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Lowest unemployment, US counties · 2020

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

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501Henderson County, NCNC122,3753.0%
502Garfield County, UTUT5,2563.0%
503Waukesha County, WIWI417,2103.0%
504Dickey County, NDND4,8953.0%
505Bailey County, TXTX6,9633.0%
506Ringgold County, IAIA4,6423.0%
507Chariton County, MOMO7,3773.0%
508York County, NENE14,5643.0%
509Scott County, MNMN159,0173.0%
510Comanche County, KSKS1,6733.0%
511Johnson County, TNTN18,7183.0%
512Dallam County, TXTX7,5083.1%
513Hamilton County, IAIA14,9443.1%
514Gem County, IDID21,7733.1%
515Mower County, MNMN40,9713.1%
516Charles City County, VAVA6,6233.1%
517Twin Falls County, IDID97,5393.1%
518Grady County, GAGA26,5903.1%
519Golden Valley County, NDND1,8083.1%
520Caledonia County, VTVT30,4143.1%
521Franklin County, KSKS26,2993.1%
522Box Elder County, UTUT65,3203.1%
523Washington County, MNMN286,8953.1%
524Floyd County, VAVA15,7893.1%
525Piute County, UTUT1,5093.1%
526Cleveland County, ARAR7,2243.1%
527Cass County, NDND201,7943.1%
528Metcalfe County, KYKY10,5833.1%
529Summit County, COCO31,5173.1%
530Winnebago County, IAIA10,2513.1%
531Nelson County, VAVA14,9203.1%
532Lyon County, MNMN25,6843.1%
533Pike County, ININ12,0033.1%
534Polk County, MNMN30,5453.1%
535Clinton County, ILIL37,1283.1%
536Brown County, ILIL6,4013.1%
537New Kent County, VAVA28,0223.1%
538Manassas Park, VAVA16,5603.1%
539Wayne County, NENE10,0203.1%
540Rockingham County, VAVA89,3163.1%
541Pierce County, WIWI43,5193.1%
542Queen Anne's County, MDMD54,4483.1%
543Briscoe County, TXTX1,4743.1%
544Moultrie County, ILIL14,3713.1%
545Bremer County, IAIA25,2963.1%
546Webster County, IAIA36,8383.1%
547Gilmer County, GAGA33,8943.1%
548Clay County, MNMN67,7343.1%
549Johnson County, KSKS636,9063.2%
550Buncombe County, NCNC277,4173.2%
551Putnam County, OHOH34,3803.2%
552Norton County, KSKS5,2883.2%
553Outagamie County, WIWI195,8943.2%
554Chase County, KSKS2,5723.2%
555Cloud County, KSKS8,8333.2%
556Sarpy County, NENE208,3033.2%
557Warren County, ININ8,4743.2%
558Stark County, ILIL5,3193.2%
559Washington County, VTVT59,6523.2%
560Mahaska County, IAIA21,8803.2%
561Garvin County, OKOK26,3773.2%
562Hamilton County, NENE9,6783.2%
563Kimble County, TXTX4,4383.2%
564Shawano County, WIWI41,5603.2%
565Dallas County, IAIA118,4573.2%
566Lyon County, KYKY9,1233.2%
567Burnet County, TXTX57,0153.2%
568Hanover County, VAVA116,4233.2%
569Kiowa County, COCO1,4123.2%
570Douglas County, ILIL19,8803.2%
571Mitchell County, TXTX8,9473.2%
572Cumberland County, MEME317,2223.2%
573Madison County, NENE36,1063.2%
574Wakulla County, FLFL38,0893.2%
575Caldwell County, MOMO9,0123.2%
576Kiowa County, OKOK8,1813.2%
577Jennings County, ININ27,6223.2%
578Ransom County, NDND5,6173.2%
579Preble County, OHOH40,6643.2%
580Plaquemines Parish, LALA22,2563.2%
581Saratoga County, NYNY241,3433.2%
582Lake County, SDSD10,9933.3%
583Portage County, WIWI71,9433.3%
584Cerro Gordo County, IAIA42,3723.3%
585Grant County, ARAR18,7563.3%
586Harrison County, MOMO8,2813.3%
587Jefferson County, WIWI86,5053.3%
588Green County, WIWI37,2273.3%
589Winona County, MNMN50,5233.3%
590Hickman County, TNTN26,2193.3%
591Scott County, KYKY62,2623.3%
592Wyandot County, OHOH21,5673.3%
593Alexandria, VAVA160,6623.3%
594Harding County, NMNM6173.3%
595Deaf Smith County, TXTX18,6263.3%
596Forsyth County, GAGA282,8053.3%
597Currituck County, NCNC33,1583.3%
598Auglaize County, OHOH45,9093.3%
599Woodford County, KYKY27,8833.3%
600Cleburne County, ALAL15,9703.3%
601Jay County, ININ20,1183.3%
602Medina County, TXTX56,8813.3%
603Clay County, NENE6,1703.3%
604Warren County, IAIA57,3313.3%
605Le Sueur County, MNMN29,4533.3%
606Sheboygan County, WIWI118,0473.3%
607Frederick County, VAVA99,9553.3%
608Kent County, MDMD19,5653.3%
609Weber County, UTUT278,1743.3%
610McKenzie County, NDND15,1923.3%
611Pierce County, NENE7,3783.3%
612Lavaca County, TXTX20,6513.3%
613McLean County, ILIL171,4193.3%
614Beaverhead County, MTMT10,0433.3%
615Yamhill County, OROR110,0243.3%
616Jack County, TXTX9,5633.3%
617Muscatine County, IAIA41,8533.3%
618Nelson County, KYKY49,0363.3%
619Benton County, MNMN41,7443.3%
620Barry County, MOMO36,2003.3%
621Roanoke County, VAVA97,1503.3%
622Lucas County, IAIA8,8473.3%
623Freestone County, TXTX20,8113.3%
624Swift County, MNMN9,7633.3%
625Lee County, ILIL32,9143.3%
626Pratt County, KSKS9,1173.3%
627Sherman County, NENE2,9243.3%
628Jackson County, ININ47,3703.3%
629Benton County, ININ8,8833.3%
630Wayne County, OHOH116,7583.3%
631Montgomery County, IAIA10,0023.4%
632Bullock County, ALAL9,7803.4%
633Howard County, NENE6,5383.4%
634Lancaster County, NENE334,0493.4%
635Hodgeman County, KSKS1,6193.4%
636Lincoln County, NENE33,3033.4%
637Ray County, MOMO23,3983.4%
638Marshall County, OKOK16,2553.4%
639Lexington, VAVA7,7693.4%
640Marshall County, ININ46,5993.4%
641Watonwan County, MNMN11,4593.4%
642Worth County, IAIA7,3383.4%
643Pitkin County, COCO16,6253.4%
644Graham County, NCNC8,1903.4%
645Wells County, NDND3,7293.4%
646Perry County, PAPA46,8063.4%
647McClain County, OKOK49,6473.4%
648Walworth County, WIWI106,1273.4%
649Iowa County, IAIA16,5043.4%
650Boone County, ININ80,6893.4%
651Dunn County, WIWI46,2233.4%
652Custer County, MTMT12,0343.4%
653Jefferson County, ININ33,2793.4%
654Washington County, UTUT213,6703.4%
655Rockingham County, NHNH324,0773.4%
656Ellis County, KSKS29,0753.4%
657Platte County, MOMO114,4003.4%
658Kane County, UTUT8,5973.4%
659Olmsted County, MNMN166,7313.4%
660Cassia County, IDID26,3973.4%
661Albemarle County, VAVA118,3563.4%
662Madison County, NCNC22,5533.4%
663Allegan County, MIMI123,1883.4%
664Clark County, IDID7833.4%
665Anderson County, TXTX59,8053.4%
666Sumner County, TNTN215,5383.4%
667Mecklenburg County, VAVA30,7473.4%
668Alleghany County, NCNC11,4793.4%
669Jackson County, WVWV27,4503.4%
670Union County, NMNM3,8443.4%
671Midland County, TXTX187,8553.4%
672Perry County, ININ19,3893.4%
673Clinton County, MIMI80,4323.4%
674Warren County, OHOH257,1813.4%
675Barton County, KSKS24,7903.4%
676Walker County, TXTX83,8423.4%
677Dearborn County, ININ51,6093.4%
678Williams County, NDND41,7673.4%
679Jefferson County, MTMT13,3293.4%
680Bedford County, VAVA83,0593.4%
681Yellowstone County, MTMT172,6923.4%
682Christian County, ILIL33,4433.4%
683LaGrange County, ININ41,3053.4%
684Nez Perce County, IDID42,9053.4%
685Jefferson County, IDID35,2973.4%
686Bristol County, RIRI50,0013.4%
687Monroe County, FLFL80,4063.4%
688Carroll County, MDMD176,6773.4%
689Potter County, TXTX114,4533.4%
690Tipton County, ININ15,3193.4%
691Merrimack County, NHNH158,0783.5%
692Putnam County, GAGA23,7223.5%
693Atchison County, MOMO5,1753.5%
694Shelby County, IAIA11,6893.5%
695St. Clair County, MOMO9,9763.5%
696Cumberland County, PAPA277,2703.5%
697Dakota County, MNMN457,7103.5%
698Knox County, NENE8,3353.5%
699Harvey County, KSKS33,5803.5%
700Alfalfa County, OKOK5,6493.5%
701Dickson County, TNTN58,6623.5%
702Douglas County, COCO399,3963.5%
703Lewis and Clark County, MTMT75,3313.5%
704Montgomery County, VAVA98,4343.5%
705Faribault County, MNMN13,8883.5%
706Bath County, KYKY13,1763.5%
707Petroleum County, MTMT5483.5%
708Jefferson County, KSKS18,2963.5%
709St. Mary's County, MDMD116,6923.5%
710Pennington County, MNMN13,6863.5%
711Bourbon County, KSKS14,3193.5%
712La Crosse County, WIWI121,3393.5%
713Clay County, NCNC12,2393.5%
714Clark County, SDSD4,0313.5%
715Ellis County, TXTX240,8673.5%
716York County, MEME222,4343.5%
717Scurry County, TXTX16,1623.5%
718Rutland County, VTVT59,6533.5%
719Catoosa County, GAGA69,6283.5%
720Clinton County, MOMO21,6613.5%
721Warrick County, ININ66,8033.5%
722Gordon County, GAGA61,7013.5%
723Daviess County, ININ34,2093.5%
724Knox County, MEME41,1173.5%
725Montgomery County, NCNC26,4033.5%
726Butte County, IDID2,7833.5%
727Mifflin County, PAPA46,1273.5%
728Harper County, OKOK3,1723.5%
729Johnson County, TXTX218,0483.5%
730Jasper County, IAIA38,1533.5%
731White County, GAGA29,8023.5%
732Boone County, MOMO191,7463.5%
733Monroe County, KYKY11,1913.5%
734Wilson County, TNTN175,0333.5%
735Grant County, OKOK4,0673.5%
736Grayson County, KYKY27,4063.5%
737Pontotoc County, MSMS32,0963.5%
738Lincoln County, IDID5,6033.5%
739Chase County, NENE3,7183.5%
740Hamilton County, ILIL7,8593.5%
741Los Alamos County, NMNM19,4073.5%
742Hall County, GAGA226,5683.5%
743McCracken County, KYKY67,5533.5%
744Door County, WIWI30,6163.5%
745King and Queen County, VAVA6,7433.5%
746Karnes County, TXTX15,0183.5%
747Kauai County, HIHI73,4003.5%
748Ontario County, NYNY113,1303.6%
749Shelby County, ININ45,8823.6%
750Mercer County, MOMO3,4043.6%
751Neosho County, KSKS15,6373.6%
752Boone County, KYKY145,3163.6%
753Fond du Lac County, WIWI104,6693.6%
754Posey County, ININ24,9883.6%
755Juab County, UTUT13,5673.6%
756Overton County, TNTN23,7873.6%
757Faulkner County, ARAR133,9793.6%
758Beaver County, UTUT7,3013.6%
759Yell County, ARAR19,9563.6%
760Aleutians East, AKAK3,4793.6%
761Loudoun County, VAVA449,7493.6%
762Clinton County, ININ33,3223.6%
763Hendricks County, ININ193,5103.6%
764Adams County, IAIA3,6173.6%
765Goodhue County, MNMN48,1953.6%
766Hancock County, MEME57,1713.6%
767Broomfield County, COCO79,1743.6%
768Clark County, ARAR20,9383.6%
769Chambers County, ALAL34,2533.6%
770Hardy County, WVWV14,3373.6%
771Granite County, MTMT3,6583.6%
772Rush County, KSKS2,8453.6%
773Lincoln County, WAWA11,9823.6%
774Seward County, KSKS21,0733.6%
775Taylor County, WIWI20,1183.6%
776Waseca County, MNMN18,6883.6%
777Washburn County, WIWI17,0873.6%
778Marshall County, KYKY31,6593.6%
779Christian County, MOMO96,7253.6%
780Loudon County, TNTN63,7643.6%
781Randall County, TXTX152,3513.6%
782Scott County, ILIL4,8663.6%
783Chittenden County, VTVT169,1153.6%
784Sheridan County, WYWY33,2413.6%
785Murray County, OKOK13,8053.6%
786Kosciusko County, ININ80,8923.6%
787Morrow County, OROR12,6023.6%
788Knox County, ININ35,6523.6%
789Pendleton County, WVWV5,8263.6%
790Lancaster County, PAPA563,1593.6%
791Calhoun County, MSMS12,6433.6%
792Stonewall County, TXTX1,1863.6%
793Oldham County, KYKY70,9863.6%
794Richardson County, NENE7,5303.6%
795Anoka County, MNMN381,6053.6%
796Woodford County, ILIL38,1113.6%
797Lake County, COCO7,5523.6%
798Gloucester County, VAVA40,0973.6%
799Johnson County, ININ174,2623.6%
800Bottineau County, NDND6,2843.7%
801Charleston County, SCSC436,2003.7%
802Marshall County, ALAL103,5373.7%
803Geneva County, ALAL27,5543.7%
804Warren County, GAGA5,2693.7%
805Searcy County, ARAR7,8483.7%
806Polk County, NCNC20,5333.7%
807Lamoille County, VTVT26,2943.7%
808Denali, AKAK1,6163.7%
809Storey County, NVNV4,2603.7%
810Dawson County, NENE24,4523.7%
811DeKalb County, ININ44,5353.7%
812Carbon County, WYWY14,0133.7%
813Wayne County, NYNY91,2503.7%
814Archer County, TXTX9,1293.7%
815Jim Wells County, TXTX38,8043.7%
816Hancock County, OHOH75,0343.7%
817Chisago County, MNMN59,1423.7%
818Staunton, VAVA26,8013.7%
819Kit Carson County, COCO7,0693.7%
820Deer Lodge County, MTMT9,7093.7%
821Chelan County, WAWA81,9413.7%
822Ada County, IDID546,1413.7%
823Marshall County, WVWV29,1593.7%
824Smith County, TNTN20,9813.7%
825Monroe County, GAGA32,0233.7%
826Cascade County, MTMT85,0293.7%
827Wabasha County, MNMN21,5373.7%
828Kossuth County, IAIA14,3223.7%
829Pipestone County, MNMN9,2603.7%
830Johnson County, ILIL13,3633.7%
831Putnam County, WVWV56,8853.7%
832Carroll County, OHOH26,4753.7%
833Ottawa County, OHOH39,4813.7%
834Keith County, NENE8,1003.7%
835Steele County, MNMN37,4643.7%
836Humboldt County, IAIA9,4093.7%
837Johnson County, IAIA160,0443.7%
838Kennebec County, MEME129,0673.7%
839Greene County, NYNY47,2383.7%
840Lynn County, TXTX6,0173.7%
841Bear Lake County, IDID6,7273.7%
842Licking County, OHOH185,5643.7%
843Moore County, TXTX21,8913.7%
844Piatt County, ILIL16,7913.7%
845Wayne County, ILIL15,8823.7%
846Banks County, GAGA21,2733.7%
847Rockwall County, TXTX140,7383.7%
848Kandiyohi County, MNMN44,7203.7%
849Whiteside County, ILIL54,1213.7%
850Millard County, UTUT14,0573.7%
851Salt Lake County, UTUT1,220,9163.7%
852Scott County, VAVA21,2003.7%
853Goochland County, VAVA29,1873.7%
854Utah County, UTUT759,8593.7%
855Patrick County, VAVA17,4243.7%
856Kingfisher County, OKOK15,7953.8%
857Cherokee County, GAGA299,2733.8%
858Lawrence County, ALAL33,8433.8%
859Clinch County, GAGA6,8473.8%
860Chickasaw County, MSMS16,7303.8%
861Lunenburg County, VAVA12,0583.8%
862Windsor County, VTVT57,3123.8%
863Emery County, UTUT10,1773.8%
864Accomack County, VAVA33,8593.8%
865Shelby County, ALAL238,5523.8%
866Orange County, VTVT30,0023.8%
867Ashland County, OHOH52,5233.8%
868Juneau County, WIWI26,6493.8%
869Belknap County, NHNH65,1473.8%
870Humboldt County, NVNV17,2673.8%
871Carter County, MOMO5,4183.8%
872Pike County, ARAR9,9643.8%
873Butler County, IAIA14,0493.8%
874Shelby County, KYKY51,2433.8%
875Calvert County, MDMD94,4843.8%
876Guthrie County, IAIA10,7823.8%
877Appling County, GAGA19,1003.8%
878Seneca County, NYNY32,8833.8%
879Grand Traverse County, MIMI96,7293.8%
880Becker County, MNMN35,4973.8%
881Hocking County, OHOH27,5123.8%
882Maury County, TNTN118,1313.8%
883Ochiltree County, TXTX9,2843.8%
884Stafford County, VAVA170,8033.8%
885Warren County, TNTN43,7173.8%
886Gaines County, TXTX23,9563.8%
887Brooke County, WVWV21,1423.8%
888Dickinson County, MIMI25,8273.8%
889Bristol Bay, AKAK8473.8%
890Lincoln County, TNTN36,8533.8%
891Williams County, OHOH36,5493.8%
892Keokuk County, IAIA9,7973.8%
893Yates County, NYNY24,5473.8%
894Fremont County, IAIA6,5223.8%
895Campbell County, VAVA55,6293.8%
896Caribou County, IDID7,2523.8%
897Atchison County, KSKS16,1723.8%
898Madison County, OHOH46,9853.8%
899Livingston County, MIMI197,3153.8%
900Henderson County, KYKY44,2553.9%
901Lincoln County, MEME36,5953.9%
902Union County, ARAR36,9263.9%
903Adams County, PAPA107,5943.9%
904Coweta County, GAGA160,2403.9%
905Lincoln County, WIWI28,4033.9%
906Payne County, OKOK83,8893.9%
907Lamar County, TXTX51,5033.9%
908Freeborn County, MNMN30,4403.9%
909Dolores County, COCO2,4663.9%
910Denton County, TXTX1,069,3463.9%
911Vernon County, MOMO19,9463.9%
912Newton County, MSMS20,9603.9%
913Howard County, MDMD339,1833.9%
914Decatur County, KSKS2,7163.9%
915Cheshire County, NHNH78,2693.9%
916Lemhi County, IDID8,4743.9%
917Cole County, MOMO77,9083.9%
918Geary County, KSKS36,3383.9%
919Addison County, VTVT38,0483.9%
920Halifax County, VAVA33,4473.9%
921Kingman County, KSKS7,0293.9%
922Madison County, NYNY67,1203.9%
923Colorado County, TXTX21,4393.9%
924King George County, VAVA29,6463.9%
925Sagadahoc County, MEME37,9793.9%
926Jackson County, OKOK24,7643.9%
927Eau Claire County, WIWI109,0333.9%
928Moore County, TNTN6,9203.9%
929Fairfield County, OHOH169,7523.9%
930Bonneville County, IDID135,7713.9%
931Scott County, MOMO37,9753.9%
932Weston County, WYWY6,8403.9%
933Eagle County, COCO54,2913.9%
934Otter Tail County, MNMN61,0413.9%
935Grand Forks County, NDND74,5013.9%
936Jenkins County, GAGA8,8433.9%
937Routt County, COCO25,3293.9%
938Rowan County, KYKY24,4763.9%
939Hunterdon County, NJNJ131,7813.9%
940Montgomery County, ININ38,9543.9%
941Saline County, ARAR133,2883.9%
942Baldwin County, ALAL267,7613.9%
943Franklin County, PAPA160,6523.9%
944Brookings County, SDSD37,6353.9%
945Teller County, COCO24,7563.9%
946Kenton County, KYKY175,7793.9%
947Andrews County, TXTX18,9143.9%
948Harrison County, KYKY19,6273.9%
949Linn County, IAIA232,0283.9%
950Crow Wing County, MNMN69,1323.9%
951Inyo County, CACA18,1583.9%
952Pawnee County, OKOK16,0293.9%
953Johnson County, ARAR26,2253.9%
954Hardin County, TXTX58,7233.9%
955Burleson County, TXTX20,5493.9%
956Polk County, WIWI45,8033.9%
957La Plata County, COCO56,8983.9%
958Blue Earth County, MNMN70,6343.9%
959Marion County, MOMO28,5253.9%
960Jackson County, GAGA99,2653.9%
961Martinsville, VAVA13,8493.9%
962Owen County, KYKY11,6013.9%
963Rains County, TXTX13,5423.9%
964Jefferson County, COCO580,4514.0%
965Shiawassee County, MIMI67,6814.0%
966Genesee County, NYNY58,4164.0%
967Wichita County, KSKS2,0314.0%
968Greenville County, SCSC583,1254.0%
969Clark County, ILIL15,1144.0%
970Dixie County, FLFL18,0384.0%
971Wood County, WIWI74,0604.0%
972Tippecanoe County, ININ190,4564.0%
973Bayfield County, WIWI16,7874.0%
974Nevada County, CACA101,9114.0%
975Saline County, KSKS53,3774.0%
976Ward County, NDND68,2334.0%
977Shelby County, ILIL20,5764.0%
978Decatur County, ININ26,5764.0%
979Noble County, ININ47,9374.0%
980Spencer County, ININ20,0614.0%
981Tyrrell County, NCNC3,5374.0%
982Scott County, IAIA175,2594.0%
983Benson County, NDND5,7594.0%
984Emmet County, MIMI33,7754.0%
985Tama County, IAIA16,7964.0%
986Fulton County, NYNY52,2164.0%
987Pendleton County, KYKY14,8004.0%
988Jasper County, MSMS15,7854.0%
989Jones County, GAGA29,1714.0%
990Morgan County, OHOH13,6264.0%
991Colbert County, ALAL59,4744.0%
992Hennepin County, MNMN1,284,7844.0%
993Racine County, WIWI198,9194.0%
994Mills County, IAIA14,7934.0%
995San Mateo County, CACA743,5684.0%
996Garfield County, COCO63,4744.0%
997Custer County, IDID4,6364.0%
998Collin County, TXTX1,297,1794.0%
999Val Verde County, TXTX47,8354.0%
1000Kootenai County, IDID191,8644.0%
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UPDATED 2026-06-02 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES