Unemployment Rate in Jackson County, MO
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
4.6%
Rank #1,763/3,222 · #89 in MO
45th
Jackson 4.6%
MO 4.0% +16.4%
US 5.3% -12.4%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Jackson 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 Jackson County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,760 | Huntingdon County, PA | 4.6% |
| #1,761 | Brunswick County, NC | 4.6% |
| #1,762 | Suffolk city, VA | 4.6% |
| #1,763 | Jackson County, MO | 4.6% |
| #1,764 | Cambria County, PA | 4.6% |
| #1,765 | Woods County, OK | 4.6% |
| #1,766 | Calhoun County, MS | 4.7% |
About Unemployment Rate
Jackson County, Missouri has a unemployment rate of 4.6%, ranking #1,763 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 12.4% below the national value of 5.3%. Within Missouri, it ranks #89 of 115. This places it in the 45th 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.