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Unemployment Rate in Maryland, by County

Unemployment Rate for every county in Maryland, ranked. The highest is Somerset County at 7.5% and the lowest is Calvert County at 2.7%.

Maryland: 4.9% · United States: 5.2% · median county in Maryland: 4.4%

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#County Unemployment Rate
1Somerset County7.5%
2Worcester County6.7%
3Baltimore city6.5%
4Prince George's County6.4%
5Wicomico County5.9%
6Caroline County5.7%
7Dorchester County5.7%
8Cecil County5.5%
9Allegany County5.0%
10Baltimore County4.9%
11Montgomery County4.9%
12Charles County4.8%
13Garrett County4.4%
14Talbot County4.3%
15Washington County4.2%
16Harford County3.8%
17Queen Anne's County3.8%
18Anne Arundel County3.7%
19St. Mary's County3.6%
20Carroll County3.5%
21Howard County3.5%
22Frederick County3.3%
23Kent County3.0%
24Calvert County2.7%

Small populations produce wide margins: Somerset County is 7.5% with a margin of error of ±2.4%. 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.

Maryland ranks 28th of 52 states for unemployment rate.

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