Unemployment Rate in Imperial County, CA
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
12.5%
Rank #3,162/3,222 · #57 in CA
2th
Imperial 12.5%
CA 6.6% +90.2%
US 5.3% +135.2%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Imperial County's unemployment rate of 12.5% 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 Imperial County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #3,159 | Quitman County, MS | 12.2% |
| #3,160 | San Juan Municipio, PR | 12.2% |
| #3,161 | Ferry County, WA | 12.5% |
| #3,162 | Imperial County, CA | 12.5% |
| #3,163 | Mellette County, SD | 12.5% |
| #3,164 | San Juan County, UT | 12.5% |
| #3,165 | Humphreys County, MS | 12.5% |
About Unemployment Rate
Imperial County, California has a unemployment rate of 12.5%, ranking #3,162 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 135.2% above the national value of 5.3%. Within California, it ranks #57 of 58. This places it in the 2th 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.