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).

RANKING · 2024 ACS · 144 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).

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SAME RANKING BYCities States Metros ZIP codes

YEAR2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPLABOR FORCE PARTICIPATIONVS 2020

3001▼280Butte County, SDSD10,85669.4%+2.7 pts

3002▼35Anne Arundel County, MDMD603,38069.4%−0.2 pts

3003▲33Howard County, MDMD339,18369.4%−1.6 pts

3004▼11Johnson County, IAIA160,04469.4%−0.6 pts

3005▼812Barber County, KSKS4,08369.4%+6.3 pts

3006▼34Franklin County, OHOH1,361,53669.5%−0.3 pts

3007▼501Juab County, UTUT13,56769.5%+4.4 pts

3008▼82Kane County, ILIL525,75769.5%+0.5 pts

3009▼182Cheyenne County, COCO1,71369.5%+1.7 pts

3010▼134Fulton County, GAGA1,098,79169.5%+1.1 pts

3011▲8Boone County, ININ80,68969.5%−0.9 pts

3012▲22Platte County, MOMO114,40069.5%−1.4 pts

3013▼180Albany County, WYWY38,55869.6%+1.7 pts

3014▲37Prince George's County, MDMD970,37469.6%−1.7 pts

3015▲25Delaware County, IAIA17,67469.6%−1.5 pts

3016▼38Multnomah County, OROR795,39169.6%−0.2 pts

3017▼149Charles County, MDMD176,59369.6%+1.3 pts

3018▲69Morton County, NDND34,60169.6%−3.0 pts

3019▼23Missoula County, MTMT123,51369.6%−0.5 pts

3020▲24San Francisco County, CACA826,07969.6%−1.5 pts

3021▲17Stearns County, MNMN164,11069.7%−1.4 pts

3022▲35Anoka County, MNMN381,60569.7%−1.8 pts

3023▲4Lancaster County, NENE334,04969.7%−1.1 pts

3024▼9McHenry County, ILIL317,75169.7%−0.7 pts

3025▼106Weber County, UTUT278,17469.7%+0.8 pts

3026▲75Madison County, IAIA17,27069.7%−3.7 pts

3027▲6Montgomery County, MDMD1,074,58269.8%−1.2 pts

3028▼53Suffolk County, MAMA791,89169.8%0.0 pts

3029▼1,396Jerauld County, SDSD1,65469.8%+10.2 pts

3030▼180Weld County, COCO378,42669.8%+1.7 pts

3031▲76McKenzie County, NDND15,19269.8%−4.5 pts

3032▼18Wake County, NCNC1,257,23569.8%−0.6 pts

3033▲12Anchorage, AKAK287,15569.8%−1.4 pts

3034▼159Blaine County, IDID25,51769.8%+1.4 pts

3035▲19Olmsted County, MNMN166,73169.8%−1.6 pts

3036▼7Norfolk, VAVA231,01369.8%−0.9 pts

3037▼29Pulaski County, MOMO54,44269.9%−0.5 pts

3038▼43Middlesex County, MAMA1,669,97969.9%−0.2 pts

3039▼51Frederick County, MDMD302,88369.9%−0.1 pts

3040▼108Rockwall County, TXTX140,73869.9%+0.8 pts

3041▼34King County, WAWA2,344,93969.9%−0.4 pts

3042▼162Saunders County, NENE23,70269.9%+1.4 pts

3043▼90Delaware County, OHOH242,03269.9%+0.6 pts

3044▼54Midland County, TXTX187,85570.0%−0.1 pts

3045▼13Onslow County, NCNC217,17570.0%−0.9 pts

3046▼135Somerset County, NJNJ356,48670.0%+1.2 pts

3047▼144Hamlin County, SDSD6,90070.0%+1.3 pts

3048▼37Colfax County, NENE10,93470.0%−0.3 pts

3049▼31Yakutat, AKAK67270.0%−0.4 pts

3050▲61Ward County, NDND68,23370.0%−4.4 pts

3051▼102Chittenden County, VTVT169,11570.2%+0.8 pts

3052▼101Hanson County, SDSD3,45670.2%+0.8 pts

3053▼50Dawson County, NENE24,45270.2%0.0 pts

3054▲4Chugach Census Area, AKAK6,55370.2%−1.3 pts

3055▼30Douglas County, NENE606,46070.2%−0.5 pts

3056▼10Sitka, AKAK8,31970.2%−1.0 pts

3057▼88Hudson County, NJNJ735,03370.3%+0.6 pts

3058▼28Clay County, MNMN67,73470.3%−0.5 pts

3059▲3Dane County, WIWI590,37570.3%−1.3 pts

3060▲33Sioux County, IAIA36,77470.3%−2.6 pts

3061▼59Routt County, COCO25,32970.3%+0.2 pts

3062▼56Hillsborough County, NHNH433,41570.4%+0.2 pts

3063▼89Cobb County, GAGA793,34570.5%+0.7 pts

3064▲24Dodge County, MNMN21,37670.5%−2.3 pts

3065▼48Davis County, UTUT381,22770.6%+0.1 pts

3066▼40Collin County, TXTX1,297,17970.6%−0.1 pts

3067▲8Buffalo County, NENE51,17270.6%−1.5 pts

3068▼122Grand County, COCO16,49670.6%+1.4 pts

3069▼96Lamoille County, VTVT26,29470.7%+0.9 pts

3070▼39Ford County, KSKS33,99370.7%−0.2 pts

3071▼137Cache County, UTUT145,00070.7%+1.6 pts

3072▼109Williamson County, TXTX752,82770.7%+1.1 pts

3073▼18Fairfax County, VAVA1,167,87370.8%−0.6 pts

3074▼53Fairfax, VAVA26,77270.9%+0.3 pts

3075▲16Broomfield County, COCO79,17470.9%−1.9 pts

3076▼77Bryan County, GAGA52,06270.9%+0.8 pts

3077▲20Dakota County, MNMN457,71071.0%−2.0 pts

3078▲17Grand Forks County, NDND74,50171.1%−1.9 pts

3079▼14Gallatin County, MTMT128,74071.2%−0.6 pts

3080▼6Hamilton County, ININ387,03671.2%−1.0 pts

3081▼11Hennepin County, MNMN1,284,78471.2%−0.8 pts

3082▼617Greeley County, KSKS1,18271.3%+6.5 pts

3083▲19Geary County, KSKS36,33871.4%−2.2 pts

3084▼86Thomas County, KSKS7,72571.4%+1.3 pts

3085▼21Polk County, IAIA516,54671.4%−0.2 pts

3086▼39Riley County, KSKS72,59871.5%+0.3 pts

3087▲27Dakota County, NENE21,68771.5%−3.1 pts

3088▼64District of Columbia, DCDC693,64571.6%+0.9 pts

3089▼13Johnson County, KSKS636,90671.7%−0.6 pts

3090▼42Rutherford County, TNTN386,35271.7%+0.5 pts

3091▼39Arapahoe County, COCO673,82071.7%+0.4 pts

3092▼31Mono County, CACA12,50571.7%+0.1 pts

3093▲1Prince William County, VAVA502,96671.7%−1.2 pts

3094▼89Nantucket County, MAMA14,75871.8%+1.6 pts

3095▼118Utah County, UTUT759,85971.8%+2.0 pts

3096▼16Denton County, TXTX1,069,34671.8%−0.5 pts

3097▼18Douglas County, COCO399,39671.9%−0.4 pts

3098▼63Mecklenburg County, NCNC1,233,38372.0%+1.0 pts

3099▼15Ellis County, KSKS29,07572.0%−0.5 pts

3100▼1Manassas, VAVA44,33272.2%−1.1 pts

3101▼35Salt Lake County, UTUT1,220,91672.2%+0.3 pts

3102▼53Adams County, COCO554,66872.2%+1.0 pts

3103▼36Davidson County, TNTN745,90472.3%+0.5 pts

3104▼22Benton County, MNMN41,74472.4%0.0 pts

3105▲11Falls Church, VAVA15,15972.6%−2.4 pts

3106▼38Garfield County, COCO63,47472.6%+0.8 pts

3107▼24Kendall County, ILIL145,47072.7%+0.1 pts

3108▼126Tooele County, UTUT87,46172.7%+2.8 pts

3109▼23Sherburne County, MNMN104,19472.7%+0.1 pts

3110▼38Gunnison County, COCO17,43972.8%+0.8 pts

3111▼11Wright County, MNMN157,55972.8%−0.5 pts

3112▼8Sarpy County, NENE208,30372.9%−0.8 pts

3113▲22Kalawao County, HIHI8273.1%−24.6 pts

3114▼36Dallam County, TXTX7,50873.2%+0.9 pts

3115▼10Carver County, MNMN114,37973.2%−0.9 pts

3116▼20Travis County, TXTX1,389,67073.3%+0.3 pts

3117▼8Williams County, NDND41,76773.4%−1.0 pts

3118▲4Eagle County, COCO54,29173.5%−3.2 pts

3119▼48Teton County, IDID13,25473.9%+1.9 pts

3120▼3Loudoun County, VAVA449,74974.0%−1.4 pts

3121▲10Skagway, AKAK1,10474.0%−5.6 pts

3122▼24Kodiak Island, AKAK12,38774.0%+0.9 pts

3123▼11Minnehaha County, SDSD212,69174.1%−0.4 pts

3124▲8North Slope, AKAK10,58274.2%−5.6 pts

3125▼44Denver County, COCO740,61374.4%+2.1 pts

3126▼16Dallas County, IAIA118,45774.5%+0.1 pts

3127▼9Scott County, MNMN159,01774.8%−1.2 pts

3128▼87Harding County, SDSD1,33175.2%+4.1 pts

3129▼9Cass County, NDND201,79475.3%−1.1 pts

3130▼6Manassas Park, VAVA16,56075.4%−2.5 pts

3131▼18Lincoln County, SDSD77,14575.6%+1.1 pts

3132▼11Summit County, COCO31,51775.8%−0.9 pts

3133▼14San Miguel County, COCO7,75375.9%−0.2 pts

3134▼170Lake County, COCO7,55276.0%+6.4 pts

3135▼379San Juan County, COCO81376.6%+9.6 pts

3136▼6Arlington County, VAVA243,93177.3%−1.7 pts

3137▼4Aleutians East, AKAK3,47977.6%−2.7 pts

3138▼13Teton County, WYWY23,33377.6%−0.3 pts

3139▼111Lake and Peninsula, AKAK1,35777.7%+7.0 pts

3140▼17Denali, AKAK1,61678.0%+0.4 pts

3141▼14Alexandria, VAVA160,66278.3%+0.3 pts

3142▼16Loving County, TXTX5278.8%+0.8 pts

3143▼15Chattahoochee County, GAGA8,46582.9%+4.7 pts

3144▼10Aleutians West Census Area, AKAK5,24086.4%+2.2 pts

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES