Unemployment Rate in Charles County, MD
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
4.7%
Rank #1,835/3,222 · #13 in MD
43th
Charles 4.7%
MD 4.8% -2.0%
US 5.3% -10.5%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Charles County's unemployment rate of 4.7% 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 Charles County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,832 | Somerset County, NJ | 4.7% |
| #1,833 | Larimer County, CO | 4.7% |
| #1,834 | Fountain County, IN | 4.7% |
| #1,835 | Charles County, MD | 4.7% |
| #1,836 | Carlton County, MN | 4.7% |
| #1,837 | Coffee County, AL | 4.7% |
| #1,838 | Gaston County, NC | 4.7% |
About Unemployment Rate
Charles County, Maryland has a unemployment rate of 4.7%, ranking #1,835 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 10.5% below the national value of 5.3%. Within Maryland, it ranks #13 of 24. This places it in the 43th 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.