Unemployment Rate in Bergen County, NJ
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
5.8%
Rank #2,453/3,222 · #11 in NJ
24th
Bergen 5.8%
NJ 6.3% -7.5%
US 5.3% +10.0%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Bergen County's unemployment rate of 5.8% 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 Bergen County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,450 | Chatham County, GA | 5.8% |
| #2,451 | Pondera County, MT | 5.8% |
| #2,452 | Louisa County, VA | 5.8% |
| #2,453 | Bergen County, NJ | 5.8% |
| #2,454 | Yalobusha County, MS | 5.8% |
| #2,455 | Rhea County, TN | 5.8% |
| #2,456 | Scioto County, OH | 5.8% |
About Unemployment Rate
Bergen County, New Jersey has a unemployment rate of 5.8%, ranking #2,453 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 10.0% above the national value of 5.3%. Within New Jersey, it ranks #11 of 21. This places it in the 24th 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.