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Unemployment Rate in Colorado, by County

Unemployment Rate for every county in Colorado, ranked. The highest is Saguache County at 10.3% and the lowest is Hinsdale County at 0.0%.

Colorado: 4.6% · United States: 5.2% · median county in Colorado: 3.9%

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#County Unemployment Rate
1Saguache County10.3%
2Rio Grande County10.1%
3San Juan County9.4%
4Jackson County9.2%
5Mineral County9.1%
6Huerfano County8.0%
7Otero County6.7%
8Bent County5.8%
9Las Animas County5.6%
10El Paso County5.4%
11Logan County5.4%
12Mesa County5.4%
13Morgan County5.3%
14Arapahoe County5.0%
15Summit County5.0%
16Denver County4.9%
17Boulder County4.8%
18Chaffee County4.8%
19Clear Creek County4.8%
20Conejos County4.8%
21Larimer County4.8%
22Pueblo County4.8%
23Weld County4.8%
24Eagle County4.7%
25Gunnison County4.7%
26Adams County4.6%
27Moffat County4.5%
28Yuma County4.5%
29Montrose County4.4%
30Fremont County4.3%
31Grand County4.1%
32Prowers County4.1%
33Crowley County3.9%
34Jefferson County3.9%
35Montezuma County3.9%
36Broomfield County3.8%
37La Plata County3.8%
38Alamosa County3.7%
39Custer County3.7%
40Teller County3.7%
41Douglas County3.6%
42Costilla County3.5%
43Ouray County3.5%
44Elbert County3.4%
45Garfield County3.4%
46Park County3.3%
47Delta County3.2%
48Gilpin County3.1%
49Washington County3.1%
50Phillips County2.9%
51Sedgwick County2.9%
52San Miguel County2.7%
53Dolores County2.5%
54Pitkin County2.5%
55Kit Carson County2.4%
56Rio Blanco County2.4%
57Routt County2.4%
58Lake County2.2%
59Lincoln County1.4%
60Archuleta County1.3%
61Baca County0.6%
62Cheyenne County0.4%
63Kiowa County0.1%
64Hinsdale County0.0%

Small populations produce wide margins: Saguache County is 10.3% with a margin of error of ±4.2%. An estimate with a margin that wide should be read as a range rather than a rank.

Share of the civilian labour force who are out of work and looking. People not looking for work are excluded from the denominator.

Source: ACS 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, 2024.

Colorado ranks 35th of 52 states for unemployment rate.

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