Unemployment Rate in Hampden County, MA
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
6.0%
Rank #2,539/3,222 · #12 in MA
21th
Hampden 6.0%
MA 5.1% +16.6%
US 5.3% +13.3%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Hampden County's unemployment rate of 6.0% 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 Hampden County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,536 | Linn County, OR | 6.0% |
| #2,537 | Hudson County, NJ | 6.0% |
| #2,538 | Arenac County, MI | 6.0% |
| #2,539 | Hampden County, MA | 6.0% |
| #2,540 | Nemaha County, NE | 6.0% |
| #2,541 | Wayne County, PA | 6.0% |
| #2,542 | Orange County, TX | 6.0% |
About Unemployment Rate
Hampden County, Massachusetts has a unemployment rate of 6.0%, ranking #2,539 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 13.3% above the national value of 5.3%. Within Massachusetts, it ranks #12 of 14. This places it in the 21th 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.