Unemployment Rate in Eddy County, NM
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
5.5%
Rank #2,312/3,222 · #18 in NM
28th
Eddy 5.5%
NM 5.9% -6.4%
US 5.3% +3.6%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Eddy 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 Eddy County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,309 | Webb County, TX | 5.5% |
| #2,310 | Anson County, NC | 5.5% |
| #2,311 | Stewart County, GA | 5.5% |
| #2,312 | Eddy County, NM | 5.5% |
| #2,313 | Orange County, FL | 5.5% |
| #2,314 | Carson City, NV | 5.5% |
| #2,315 | Kalamazoo County, MI | 5.5% |
About Unemployment Rate
Eddy County, New Mexico has a unemployment rate of 5.5%, ranking #2,312 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 3.6% above the national value of 5.3%. Within New Mexico, it ranks #18 of 33. This places it in the 28th 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.