2.7 pts

371▲94Union Parish, LALA20,56149.3%−1.0 pts

372▲130Mason County, WAWA71,16549.3%−1.4 pts

373▲384Hamilton County, NYNY5,00649.3%−4.0 pts

374▼54Webster Parish, LALA34,94849.3%+1.3 pts

375▼58Cherokee County, NCNC30,83049.3%+1.3 pts

376▼40White Pine County, NVNV8,66149.4%+0.9 pts

377▲1,760Culberson County, TXTX2,26749.4%−13.4 pts

378▲933Sherman County, OROR2,05149.4%−8.1 pts

379▲89Cochise County, AZAZ126,33249.4%−0.9 pts

380▼58Chattooga County, GAGA25,30049.5%+1.4 pts

381▼18Bladen County, NCNC30,00749.5%+0.7 pts

382▲31Limestone County, TXTX22,84949.5%−0.1 pts

383▼95Oregon County, MOMO8,70949.5%+2.2 pts

384▼49San Augustine County, TXTX7,72249.5%+1.1 pts

385▼57Union County, PAPA42,31349.5%+1.3 pts

386▼7Stone County, MOMO32,50349.5%+0.4 pts

387▼345Jeff Davis County, TXTX1,71149.5%+10.9 pts

388▼65Scioto County, OHOH71,36549.5%+1.5 pts

389▼104DeSoto County, FLFL37,07849.5%+2.3 pts

390▼23Tuolumne County, CACA53,16049.6%+0.7 pts

391▲342Phillips County, ARAR14,25549.6%−3.5 pts

392▲128Douglas County, OROR111,95149.6%−1.3 pts

393▲117Tillamook County, OROR27,38449.6%−1.2 pts

394▲234Crittenden County, KYKY8,80749.6%−2.4 pts

395▲13Stevens County, WAWA49,66849.7%+0.1 pts

396▲99Cleburne County, ALAL15,97049.7%−1.0 pts

397▼305Clay County, GAGA2,81549.7%+7.8 pts

398▲94Avoyelles Parish, LALA37,94149.7%−0.9 pts

399▲34Delaware County, OKOK41,91049.7%−0.3 pts

400▼28Josephine County, OROR87,86749.7%+0.7 pts

401▲14Warren County, NCNC18,89849.7%+0.1 pts

402▲153Red River County, TXTX11,81649.7%−1.5 pts

403▼46Bibb County, ALAL22,26249.7%+1.0 pts

404▲222Preston County, WVWV34,00449.8%−2.2 pts

405▲276Forest County, WIWI9,57449.8%−2.8 pts

406▲63Manistee County, MIMI25,65649.8%−0.6 pts

407▲311Gilliam County, OROR1,97149.8%−3.1 pts

408▲116Crawford County, MIMI13,72249.8%−1.2 pts

409▲265Greenbrier County, WVWV31,57849.8%−2.7 pts

410▲49Edmonson County, KYKY12,74949.8%−0.4 pts

411▲145Greenup County, KYKY35,21349.8%−1.4 pts

412▲203Washington Parish, LALA44,93749.8%−2.0 pts

413▼6Allegany County, MDMD66,84849.8%+0.3 pts

414▲63Ouachita County, ARAR21,73149.8%−0.6 pts

415▼115Marion County, TXTX9,89649.9%+2.3 pts

416▼176Casey County, KYKY16,20549.9%+3.5 pts

417▲154Perry County, MSMS11,57749.9%−1.5 pts

418▼89Williamsburg County, SCSC29,66249.9%+1.6 pts

419▼30Taliaferro County, GAGA1,66249.9%+0.6 pts

420▼3Ware County, GAGA36,90649.9%+0.3 pts

421▲316Sullivan County, PAPA5,85649.9%−3.2 pts

422▲225Beckham County, OKOK22,15949.9%−2.3 pts

423▲147Craig County, OKOK14,51849.9%−1.4 pts

424▲216Mitchell County, GAGA20,46750.0%−2.1 pts

425▲23Smyth County, VAVA28,88250.0%−0.1 pts

426▲340Burnett County, WIWI17,22350.0%−3.4 pts

427▲460Florence County, WIWI4,74850.0%−4.5 pts

428▼77Okeechobee County, FLFL42,60850.1%+1.4 pts

429▼167Walthall County, MSMS13,92850.1%+3.2 pts

430▲120Pike County, MOMO17,95550.1%−1.2 pts

431▼382Todd County, SDSD8,86350.1%+10.7 pts

432▲388Grundy County, TNTN14,11650.1%−3.9 pts

433▲407Douglas County, NVNV50,11150.1%−4.0 pts

434▲375Terrell County, GAGA8,65650.1%−3.7 pts

435▲872Essex County, VAVA10,65450.1%−7.3 pts

436▲923Bennett County, SDSD3,30750.2%−7.6 pts

437▲171Johnston County, OKOK10,44850.2%−1.6 pts

438▼132Greene County, GAGA21,36750.2%+2.4 pts

439▲276Grant County, OROR7,07550.2%−2.7 pts

440▼128Fannin County, GAGA26,11150.2%+2.3 pts

441▼100Schoolcraft County, MIMI8,18750.2%+1.7 pts

442▲450Powell County, KYKY12,81250.2%−4.3 pts

443▼43Levy County, FLFL48,52050.3%+0.9 pts

444▲59Grays Harbor County, WAWA78,14450.3%−0.4 pts

445▲348Tucker County, WVWV6,54050.4%−3.3 pts

446▲45Aransas County, TXTX26,14650.4%−0.2 pts

447▼6Malheur County, OROR32,26150.4%+0.3 pts

448▲132Hot Spring County, ARAR33,45150.4%−1.0 pts

449▲892Archuleta County, COCO14,30650.4%−7.3 pts

450▲578Pike County, ARAR9,96450.4%−5.2 pts

451▼219Benton County, TNTN16,18350.4%+4.3 pts

452▲41Humphreys County, MSMS7,00150.4%−0.2 pts

453▲148Marion County, ALAL29,09750.4%−1.2 pts

454▲768Carroll County, ILIL15,41950.5%−6.5 pts

455▼5Smith County, MSMS13,99150.5%+0.3 pts

456▲906Harding County, NMNM61750.5%−7.3 pts

457▲115Ripley County, MOMO10,71750.5%−0.9 pts

458▼57Suwannee County, FLFL48,14950.5%+1.1 pts

459▲197Georgetown County, SCSC65,91250.5%−1.7 pts

460▲153Copiah County, MSMS27,49750.5%−1.2 pts

461▼153San Miguel County, NMNM26,26050.6%+2.7 pts

462▼179Columbus County, NCNC50,48750.6%+3.4 pts

463▼247Sunflower County, MSMS22,89350.6%+4.8 pts

464▼98Franklin Parish, LALA19,00250.7%+1.8 pts

465▲262Abbeville County, SCSC24,83650.7%−2.3 pts

466▼120Greene County, PAPA33,88550.7%+2.1 pts

467▲41Hawkins County, TNTN59,55950.7%−0.1 pts

468▼164Clarke County, ALAL22,01450.7%+3.0 pts

469▼154Tallahatchie County, MSMS10,87750.7%+2.7 pts

470▲416Newton County, MSMS20,96050.7%−3.8 pts

471▲432Leelanau County, MIMI22,98250.7%−3.9 pts

472▲131Newton County, TXTX11,95450.7%−1.0 pts

473▲124Winston County, MSMS17,47350.7%−0.9 pts

474▼1Decatur County, TNTN11,82050.7%+0.3 pts

475▲194Goliad County, TXTX7,20850.7%−1.7 pts

476▲43Adams County, OHOH27,86550.7%−0.2 pts

477▲82Pike County, OHOH27,06150.8%−0.5 pts

478▲287Ellsworth County, KSKS6,25750.8%−2.6 pts

479▲100Camden County, MOMO44,04750.8%−0.7 pts

480▼19Bacon County, GAGA11,07050.8%+0.5 pts

481▲101Meigs County, TNTN14,18650.8%−0.7 pts

482▲1,930Daggett County, UTUT93450.8%−13.7 pts

483▼36Gilchrist County, FLFL20,48850.8%+0.6 pts

484▼125Mercer County, WVWV57,50350.8%+2.0 pts

485▲362Patrick County, VAVA17,42450.8%−3.4 pts

486▼31Menominee County, WIWI4,19950.8%+0.6 pts

487▲17Wayne County, PAPA51,70350.8%+0.1 pts

488▼305Wayne County, WVWV37,30950.8%+6.1 pts

489▲75Monroe County, TNTN49,73050.9%−0.5 pts

490▲253Union County, ILIL16,65650.9%−2.3 pts

491▼8Graham County, NCNC8,19050.9%+0.4 pts

492▼43Siskiyou County, CACA42,01350.9%+0.7 pts

493▲294Klamath County, OROR70,27450.9%−2.7 pts

494▲29Robeson County, NCNC119,94150.9%−0.1 pts

495▼41Grimes County, TXTX34,25250.9%+0.7 pts

496▼73Marengo County, ALAL18,31150.9%+1.3 pts

497▲340Monroe County, MOMO8,95950.9%−3.2 pts

498▲108Seminole County, OKOK23,44151.0%−0.7 pts

499▲382Brooks County, GAGA16,10151.0%−3.5 pts

500▼156Randolph County, WVWV26,88251.0%+2.5 pts

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Frequently asked

Which county has the lowest labor force participation?

Issaquena County, Mississippi ranks #1 with 21.5% (2024 American Community Survey).

What are the top 5 counties by labor force participation?

Issaquena County, Mississippi, Sumter County, Florida, McDowell County, West Virginia, Forest County, Pennsylvania, Hancock County, Georgia.

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 labor force participation measured?

Share of residents 16+ in the labor force. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024).