Unemployment Rate in Burlington County, NJ
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
5.2%
Rank #2,123/3,222 · #5 in NJ
34th
Burlington 5.2%
NJ 6.3% -17.9%
US 5.3% -2.4%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Burlington County's unemployment rate of 5.2% 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 Burlington County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,120 | Lucas County, IA | 5.2% |
| #2,121 | Chippewa County, MI | 5.2% |
| #2,122 | Kiowa County, OK | 5.2% |
| #2,123 | Burlington County, NJ | 5.2% |
| #2,124 | Le Flore County, OK | 5.2% |
| #2,125 | Onondaga County, NY | 5.2% |
| #2,126 | Cleveland County, NC | 5.2% |
About Unemployment Rate
Burlington County, New Jersey has a unemployment rate of 5.2%, ranking #2,123 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 2.4% below the national value of 5.3%. Within New Jersey, it ranks #5 of 21. This places it in the 34th 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.