Unemployment Rate in Cape Girardeau County, MO
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Cape Girardeau County's unemployment rate of 2.3% 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 Cape Girardeau County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #379 | Sublette County, WY | 2.3% |
| #380 | Wheeler County, NE | 2.3% |
| #381 | Divide County, ND | 2.3% |
| #382 | Cape Girardeau County, MO | 2.3% |
| #383 | Sauk County, WI | 2.3% |
| #384 | Winneshiek County, IA | 2.3% |
| #385 | DeKalb County, MO | 2.3% |
About Unemployment Rate
Cape Girardeau County, Missouri has a unemployment rate of 2.3%, ranking #382 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 56.3% below the national value of 5.3%. Within Missouri, it ranks #13 of 115. This places it in the 88th 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.