Unemployment Rate in Benton County, WA
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
5.3%
Rank #2,196/3,222 · #24 in WA
32th
Benton 5.3%
WA 5.0% +5.9%
US 5.3% +0.0%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Benton County's unemployment rate of 5.3% compares to all 3,222 U.S. counties. Values range from 0.0% to 28.6%.
Distribution of Unemployment Rate Across All Counties
Ranking Context
Counties ranked closest to Benton County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,193 | Kaufman County, TX | 5.3% |
| #2,194 | Lafayette County, AR | 5.3% |
| #2,195 | Madison County, AR | 5.3% |
| #2,196 | Benton County, WA | 5.3% |
| #2,197 | Mitchell County, TX | 5.3% |
| #2,198 | Preston County, WV | 5.3% |
| #2,199 | Montmorency County, MI | 5.3% |
About Unemployment Rate
Benton County, Washington has a unemployment rate of 5.3%, ranking #2,196 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 0.0% above the national value of 5.3%. Within Washington, it ranks #24 of 39. This places it in the 32th percentile nationally.
Percentage of the civilian labor force that is unemployed. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-Year Estimates. All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.