Unemployment Rate in Bristol County, MA
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
5.5%
Rank #2,292/3,222 · #11 in MA
29th
Bristol 5.5%
MA 5.1% +6.0%
US 5.3% +2.9%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Bristol County's unemployment rate of 5.5% 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 Bristol County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,289 | Fairfield County, SC | 5.5% |
| #2,290 | Cecil County, MD | 5.5% |
| #2,291 | Palm Beach County, FL | 5.5% |
| #2,292 | Bristol County, MA | 5.5% |
| #2,293 | Lamar County, AL | 5.5% |
| #2,294 | Crow Wing County, MN | 5.5% |
| #2,295 | San Luis Obispo County, CA | 5.5% |
About Unemployment Rate
Bristol County, Massachusetts has a unemployment rate of 5.5%, ranking #2,292 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 2.9% above the national value of 5.3%. Within Massachusetts, it ranks #11 of 14. This places it in the 29th 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.