Unemployment Rate in Howard County, MO
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
3.7%
Rank #1,156/3,222 · #56 in MO
64th
Howard 3.7%
MO 4.0% -6.3%
US 5.3% -29.4%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Howard County's unemployment rate of 3.7% 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 Howard County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,153 | Custer County, CO | 3.7% |
| #1,154 | Brookings County, SD | 3.7% |
| #1,155 | Missoula County, MT | 3.7% |
| #1,156 | Howard County, MO | 3.7% |
| #1,157 | Roseau County, MN | 3.7% |
| #1,158 | Barrow County, GA | 3.7% |
| #1,159 | Schuyler County, MO | 3.7% |
About Unemployment Rate
Howard County, Missouri has a unemployment rate of 3.7%, ranking #1,156 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 29.4% below the national value of 5.3%. Within Missouri, it ranks #56 of 115. This places it in the 64th 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.