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Unemployment Rate in Nevada, by County

Unemployment Rate for every county in Nevada, ranked. The highest is Mineral County at 9.8% and the lowest is Eureka County at 0.0%.

Nevada: 7.0% · United States: 5.2% · median county in Nevada: 5.3%

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#County Unemployment Rate
1Mineral County9.8%
2Lander County9.4%
3Nye County8.1%
4Clark County7.6%
5Lyon County6.5%
6Storey County6.5%
7Humboldt County5.8%
8Carson City5.5%
9Churchill County5.3%
10Washoe County5.1%
11Elko County4.5%
12White Pine County4.0%
13Pershing County3.9%
14Douglas County3.0%
15Lincoln County1.9%
16Esmeralda County0.6%
17Eureka County0.0%

Small populations produce wide margins: Mineral County is 9.8% with a margin of error of ±4.7%. 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.

Nevada ranks 2nd of 52 states for unemployment rate.

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