Unemployment Rate in Caroline County, MD
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
5.7%
Rank #2,391/3,222 · #18 in MD
26th
Caroline 5.7%
MD 4.8% +17.4%
US 5.3% +7.2%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Caroline County's unemployment rate of 5.7% 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 Caroline County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,388 | Pasquotank County, NC | 5.7% |
| #2,389 | Camp County, TX | 5.7% |
| #2,390 | Washita County, OK | 5.7% |
| #2,391 | Caroline County, MD | 5.7% |
| #2,392 | Latimer County, OK | 5.7% |
| #2,393 | Erath County, TX | 5.7% |
| #2,394 | Garland County, AR | 5.7% |
About Unemployment Rate
Caroline County, Maryland has a unemployment rate of 5.7%, ranking #2,391 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 7.2% above the national value of 5.3%. Within Maryland, it ranks #18 of 24. This places it in the 26th 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.