Unemployment Rate in Hunterdon County, NJ
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
4.6%
Rank #1,739/3,222 · #1 in NJ
46th
Hunterdon 4.6%
NJ 6.3% -27.0%
US 5.3% -13.3%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Hunterdon County's unemployment rate of 4.6% 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 Hunterdon County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,736 | Elbert County, GA | 4.6% |
| #1,737 | Elmore County, AL | 4.6% |
| #1,738 | Miami-Dade County, FL | 4.6% |
| #1,739 | Hunterdon County, NJ | 4.6% |
| #1,740 | Johnson County, AR | 4.6% |
| #1,741 | Columbia County, GA | 4.6% |
| #1,742 | St. Louis County, MN | 4.6% |
About Unemployment Rate
Hunterdon County, New Jersey has a unemployment rate of 4.6%, ranking #1,739 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 13.3% below the national value of 5.3%. Within New Jersey, it ranks #1 of 21. This places it in the 46th 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.